Cavity resonance suppression in power delivery systems using electromagnetic band gap structures

The utilization of electromagnetic band gap (EBG) structures is a new and promising approach in plane pair noise cavity resonance suppression. In this paper, EBG/plane pair structures are studied with full-wave methods and results are experimentally verified. A new equivalent circuit modeling approach of characterizing the frequency behavior of the entire EBG/plane pair structure is presented. The equivalent circuit of the unit cell is proposed and the procedure to extract circuit parameters is described. The influence of EBG patch parameters on the band gap characteristics is quantified and the results provide some design rules to circuit designers. Examples of applications of EBG structures to power/ground plane noise suppression are given.     

Design of EBG Power Distribution Networks With VHF-Band Cutoff Frequency and Small Unit Cell Size for Mixed-Signal Systems

Hybrid electromagnetic bandgap (EBG) power distribution networks (PDNs) with VHF-band cutoff frequency, small unit cell size, and wideband noise suppression characteristics are proposed. Commercial lumped chip inductors are used to implement inductive bridges between neighboring metal patches instead of conventional microstrip lines. A 1D analysis model of the EBG structure is developed to find a mathematical ground for the use of the lumped chip inductors in the EBG PDN designs. From 158 MHz to 4528 MHz a measured stopband bandwidth of 4.37 GHz is achieved with over -60 dB noise suppression levels.     

Double-Stacked EBG Structure for Wideband Suppression of Simultaneous Switching Noise in LTCC-Based SiP Applications

We propose a novel electromagnetic bandgap (EBG) structure with a significantly extended noise isolation bandwidth, called a double-stacked EBG (DS-EBG) structure, fabricated on a low-temperature co-fired ceramic (LTCC) multilayer substrate. The DS-EBG structure was devised for wideband suppression of simultaneous switching noise (SSN) coupling in system-in-package (SiP) applications. Our design approach was enabled by combining two EBG layers embedded between the power and ground planes. The two EBG layers had different bandgaps from using different cell sizes. Enhanced wideband suppression of the SSN coupling was validated using a 11.4-GHz noise stop bandwidth with 30-dB isolation in time and frequency domain measurements up to 20GHz.     

A Double-Surface Electromagnetic Bandgap Structure With One Surface Embedded in Power Plane for Ultra-Wideband SSN Suppression

In this letter, a double-surface electromagnetic bandgap (EBG) structure with one EBG surface embedded in power plane is proposed for ultra-wideband simultaneous switching noise (SSN) suppression in printed circuit boards. The SSN suppression bandwidth is broadened to wider than 30 GHz with a low start frequency by combining traditional EBG structure and the coplanar EBG structure which is embedded in the power plane. Because the coplanar EBG surface is embedded in the power plane, no additional metal layer is introduced by the double-surface EBG structure. Simulations and measurements are performed to verify the broadband SSN suppression, high performance is observed.     

Ultra-Wideband Mitigation of Simultaneous Switching Noise Using Novel Planar Electromagnetic Bandgap Structures

A novel design of power/ground plane with planar electromagnetic bandgap (EBG) structures for suppressing simultaneous switching noise (SSN) is presented. The novel design is based on using meander lines to increase the effective inductance of EBG patches. A super cell EBG structure, comprising two different topologies on the same board, is proposed to extend the lower edge of the band. Both novel designs proposed here are validated experimentally. A$-$28dB suppression bandwidth starting at 250MHz and extending to 12GHz and beyond is achieved.     

Bandwidth Enhancement for SSN Suppression Using a Spiral‐Shaped Power Island and a Modified EBG Structure for a λ/4 Open Stub

This paper proposes a spiral‐shaped power island structure that can effectively suppress simultaneous switching noise (SSN) when the power plane drives high‐speed integrated circuits in a small area. In addition, a new technique is presented which greatly improves the resonance peaks in a stopband by utilizing λ/4 open stubs on a conventional periodic electromagnetic bandgap (EBG) power plane. Both proposed structures are simulated numerically and experimentally verified using commercially available 3D electromagnetic field simulation software. The results demonstrate that they achieve better SSN suppression performance than conventional periodic EBG structures.     

Simultaneous Switching Noise Suppression in Printed Circuit Boards Using a Compact 3-D Cascaded Electromagnetic-Bandgap Structure

In this paper, a deep bandgap behavior analysis of the vertical cascaded electromagnetic-bandgap (EBG) structure is made. It is shown that the vertical cascaded EBG structure can be decomposed into two EBG structures cascaded horizontally, one with the bigger patches and the other with the smaller patches. The design guidelines of the vertical cascaded EBG structure are drawn. Furthermore, the vertical cascade concept is extended to 3-D cascade for wideband simultaneous switching noise (SSN) suppression. The number of rows of patches for noise coupling reduction is investigated. Building SSN isolation walls along a printed circuit board for wideband electromagnetic-interference reduction and along sensitive devices for SSN isolation using a 3-D cascaded EBG structure is proposed. Simulations and measurements are performed to verify the SSN suppression. High performance is observed.     

