Model to hardware correlation for power distribution induced I/O noise in a functioning computer system

被引:12
作者
Chun, SJ [1 ]
Smith, L [1 ]
Anderson, R [1 ]
Swaminathan, M [1 ]
机构
[1] Georgia Inst Technol, Sch Elect & Comp Engn, Atlanta, GA 30332 USA
来源
52ND ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS & TECHNOLOGY CONFERENCE, 2002 PROCEEDINGS | 2002年
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D O I
10.1109/ECTC.2002.1008114
中图分类号
T [工业技术];
学科分类号
08 ;
摘要
The Power Distribution System (PDS) for Input/Output (I/O) drivers in high-speed computer system is often separated from that for the microprocessor core. Modem computer systems contain hundreds of driver I/Os, decoupling capacitors and signal transmission lines that carry the data between chips. Simultaneous switching of these hundreds of drivers causes noise, i.e., voltage fluctuation on the power supply rail, which causes signal integrity problems of the data on the signal transmission lines. This paper discusses measurements of noise due to driver I/O switching in a high speed functioning computer system. Transfer impedance of PDS was measured and noise of functioning PDS in both frequency and time domain was measured. This paper presents an efficient methodology to model these noise waveforms. Modeling results have shown good agreement with measurements, demonstrating the application of the methodology to complex and realistic boards. Reduction of I/O switching noise through thin dielectric was also simulated using the modeling method presented.
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页码:319 / 324
页数:4
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