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Electrical and Computer Engineering Faculty Research & Creative Works

2006

Printed Circuit Boards

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Influence Of An Extended Stub At Connector Ports On Signal Launches And Trl De-Embedding, Jianmin Zhang, James L. Drewniak, David Pommerenke, Bruce Archambeault, Zhiping Yang, Wheling Cheng, John Fisher, Sergio Camerlo Aug 2006

Influence Of An Extended Stub At Connector Ports On Signal Launches And Trl De-Embedding, Jianmin Zhang, James L. Drewniak, David Pommerenke, Bruce Archambeault, Zhiping Yang, Wheling Cheng, John Fisher, Sergio Camerlo

Electrical and Computer Engineering Faculty Research & Creative Works

Characterization of PCBs (Printed Circuit Boards) is usually associated with measurement using a VNA (Vector Network Analyzer) in the frequency-domain or a TDR (Time Domain Reflectometer) in the time-domain. The often used signal launch techniques on PCBs based on the VNA or TDR measurement in the microwave frequency range use SMA or 3.5 mm connectors, in edge-launch or vertical-launch fashions. The signal transition between the launch port and the DUT (Device Under Test) introduces errors in the measurement, which is dominant when compared with a transmission line itself on the PCB as the technologies of PCB manufacturing well developed today. …


Characterizing Package/Pcb Pdn Interactions From A Full-Wave Finite-Difference Formulation, Shishuang Sun, David Pommerenke, James L. Drewniak, Kai Xiao, Sin-Ting Chen, Tzong-Lin Wu Aug 2006

Characterizing Package/Pcb Pdn Interactions From A Full-Wave Finite-Difference Formulation, Shishuang Sun, David Pommerenke, James L. Drewniak, Kai Xiao, Sin-Ting Chen, Tzong-Lin Wu

Electrical and Computer Engineering Faculty Research & Creative Works

A novel approach of equivalent circuit model extraction is developed for modeling of integrated package and PCB power distribution networks (PDN). The integrated PDNs are formulated from a full-wave finite-difference algorithm, and the resulting matrix equations are converted to equivalent circuits. The equivalent circuits, as well as the decoupling capacitors and the attached circuit components, can be analyzed with a SPICE-like solver in both the time and frequency domains. The modeling of dielectric loss is also addressed. The method is used to model three PDN problems including a simple power bus, a BGA package mounting on a PCB, and a …


An Efficient Approach For Power Delivery Network Design With Closed-Form Expressions For Parasitic Interconnect Inductances, Chen Wang, Jingkun Mao, Giuseppe Selli, Shaofeng Luan, Lin Zhang, Jun Fan, David Pommerenke, Richard E. Dubroff, James L. Drewniak May 2006

An Efficient Approach For Power Delivery Network Design With Closed-Form Expressions For Parasitic Interconnect Inductances, Chen Wang, Jingkun Mao, Giuseppe Selli, Shaofeng Luan, Lin Zhang, Jun Fan, David Pommerenke, Richard E. Dubroff, James L. Drewniak

Electrical and Computer Engineering Faculty Research & Creative Works

Investigation of a dc power delivery network, consisting of a multilayer PCB using area fills for power and return, involves the distributed behavior of the power/ground planes and the parasitics associated with the lumped components mounted on it. Full-wave methods are often employed to study the power integrity problem. While full-wave methods can be accurate, they are time and memory consuming. The cavity model of a rectangular structure has previously been employed to efficiently analyze the simultaneous switching noise (SSN) in the power distribution network. However, a large number of modes in the cavity model are needed to accurately simulate …


Circuit Models For Power Bus Structures On Printed Circuit Boards Using A Hybrid Fem-Spice Method, Todd H. Hubing, Chunlei Guo Jan 2006

Circuit Models For Power Bus Structures On Printed Circuit Boards Using A Hybrid Fem-Spice Method, Todd H. Hubing, Chunlei Guo

Electrical and Computer Engineering Faculty Research & Creative Works

Power bus structures consisting of two parallel conducting planes are widely used on high-speed printed circuit boards. In this paper, a full-wave finite-element method (FEM) method is used to analyze power bus structures, and the resulting matrix equations are converted to equivalent circuits that can be analyzed using SPICE programs. Using this method of combining FEM and SPICE, power bus structures of arbitrary shape can be modeled efficiently both in the time-domain and frequency-domain, along with the circuit components connected to the bus. Dielectric loss and losses due to the finite resistance of the power planes can also be modeled. …