Design guidelines for EMC of Components

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Design guidelines for EMC of Components. Summary. Which problems? EMC Guidelines at PCB level IC Guidelines for low emission IC Guidelines for low immunity Starcore case study. October 14. EMC guidelines. Which problems? Know your enemy. Power integrity (PI). Signal integrity (SI). - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

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Summary

1. Which problems?

2. EMC Guidelines at PCB level

3. IC Guidelines for low emission

4. IC Guidelines for low immunity

5. Starcore case study

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EMC guidelines

Which problems? Know your enemy

Integrated circuits / electronic applications

Signal integrity (SI)

Power integrity (PI)

Conducted emission (CE)

Radiated emission (RE)

Conducted immunity (CI)

Radiated immunity (RI)

ESD, EFT, EOS

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Origin of effects on both lines ?

EMC guidelines at PCB level

Signal integrity (SI) issue

Example: voltage measurement at 3 terminals of two 20 cm long

parallel PCB tracks.

The first line is excited by a pulse generator, the second is

terminated by two resistive loads.

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Signal integrity (SI) issue

Let’s consider a transmission along two conductors = 2-conductor

transmission line. Let’s suppose an homogeneous lossless line

Equivalent model:

Interconnect+ + + + + +

- - - - - - -

I(z,t)

I(z,t)

VG

ZG

ZL

Transmission line LoadThevenin generator

z0 L

v

ztV

Zv

ztV

ZtzI

v

ztV

v

ztVtzV

CC

11,

, The voltage and current on each point

of the line is superposition of a

forward and backward voltage,

travelling in opposite directions.

11

lc

v

c

lZC

5

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EMC guidelines at PCB level

Signal integrity (SI) issue The voltage at each point of the line depends on the reflection coefficient at

each line terminals:

CL

CLL ZZ

ZZ

v

LtV

v

LtV

Transient behavior of voltage at each line terminals:

LtLVv

LtV

v

LtVtLzV

1,,

CG

CGG ZZ

ZZ

tV

tV

GtVtVtVtzV 1,0,0At generator side (input):

At generator side (input):

Complex transient behavior related to the reflection coefficient on each extremities and transmission line discontinuities

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Signal integrity (SI) issue Analysis of the round-trip period of the wave along the line

Source LoadTime (ns)

0

L/v

LG

0V

VVV L 44.101

LL VV 10

VL(0)=0V

2L/v

GCG

C VZZ

ZVtVtV

0,0,0

GL

G

VtV

VVtV

11,0

1,0

0

10

7

Vsource

t0

0V

GLV 110

2L/v 4L/v

Overshoot / Undershoot

Vload

t0 L/v 3L/v

LV 10

Overshoot / Undershoot

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Zc ; Tp

t

VL or VG

Vdd

0

VIH

VIL

VL

Overshoot

Undershoot Undetermined level

Longer setting time

Criterion for SI issue:

if Tr is the rising or falling time of a signal, SI issues due to the propagation of the EM wave along the transmission line arise if:

Pr TT Ringing

8

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Signal integrity (SI) issue

VG

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Cancel reflection coefficient at each line terminals by impedance matching

CGG

CLL

ZZ

ZZ

0

0 Impedance matching of a uniform transmission line with constant characteristic impedance Zc.

Rs : serial resistor= Rdriver - Zc

ZcRs

Rpd

Rpd : pull down resistor = Zc

Zc

Rpd

Ct

Vcc

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Ensuring Signal integrity – Rule 1

Practical designs for a digital transmission:

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Control the characteristic impedance of (2-conductor) transmission line (PCB track, package) avoid line discontinuities

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Ensuring Signal integrity – Rule 2

Microstrip line configuration:

h

W

I εr

Ideal ground plane

tW

hZ

eff

C 8.0

98.5ln

414.1

87

t

67.0475.034.3/ rp mmpsT

Is it better to use wide or narrow trace ?

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Ensure a controlled and short return current path.

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Ensuring Signal integrity – Rule 3

Place a full ground plane in microstrip line.

