• DocumentCode
    3192026
  • Title

    Study of Voltage Regulator noise characterization, coupling scheme and simulation method

  • Author

    Mao, Wenjie ; He, Jiangqi ; Standford, Edward ; Li, YL

  • Author_Institution
    Data Center Group, EPSD, Intel Asia-Pacific R&D Ltd., Shanghai, China
  • fYear
    2010
  • fDate
    25-27 Oct. 2010
  • Firstpage
    201
  • Lastpage
    204
  • Abstract
    Signal Integrity (SI) and Power Integrity (PI) issues caused by on-board Voltage Regulator (VR) interfering always leads to system reliability problem. Prediction of this VR noise is very difficult due to its complexity. This paper addresses a two-step simulation method associated with this issue by identifying radiation source and coupling path. A typical PCB routing is studied and result is correlated with measurement.
  • Keywords
    circuit noise; circuit simulation; network routing; printed circuit design; voltage regulators; PCB routing; coupling scheme; on board voltage regulator; power integrity; signal integrity; simulation method; system reliability; voltage regulator noise characterization; Couplings; Electromagnetic interference; FETs; Mathematical model; Noise; Noise measurement; Synchronization; EMI/RFI Simulation; Power Integrity; Signal Integrity; Voltage Regulator Noise;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Electrical Performance of Electronic Packaging and Systems (EPEPS), 2010 IEEE 19th Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Austin, TX
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4244-6865-2
  • Electronic_ISBN
    978-1-4244-6866-9
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/EPEPS.2010.5642599
  • Filename
    5642599