Ebook: Principles of power integrity for PDN design -- simplified : robust and cost effective design for high speed digital products

Consistently Design PDNs That Deliver Reliable Performance at
the Right Cost


Too often, PDN designs work inconsistently, and techniques that
work in some scenarios seem to fail inexplicably in others. This
book explains why and presents realistic processes for getting PDN
designs right in any new product. Drawing on 60+ years of signal
and power integrity experience, Larry Smith and Eric Bogatin show
how to manage noise and electrical performance, and complement
intuition with analysis to balance cost, performance, risk, and
schedule. Throughout, they distill the essence of complex
real-world problems, quantify core principles via approximation,
and apply them to specific examples. For easy usage, dozens of key
concepts and observations are highlighted as tips and listed in
quick, chapter-ending summaries.



Coverage includes

A practical, start-to-finish approach to consistently
meeting PDN performance goals

Understanding how signals interact with interconnects

Identifying root causes of common problems, so you can
avoid them

Leveraging analysis tools to efficiently explore design
space and optimize tradeoffs

Analyzing impedance-related properties of series and
parallel RLC circuits

Measuring low impedance for components and entire PDN
ecologies

Predicting loop inductance from physical design
features

Reducing peak impedances from combinations of
capacitors

Understanding power and ground plane properties in the PDN
interconnect

Taming signal integrity problems when signals change return
planes

Reducing peak impedance created by on-die capacitance and
package lead inductance

Controlling transient current waveform interactions with
PDN features

Simple spreadsheet-based analysis techniques for quickly
creating first-pass designs



This guide will be indispensable for all engineers involved in PDN
design, including product, board, and chip designers; system,
hardware, component, and package engineers; power supply designers,
SI and EMI engineers, sales engineers, and their
managers.