电磁带隙结构在同步开关噪声抑制中的应用分析

随着数字电路的噪声容限和时序容限不断减小,电源地平面上的同步开关噪声(SSN)成为高速设计的主要瓶颈之一.而现有抑制SSN的方法存在各自的不足,因而提出采用电磁带隙结构(EBG)设计来抑制SSN,软件仿真证明该方法是有效的.基于对多种不同结构EBG的研究,给出了EBG的设计思路和最新发展趋势,为今后的实际应用研究提供一定的参考与指导.     

A Power Plane With Wideband SSN Suppression Using a Multi-Via Electromagnetic Bandgap Structure

In this letter, a power plane with wideband simultaneous switching noise (SSN) suppression using a novel multi-via electromagnetic bandgap (EBG) structure is proposed. The -40dB stopband of the proposed EBG structure is about two to six times wider than the one-via structure, and the relative bandwidth is increased by about two times. It is implemented by only adding some vias between patches and the reference plane without changing any other geometrical parameters from one-via EBG structures. The excellent SSN suppression performance was verified by simulations and measurements     

Partial EBG Structure with DeCap for Ultra‐wideband Suppression of Simultaneous Switching Noise in a High‐Speed System

To supply a power distribution network with stable power in a high‐speed mixed mode system, simultaneous switching noise caused at the multilayer PCB and package structures needs to be sufficiently suppressed. The uniplanar compact electromagnetic bandgap (UC‐EBG) structure is well known as a promising solution to suppress the power noise and isolate noise‐sensitive analog/RF circuits from a noisy digital circuit. However, a typical UC‐EBG structure has several severe problems, such as a limitation in the stop band's lower cutoff frequency and signal quality degradation. To make up for the defects of a conventional EBG structure, a partially located EBG structure with decoupling capacitors is proposed in this paper as a means of both suppressing the power noise propagation and minimizing the effects of the perforated reference plane on the signal quality. The proposed structure is validated and investigated through simulation and measurement in both frequency and time domains.     

Spiral-shaped electromagnetic bandgap structure for simultaneous switching noise suppression

A spiral-shaped electromagnetic bandgap (EBG) structure is proposed to suppress simultaneous switching noise effectively when the power plane drives high-speed ICs. The new EBG structure is locally or periodically utilised on the power plane. Even with reduced unit cell size, its port-to-port transmission characteristic shows a much wider stopband than other conventional EBG structures.     

Design, Implementation, and Testing of Miniaturized Electromagnetic Bandgap Structures for Broadband Switching Noise Mitigation in High-Speed PCBs

In recent years, advances in CMOS technology, resulted in devices with higher switching speeds, lower power supply voltages, and higher package densities. Lowering the power supply voltages and hence the power consumption of a single transistor, has been possible due to the fact that these new technologies are able to provide smaller and faster transistors with lower threshold levels. The benefits associated with lowering the threshold levels of the transistors used in a given device comes at a high-price, specifically the decrease of immunity of such device to noise and fluctuations of the power supply voltages. This paper covers the concept of embedding electromagnetic bandgap (EBG) structures in conventional power distribution networks in order to increase the immunity of the circuits that feed from such networks to noise and voltage fluctuations. Underlying theories of embedded EBG (EEBG) structures and design methodologies are presented. Finally, in order to provide immunity to high-bandwidth noise, voltage fluctuations and radiation, new EEBG configurations, topologies and miniaturized structures with ultra wide-bandwidth are introduced and their efficacy is demonstrated     

Stopband Analysis Using Dispersion Diagram for Two-Dimensional Electromagnetic Bandgap Structures in Printed Circuit Boards

Electromagnetic bandgap (EBG) structures that provide an excellent isolation within the stopband are extremely effective in suppressing propagation of simultaneous switching noise on parallel power planes. However, a scattering parameter measurement and full-wave electromagnetic simulation for their entire structure are costly and time consuming. This letter presents a two-dimensional dispersion-diagram analysis based on a unit-cell network of EBG structures by extending a well-known dispersion-diagram analysis of one-dimensional infinite periodic structures. The approach is extremely effective in computing stopband frequencies and provides the stopbands with good agreement to the measured results     

Metallo-dielectric electromagnetic bandgap structures for suppression and isolation of the parallel-plate noise in high-speed circuits