Avoid slot in return plane (e.g. ground plane)

Keep a symmetry (avoid unbalance in the return current path)

Low frequency behavior

I

Microstrip line Ground plane

Return current

I

High frequency behavior

Microstrip line Ground plane

Return current

CORRECT BAD

I

Microstrip line

Ground plane with a slot

Return current

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EMC guidelines at PCB level

Ensuring Signal integrity – Rule 3 Example: a microstrip line routed over 2 separated power planes.

SI design rule violation

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Signal integrity (SI) - Crosstalk

h

WI1

εr

W

I2

Trace 1 (emitter) Trace 2 (victim)

V

d

I1’Crosstalk (near-field

coupling)

Let’s consider 2 traces separated by a distance d.

“Normal” return current path

Parasitic return current path

Emitter trace

Victim trace

VE

RSRL

RNE RFE

Near endFar end

VNE VFE

CM LM

Capacitive coupling

Inductive coupling

Equivalent model:

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SLNEFE

MMFELNE

S

NE

RRRR

LCRRRj

V

V

SLNEFE

MMNELFE

S

FE

RRRR

LCRRRj

V

V

f

dBVVorV FENE

Validity of quasi-static approximation

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Signal integrity (SI) - Crosstalk Low frequency model (quasi-static approximation propagation effects

neglected)

VNE

VFE

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(εr = 4.5)

Increase the isolation between emitter and victim lines

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Ensuring Signal integrity – Rule 4

Increase the distance between traces (rule 3 W = “the separation between

traces must be 3 times the width of the trace as measured from centerline

to centerline of two adjacent traces”)

Substrateground

h

t

W < 3W

W

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EMC guidelines at PCB level

Power integrity (PI) issue – Power Distribution Network

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Voltage converter / regulator

Power source

Ground reference

Vdd

Vss

PCB – Power / ground plane

HF capacitor (ceramic)

1 µF – 10 mF 100 nF – 1 nF

Ferrite

1 nF

Package and IC

Bulk capacitor (Low frequency)

Transistors, gates, interconnects

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Noisy Integrated circuit

Power supply source (regulator, DC-DC converter)

PDN

Vss

Vdd

i(t)

Circuit

PDN

ΔVdd

ΔVssPower supply bounce t

iLiRV PDNPDN

t

iLiRV PDNPDN

Delta-I noise

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Power integrity (PI) issue

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Switching

High frequency contribution

Low frequency contribution

SwitchingSwitching

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Power integrity (PI) issue Example: on-chip measurement of the power supply voltage fluctuation

of a digital circuit

Noise with a large frequency content and some major resonance modes

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Power integrity (PI) issue Equivalent model of a PDN (the most basic model…)

fIfZfV ICPDNdd IIC

CircuitVdd

gnd

ZPDN

PDN

ΔVdd

Power supply voltage bounce:

Ensuring power integrity relies on the control of a low impedance of the PDN.

A target impedance ZT can be defined as a design objective:

average

ddT I

VZ max

ZPDN

Frequency

Zt

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Ensuring Power integrity – Rule 1

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Reduce interconnect parasitic (mainly inductance) of power and ground connections

Use traces as wide as possible for Vdd and Vss connections

i.e. use power and ground planes

Be careful of the common impedance of Vdd and Vss connections (finite

impedance, even for ground plane):

Régulateur Circuit 1 Circuit 2 Circuit 3VDD

VSS

VDD VDD

VSS VSS

I3I2+ I3I1+I2+ I3

L3L2L1

dt

dIdIdILV 321

11

dt

dIdILVV 32

212

dt

dILVV 3

323

Régulateur Circuit 1 Circuit 2 Circuit 3VDD

VSS

VDD VDD

VSS VSS

I3L3L2L1

Plan de masse

I2I1

Single point grounding with serial circuits

Direct grounding to a reference ground plane

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Voltage regulator IC

PCB

Decoupling capacitor

Vdd

Vss

Vdd

Vss

Voltage bounce v(t)

i(t)

Principle: Local charge tank

In time domain

dt

tdvCti dec

Large capacitors react rapidly to charge demand.

