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Update of the “Digital EMC project”. February 6th, 2007. Junfeng Zhou Promotor: Prof. Wim Dehaene KULeuven ESAT-MICAS. Outline. Part I : AMIS problems on RD2E PCB and Chip Part II : di/dt measurement
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Update of the “Digital EMC project” February 6th, 2007 Junfeng Zhou Promotor: Prof. Wim Dehaene KULeuven ESAT-MICAS
Outline • Part I: AMIS problems on RD2E PCB and Chip • Part II: di/dt measurement • Part III: Improved EMI-Suppressing regulator structure • Part IV: Future work
Part I. AMIS problem 1 – USB module USB module (with shielding box) Oscillator inside the USB module
AMIS problem 2 – Internal Oscillator VDD<1> Emission Cause trouble for 1 Ohm method, Less problematic for di/dt measurement Internal Oscillator VSS
Part II. di/dt measurements Setup 3 Setup 2 Setup 1 VCCC =12 V VCC = 4.5 V ~ 8 V VDD2 = 3.3 V i2 i3 i1 EMI-Suppressing Regulator (MICAS) VDD<1..10> Low Drop-out / Serial Regulator AMIS digital load VCC i5 and V2 GND i4 and V1 configuration bits PC
Focus on setup-1 – Some preliminary results VDD3 (separate power supply) VDD2 = 3.3 V i1 Internal Oscillator Digital Load (Shift register output buffer) clk EMI GND
1. The impact of internal oscillator onCurrentSpectrum of VDD2 Fig. 1 Fig. 2 QP<1>=QP<48>=QP<49>=QP<51>=‘1’ Note: internal oscillator disable, di/dt on VDD2, QP<1>=QP<48>=QP<49>=‘1’, QP<51>=‘0’, Note: internal oscillator enable, di/dt on VDD2, Conclusion: Internal clock may cause some problems
2. Comparison of internal and external clock on CurrentSpectrum of VDD2 Fig. 2 Fig. 3 QP<1>=QP<48>=QP<49>=‘1’, QP<51>=‘0’, Note: internal oscillator enable, di/dt on VDD2, QP<1>=QP<48>=QP<51>=‘1’, QP<49>=‘0’, QP<50>=‘0’, Note: external clock enable, di/dt on VDD2, internal oscillator is powered down Conclusion: Much worse with external clk
3. The impact of oscillator inside USB module on CurrentSpectrum of VDD2(no switching activity) Fig. 2 Fig. 4 QP<1>=QP<48>=QP<49>=‘1’, QP<51>=‘0’, Note: internal oscillator enable, di/dt on VDD2, QP<1>=QP<48>=QP<49>=‘1’, QP<51>=‘0’, Note: di/dt on VDD2, USB module is powered down and the latch is enabled No big difference
4. The impact of internal oscillator in USB module on CurrentSpectrum of VDD2(working condition) Fig. 5 Fig. 6 QP<1>=QP<48>=QP<49>=‘1’, QP<51>=‘0’ QP<53>=‘1’, Note: di/dt on VDD2, USB module is powered down and the latch is enabled QP<1>=QP<48>=QP<49>=‘1’, QP<51>=‘0’ QP<53>=‘1’, Note: di/dt on VDD2, No big difference
5. The impact of load on CurrentSpectrum of VDD2 • 4.02 MHz clk from internal oscillator, • Data input from on-chip 21-bit Random Generator. only clock present 1 DFF chain 2 DFF chains 5 DFF chains 4 DFF chains 3 DFF chains
6. The impact of load on CurrentTransient of VDD2 3 DFF chains 1 DFF chain 2 DFF chains Pk-Pk: 66.3mV Pk-Pk: 45mV Pk-Pk: 23.8mV 5 DFF chains 4 DFF chains Pk-Pk: 108.1mV Pk-Pk: 86.9mV
7. The impact of load on di/dtTransient of VDD2 In general, as more DFF chains are on, the di/dt peak increases proportionally.
Conclusions • On-chip internal oscillator won’t hurt much, which is common for all measurements. • Oscillator inside USB module is not a problem at all, shielding box can do most of the job. • Setup for massive measurements is in preparation • Automatic setup shall be ok by this week, • Agreement on data to be measured ?
Part III: EMI-Suppressing Regulator possible improvement z1 cancel off the p1 Make the p2 cut-off frequency This zero is intrinsic for this feedback topology sacrifices dynamic noise performance peaking H(s)-dB p2 z1 p1 Frequency Previous structure problem: di/dt TF: pole-zero tracking !!
Cascode compensation (Ahuja, JSSC 12/1983) The feed forward path is removed, Miller effect still available, A2 Cc instead of (1+ A2 Cc ) for miller cap, Improved PSRR performance, 2 1
Ahuja inspired... However, our di/dt TF is other way around !!! According to maple simulation, things are getting even worse because the -3dB frequency is shifted to even high frequency. The reason is that there is voltage gain from V3 to Vctrl, i.e.: Vctrl /V3=gm2*Rota This trick doesn’t help If gm2*Rota << 1 ? Kill the Vctrl/V3 gain ! !!! One degree of freedom is added !!!
Some formulas • p1 : • p2 : • z1: Now (Assume: ) • p1 : • p2 : • z1: Previous
Maple calculation of the new structure -3dB frequency moves down to below 40 kHz, At 100 kHz, there is already decent di/dt suppression. -3dB Maple calculation is ready 100 kHz • To Be Done: • Spice simulation to verify Maple calculation ? • Re-design EMI-Suppressing Regulator based on this new structure ?
Part IV: Future Work • Continue the digital load measurements, • More analysis for new structure: • Stability and Transient, • Spice simulation.
Questions Thank you for your attention