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EMI FPGA SerDes Bypass

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Simplified design and improved performance using EMI capacitors w/ Altera StratixII GX SerDes


EMI FPGA SerDes Bypass - Simplied Design

Comparative Bypass Networks

SERDES transmit power supplies:

  • 13 EMI Capacitors replace 38 0402 caps
  • Plane inductance saturation for each supply is achieved w/ 2 EMI capacitors

Altera® Reference Design

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EMI Modified Design

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EMI vs. MLCCs

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MLCC Design

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EMI Design

Transmit Analog: VCCH

EMI Design

  • – 2 x 330uF tantalum caps
  • + 2 MLCCs + 7 EMI
  • – 1D < 80mOhms
  • equivalent resistive to 250MHz
    • Ignores spatial effects and IC parasitics
    • Spatial effects dominate above 10MHz
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Impedance Comparisons w/o IC

2-3X lower impedance 20MHz-100MHz w/ 7 caps instead of 20

  • >2.5:1 Higher FRES
  • 2.5:1 reduction in Q
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Original VCCTX and EMI Networks

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Original Network, FDTIM

  • LBYPASS decreases with increasing freq.
  • Near 20MHz about LTOTAL about 220pH
  • Die / bypass PRF near 200MHz
  • Bypass / PCB PRF near

EMI network selective zeroes

  • Lower LBYPASS @ 20MHz up
  • Zero for Die / bypass PRF
  • Zero for PCB / bypass PRF

VCCTX PCB / Bypass Resonance

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Original network

  • @ relatively low PRF

EMI Network

  • Lower distributed L of 6/7 EMI caps raises to 580MHz
  • Suppressed w/ single 100pF rated EMI
    • Good suppression w/ conventional caps difficult due to high Q
  • Measured results, PRF completely suppressed

3.125Gbps Performance PRBS7

EMI Redues jitter to 32ps p-p jitter

  • vs 49ps in reference design
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EMI improves better eye amplitude >5%

  • 870mV pp @ sample point vs 820mV pp reference
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3.125Gbps Performance PRBS23

Shows same improvements in jitter and eye amplitude:

  • EMI 32ps p-p jitter vs 49ps in reference design
  • EMI 870mV pp vs 820mV pp in reference design
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