In frequency domain

fIZfV Cdec

Large capacitors reduce PDN impedance.

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Ensuring Power integrity – Rule 2

Add decoupling capacitor to reduce power supply bounce as close as possible from noise source (current demand)

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Effect of on-board capacitors:

Parasitic emission (dBµV)

-1001020304050607080

1 10 100 1000Frequency (MHz)

Customer’s specification

No decoupling

No decoupling

10 – 15 dB

10-100 nF decoupling

10-100 nF decoupling

Efficient on one decadeEfficient on one decade

X7R 50 V ceramic capacitors

Exemple : C = 100 µF, ESR = 80 mΩ, ESL = 1 nH

100 µF electrolytic capacitor

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Ensuring Power integrity – Rule 2

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maxdd

rdec V

tIC

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Ensuring Power integrity – How choosing decoupling capacitor

If ideal capacitor, only one decoupling capacitor would be enough:

• Cdec: the minimum capacitor able to provide a current to the circuit without any large voltage fluctuations.

• ΔVddmax : max allowed voltage fluctuation

• ΔI : current peak absorbed by the circuit

• tr : rise time of the current peak

However, due to the parasitic elements associated to decoupling

capacitors, its efficiency frequency range is limited or it can not respond

to rapid current demand.

It is necessary to place several decoupling capacitors in parallel to

increase the efficiency frequency range of the decoupling.

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Ensuring Power integrity – How choosing decoupling capacitor

Methodology to optimize the choice of decoupling capacitors:

Board model Regulator model Circuit(s) model

Capacitors model

PDN without decoupling model

Define freq. range of decoupling Fmin Fmax

Add capacitor(s) and/or change capa values

If ZPDN(f) > Zt for f in [Fmin;Fmax]

Compute ZPDN

Power integrity OK – Decoupling budget

Define Zt

NO

YES

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Ensuring Power integrity – How choosing decoupling capacitor

Example: decoupling of a 16 bit microcontroller (dspic33F).

The circuit produces a significant amount of noise over the range 1 – 500 MHz.

We select Zt = 2 Ω.

IC Current (1 Ω probe) Z PDN (VNA measurement)

Board + IC without decap

With 6×100 nF decap

ZT

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Ensuring Power integrity – Anti-resonance issue

What happens if 2 “real” capacitors are placed in parallel ?

Fantires

Fantires =

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Ensuring Power integrity – Anti-resonance issue

Example: power integrity of a 16 bit microcontroller (dspic33F) with 6×100 nF

X7R decoupling capacitor.

The PDN impedance measurement shows an anti-resonance at 162 MHz

Fantires

PDN equivalent model

What is the cause of this anti-resonance ?

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Ensuring Power integrity – Anti-resonance issue

Example: power integrity of a 16 bit microcontroller (dspic33F) with 6×100 nF

X7R decoupling capacitor.

Measurement of power supply voltage in time domain (16 I/O pads switch

simultaneously).

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Ensuring Immunity – Anti-resonance issue

Example: power integrity of a 16 bit microcontroller (dspic33F) with 6×100 nF

X7R decoupling capacitor.

Measurement of conducted immunity (harmonic signal coupled on power

supply plane according to DPI standard). At each harmonic frequency, the

disturbance power is increased until a circuit failure arises.

Max. Power

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Radiated emission – basic mechanisms

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Radiated emissions come from interconnects excited by a transient

current or voltage. They become parasitic antennas.

Two basic radiated mechanisms:

Circuit

VDDVSS

I

Magnetic field

Surface S

CircuitClock

Electric field

High Z loadLength l

Loop antenna (magnetic)

Low impedance load (power supply, I/O loaded by low impedance

H field proportional to surface S

Dipole antenna (electric)

high impedance load (I/O loaded by high impedance)

E field proportional to length l

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Radiated emission – basic mechanisms Differential vs. common radiated mode.

Common mode appears when the return current path is not perfectly defined.

Interco 1

Interco 2

I1

I2

1

2

Id

Id

1

2

Ic

Ic

Decomposition in 2 distinct propagation

modes

Differential mode

Common mode

2

2

21

21

III

III

C

D

DC

CD

III

III

2

1

If I1 ≠ I2

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Radiated emission – basic mechanisms Comparison of common and differential radiated mode.

Let’s consider electrically 2 short parallel interconnects (length L << λ):

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DD Ir

fdLE

214

max

..10.316.1

CC Ir

fLE

.10.257.1 6

max

L: interconnect length

d: interconnect separation

f: frequency of excitation current

r: distance between E field measurement point and interconnect centers

ID and IC: differential and common mode currents

ED and EC: differential and common mode radiation (E field)

L=10 cm, d=2 mm, r = 1 m, ID = 50 mA, IC = 5 mA

Main conclusions about radiation mechanisms ?

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Reducing radiated emission – Rule 1

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Reduce parasitic antenna (length or surface) to reduce differntial and common mode radiation

CircuitVDD

VSSDecoupling capacitor

CircuitVDD

VSSId

Id

Identify current loops on PCB and reduce their surface.

Place decoupling capacitors as close as possible to IC pins.

Use power or ground plane to reduce current loop surface.

Reduce the length of interconnects which carry high frequency signals.

Decoupling capacitor

Large loop High radiated differential mode

Smaller loop Reduced radiated differential mode

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Reducing radiated emission – Rule 2

Control the current return path to reduce common mode

CircuitVDD

VSS1

IVdd

Power

GNDIVss1

IVSS2

VSS2

Example 1: one Vdd pin but two Vss pins

Example 2: one differential output buffer with a non

symmetrical routing

Differential buffer

D+

D-

I+

I-

Ic

I+ ≠ I-

IVdd = IVSS1+IVSS2

Parasitic coupling

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Reducing radiated emission – Rule 3

Use a “good” ground plane(s) to shield noisy interconnects

Use coplanar or stripline configuration to shield noisy interconnect.

A “good” reference plane is equipotential at any point !

Connect two reference plane witth same potential by vias regular interval

less than λ/20 !

line

Ref plane

Ref plane

Stripline configurationCorrect connection between

two planes with same potential

GND

GND

20

d

via

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Radiated emission – Case study Basic digital applications routed on a 2 layer board with the auto-router

function of the board design tool. Only one 100 nF decoupling capacitor

for all the application.

Measurement of radiated emission in TEM cell.

Limit CISPR25

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Radiated emission – Case study Numerous EMC design rules violation: large power-ground loops, long

fast clock interconnect, return path not ensured by a ground plane…

Change the placement & routing of the board by starting to place

Vdd/Vss and fast clock, add a ground plane on both side.

Design rule violation examples:

“High speed” clock source

Equivalent surface of fast clock interconnect

Vdd connection

Vss connection

CMOS inverter

Large loop

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Radiated emission – Case study

Top layer

Bottom layer

Effect of placement & Routing improvement (still one 100 nF decoupling capacitor)

-30 dB

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Radiated emission – Case study

Effect of GND vias densityEffect of decoupling capacitors

(one capacitor per circuit)

≈ -5 dB

+ or – effect depending on freq.

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EMC guidelines at PCB level

Summary

EMC can be improved at PCB level, mainly by an adequate placement and routing of rapid signals, power and ground references.

Several EMC issues have the same root causes one EMC design rule can solve several problems.

The modeling is important to understand the problem and optimize solution.

An accurate IC model is mandatory to manage EMC at PCB level.

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Lead: L=0.6nH/mm

Bonding: L=1nH/mm

Golden Rules for Low Emission

• Inductance is a major source of resonance• Each conductor acts as an inductance• Ground plane modifies inductance value (worst case is far from ground)

A) Use shortest interconnection to reduce the serial inductance

Rule 1: Power supply routing strategy

Reducing inductance decreases SSN !!

Reducing inductance decreases SSN !!

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A) Use shortest interconnection to reduce the serial inductance

Leadframe package:

L up to 10nH

Rule 1: Power supply routing strategy

PCB

Long leads

Die of the IC

Close from ground

bonding

Die of the ICShort leads

ballsFlip chip package:

L up to 3nH

Far from ground

Requirements for high speed microprocessors : L < 50 pH !Requirements for high speed microprocessors : L < 50 pH !

Golden Rules for Low Emission

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Correct

Fail

9 I/O ports

Golden Rules for Low Emission

B) Place enough supply pairs: Use One pair (VDD/VSS) for 10 IOs

Rule 1: Power supply routing strategy

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Current density simulation

Golden Rules for Low Emission

C) Place supply pairs close to noisy blocks

Rule 1: Power supply routing strategy

Layout view

Digital core

Memory PLL

VDD / VSS

VDD / VSS

VDD / VSS

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•to increase decoupling capacitance that reduces fluctuations•to reduce current loops that provoke magnetic field

Golden Rules for Low Emission

D) Place VSS and VDD pins as close as possible

Rule 1: Power supply routing strategy

Current loop

EM field

Added contributions

currentsDie

LeadLead

current

EM wave

current

EM wave

Reduced contributions

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Case 1 : Infineon Tricore Case 2 : virtex II

Golden Rules for Low Emission

Rule 1: Power supply routing strategy

Worst casenot enough supply pairs, bad distribution & dissymmetry

Not idealNot enough supply for IOs : (core emission is lower than IO one)

Case study 2:

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courtesy of Dr. Howard Johnson, "BGA Crosstalk", www.sigcon.com

Golden Rules for Low Emission

2 FPGA , same power supply, same IO drive, same characteristicsSupply strategy very different !

Case study 2:

Rule 1: Power supply routing strategy

• More Supply pairs for IOs

• Better distribution

• More Supply pairs for IOs

• Better distribution

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courtesy of Dr. Howard Johnson, "BGA Crosstalk", www.sigcon.com

Golden Rules for Low Emission

Case 1: low emission due to

a large number of supply

pairs well distributed

Case 1: low emission due to

a large number of supply

pairs well distributed

Case 2: higher emission

level (5 times higher)

Case 2: higher emission

level (5 times higher)

Rule 1: Power supply routing strategy

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Golden Rules for Low Emission

Rule 1: Power supply routing strategy

Case study 3: conducted (150 ohms probe placed on Vdd) and radiated (TEM cell) emission from a microcontroller mounted in either & 208-BGA or a 324-BGA.

208-BGA (31 Vdd/Vss pairs)

324-BGA (49 Vdd/Vss pairs)

Larger conducted emission from 208-BGA (less power supply pins)

Larger radiated emission from 324-BGA (larger interconnects)

E. Rogard and al., "Characterization and Modelling of Parasitic Emission of a 32-bit Automotive Microcontroller Mounted on 2 Types of BGA", IEEE EMC Symposium Austin, Texas, USA 2009

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Golden Rules for Low Emission

Rule 2: Add decoupling capacitance

On chip decoupling capacitance versus technology and complexity:

Devices on

chip

Intrinsic on-chip supply

capacitance

100K 1M 10M

10pF

100pF

1.0nF

10nF

100M 1G

100nF

0.35µm

0.18µm90nm

65nm

Example: in 65nm technology, for a 200 Million devices on chip the intrinsic capacitance is 10nF

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Golden Rules for Low Emission

Rule 2: Add decoupling capacitance

Effect of on chip capacitance: smooth on-chip voltage fluctuation and reduce conducted

emission.

Example: two versions of a CMOS 90 nm digital core, Vdd = 1.2 V, same mounting board: Core 1: No on-chip decoupling capacitance

Core 2 : Add 100 pF MIM decoupling capacitance

A. Boyer (LAAS-CNRS)

59 mV

27 mV

On-chip voltage measurement 1 ohm conducted measurement

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Golden Rules for Low Emission

Rule 3: Reduce I/O noise

f

Emission level

1/Tr11/Tr2

Reduction of the fast rate of I/O current.

Minimize the number of simultaneous switching lines (bus coding)

Reduce di/dt of I/O by controlling slew rate and drive

SR & Drive control

Tr1 Tr2

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Golden Rules for Low Emission

Example: I/O buffer with Drive and slew rate control options: Full or

reduced drive, high and limited slew rate.

Impact of I/O options on timing waveform:

Rise time = 2 ns Rise time = 8.6 ns

Full Drive – High slew rate Reduced Drive – High slew rate

Rule 3: Reduce I/O noise

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Golden Rules for Low Emission

Impact of I/O options on timing waveform and output drive current:

What is the more « emissive » option ? The less emissive ?

Rule 3: Reduce I/O noise

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Golden Rules for Low Emission

Comparison of conducted emission (1 ohm method)

Rule 3: Reduce I/O noise

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Golden Rules for Low Emission

Comparison of conducted emission (1 ohm method)

Rule 3: Reduce I/O noise

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Origin of electromagnetic emission

The switching of output buffer contributes to a large part of conducted and radiated emission. When several I/O switches simultaneously, their contributions tend to add: Simultaneous Switching Noise.

Minimize the number of simultaneous switching lines (bus coding)

Effect of the number of simultaneous switching buffers

Rule 4: Reduce SSN

16 output buffers, two different switching sequences.

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Reduction or spreading of clock harmonics by frequency modulation.

Example : sinus clock at Fc = 100 MHz vs modulated sinus clock:

tmdttS

tF

dfttS

MCFM

MM

CFM

coscos

coscos

Spread spectrum over B

Reduction of narrow band RF energy

Golden Rules for Low Emission

Rule 5: Reduce clock noise – Spread Spectrum Frequency Modulation

Carrier frequency Fc = 100 MHz

Modulation frequency FM = 1 MHz

Frequency excursion dF = +/- 5 MHz

Modulation index md = 5

Carson rule: 12 mod mdFB

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Golden Rules for Low Emission

In practice, a triangular signal is used as modulating signal.

Clock in

Tc

Modulantt

Clock out

Tc+/-dt

Frequency Modulated clock

Freq. modulation ΔF

Unmodulated clock

Modulated clock

dP

B

TMod

RBW

BdBdP log10

+/- dt

Carson rule applies also:

12 mod mdFB

If Fmod < RBW (reso BW of the receiver):

Rule 5: Reduce clock noise – Spread Spectrum Frequency Modulation

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Real case study: FM-PLL block of the 32 bit microcontroller MPC 5604B from

Freescale. PLL frequency set at 64 MHz.

Measurement of near-field emission above the circuit.

Modulation parameters: triangular waveform, FM = 100 KHz, dF = +/- 0.64 MHz.

Receiver bandwidth = 1 KHz.

Golden Rules for Low Emission

10 dB

Predicted value of spreading reduction ?

A. Boyer (LAAS-CNRS)

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Rule 5: Reduce clock noise – Spread Spectrum Frequency Modulation

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Golden Rules for Low Emission

Real case study: Effect on emission spectrum

Modulation parameters: triangular waveform, FM = 100 KHz, dF = +/- 0.64 MHz.

Receiver bandwidth = 10 KHz.

A. Boyer (LAAS-CNRS)

Average reduction of 64 MHz harmonics = 10.6 dB

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The reduction amount is dependent of the receiver bandwidth RBW if the

modulation frequency is less than RBW.

Example: FM = 50 KHz, dF = +/- 1.28 MHz.

RBW = 1 KHz vs. RBW = 100 KHz.

3 dB

A. Boyer (LAAS-CNRS)

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Work done at Eseo France (Ali ALAELDINE)

Immunity level (dBm)

Frequency

Golden Rules for Low susceptibility

Rule 1: Decoupling capacitance is also good for immunity

No rules to reduce susceptibility

Substrate isolation

Decoupling capacitanc

e

• DPI aggression of a digital core

• Reuse of low emission design rules

for susceptibility

• Efficiency of on-chip decoupling

combined with resistive supply path

• DPI aggression of a digital core

• Reuse of low emission design rules

for susceptibility

• Efficiency of on-chip decoupling

combined with resistive supply path

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Analog

Standardcells

Noisy blocks

Far fromnoisy blocks

Bulk isolation

Separate supply

Why ? • To reduce the propagation of

switching noise inside the chip• To reduce the disturbance of

sensitive blocks by noisy blocks (auto-susceptibility)

How ?• by separate voltage supply• by substrate isolation• by increasing separation between

sensitive blocks• By reducing crosstalk and

parasitic coupling at package level

Golden Rules for Low susceptibility

Rule 2: Isolate Noisy blocks

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Golden Rules for Low susceptibility

separate supply

Rule 2: Isolate Noisy blocks

substrate isolation

increasing separation between sensitive blocks

From Prof. Adrijan Barić , FER Zagreb EMC Compo 2011

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Golden Rules for Low susceptibility

Rule 3: Improve noise immunity of IOs

• Add Schmitt trigger on digital input buffer

• Use differential structures for analog and digital IO to reject common mode noise

Schmitt trigger2 dB

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Case study – Starcore floorplan improvement

Design guidelines for EMC of IC

The Starcore is 16-bit micro-controller used in automotive industry:

• 16 bit MPU with 16 MHz external quartz, on-chip PLL providing internal 133 MHz operating clock

• 128 Kb RAM, 3 general purpose ports (A, B, C, 8 bits), 4 analog inputs 12 bits, CAN interface

SIGNAL Description

VDD Positive supply

VSS Logic Ground

VDD_OSC Oscillator supply

VSS_OSC Oscillator ground

PA[0..7] Data port A (programmable drive)

PB[0..7] Data port B (programmable drive)

PC[0..7] Data port C (programmable drive) external 66MHz data/address

ADC In[0..3] 4 analog inputs (12 bit resolution)

CAN Tx CAN interface (high power, 1MHz)

CAN Rx CAN interface (high power, 1MHz)

XTL_1, XTL_2 Quartz oscillator 16MHz

CAPA PLL external capacitance

RESET Reset microcontroller

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Case study – Starcore floorplan improvement

Design guidelines for EMC of IC

Several tests were conducted by the customer and a huge list of problems appeared. Now that you learnt some rules about low emission floor-planning, you are probably able to understand the origin of the listed problems. In this case study, you act as an EMC engineer which is called urgently to improve the floor-planning of the chip (without changing the chip layout which would cost too much), in order to save the contract.

Warning:

• Reliability problems (over current) on pin

• 23 Ground bounce: voltage drop around 500mV (spec: 50mV)

• VDD bounce: voltage drop around 700mV (spec 50mV)

• ADC measured resolution: 6 bits (required 10 bits)

• CAN bus erratic problems

• Oscillator PLL sometimes do not lock

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Case study – Starcore floorplan improvement

Design guidelines for EMC of IC

The first action is to identify which block is a noisy block, which part is a sensitive part.

SIGNAL Description Emission Susceptibility Remark Assign to

VDD Positive supply

VSS Logic Ground

VDD_OSC Oscillator supply

VSS_OSC Oscillator ground

PA[0..7]Data port A (programmable drive)

PB[0..7]Data port B (programmable drive)

PC[0..7]Data port C (programmable drive) external 66MHz data/address

ADC In[0..3]4 analog inputs (12 bit resolution)

CAN TxCAN interface (high power, 1MHz)

CAN RxCAN interface (high power, 1MHz)

XTL_1, XTL_2 Quartz oscillator 16MHz

CAPA PLL external capacitance

RESET Reset microcontroller

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Case study – Starcore floorplan improvement

Design guidelines for EMC of IC

Then you can try to assign the various I/os to specific pins. Place your solution here. Several good solutions exist. Was this an imaginary

scenario? No! Most of the contents of this course come from severe ignorance of EMC problems, that are found at the end of the design cycle and may induce losses of millions of Euro.