A novel approach for the suppression of the parallel-plate waveguide (PPW) noise in high-speed printed circuit boards is presented. In this approach, one of the two conductors forming the PPW is replaced by an electromagnetic bandgap (EBG) surface. The main advantage of the proposed approach over the commonly practiced methods is the omnidirectional noise suppression it provides. For this purpose, two EBG structures are initially designed by utilizing an approximate circuit model. Subsequently, the corresponding band structures are characterized by analytical solutions using the transverse resonance method, as well as full-wave finite-element simulations. The designed EBG surfaces were fabricated and employed in a number of PPW test boards. The corresponding frequency-domain measurements exhibited bandgaps of approximately 2.21 and 3.35 GHz in the frequency range below 6 GHz. More importantly, suppression of the PPW noise by 53% was achieved based on time-domain reflectometry experiments, while maintaining the signal transmission quality within the required specifications for common signaling standards.     

A novel power plane with super-wideband elimination of ground bounce noise on high speed circuits

A novel L-bridged electromagnetic bandgap (EBG) power/ground planes is proposed with super-wideband suppression of the ground bounce noise (GBN) from 600Mz to 4.6GHz. The L-shaped bridge design on the EBG power plane not only broadens the stopband bandwidth, but also can increase the mutual coupling between the adjacent EBG cells by significantly decreasing the gap between the cells. It is found the small gap design can prevent from the severe degradation of the signal quality for the high-speed signal referring to the perforated EBG power plane. The excellent GBN suppression performance with keeping reasonably good signal integrity for the proposed structure is validated both experimentally and numerically. Good agreement is seen.     

Application of VSI‐EBG Structure to High‐Speed Differential Signals for Wideband Suppression of Common‐Mode Noise

In this paper, we present wideband common‐mode (CM) noise suppression using a vertical stepped impedance electromagnetic bandgap (VSI‐EBG) structure for high‐speed differential signals in multilayer printed circuit boards. This technique is an original design that enables us to apply the VSI‐EBG structure to differential signals without sacrificing the differential characteristics. In addition, the analytical dispersion equations for the bandgap prediction of the CM propagation in the VSI‐EBG structure are extracted, and the closed‐form expressions for the bandgap cutoff frequencies are derived. Based on the dispersion equations, the effects of the impedance ratio, the EBG patch length, and via inductances on the bandgap of the VSI‐EBG structure for differential signals are thoroughly examined. The proposed dispersion equations are verified through agreement with the full‐wave simulation results. It is experimentally demonstrated that the proposed VSI‐EBG structure for differential signaling suppresses the CM noise in the wideband frequency range without degrading the differential characteristics.     

一种抑制SSN的新型宽带平面电磁带隙结构

随着现代高速数字电路的快速发展,同步开关噪声(SSN)问题变得越来越突出。该文提出了一种适用于高速数字电路中抑制同步开关噪声的新型宽带平面电磁带隙(EBG)结构,并用Ansoft HFSS软件对该电磁带隙结构进行数据仿真分析。仿真结果表明,在抑制深度为-30dB时,其阻带范围为0.2~5.6 GHz,与传统的L-bridge型电磁带隙结构比较,阻带下限截止频率下降了500 MHz,阻带带宽增加了1.4GHz,相对带宽增加了38.1%,且能全向抑制同步开关噪声。     

一种抑制同步开关噪声的新颖电磁带隙结构

电源平面与接地平面间的同步开关噪声是现代高速、高性能数字电路应用的瓶颈之一。文中提出了一种应用于印刷电路板的新颖二维电磁带隙（MS-EBG）结构,其单位晶格由折线缝隙组合与正方形贴片桥接构成,以抑制同步开关噪声。结果表明,抑制深度为-30 dB时,与传统L-bridged EBG结构比较,新EBG结构的阻带宽度增加1.3 GHz,相对带宽提高了约10%,能够有效抑制0.6～5.9 GHz的同步开关噪声。     

Novel Planar Electromagnetic Bandgap Structures for Mitigation of Switching Noise and EMI Reduction in High-Speed Circuits

Planar electromagnetic bandgap (EBG) structures with novel meandered lines and super cell configuration are proposed for mitigating simultaneous switching noise propagation in high-speed printed circuit boards. An ultrawide bandgap extending from 250 MHz to 12 GHz and beyond is demonstrated by both simulation and measurement, and a good agreement is observed. These perforated EBG-based power planes may cause spurious and unwanted radiation. In this paper, leakage radiation through these imperfect planes is carefully investigated. It is found that the leakage field from these planar EBG structures is highly concentrated around the feed point, and the field intensity is attenuated dramatically when passing across several periods of patches. A novel concept of using these EBG structures for electromagnetic interference reduction is also introduced. Finally, the impact of power plane with EBG-patterned structures on signal integrity is studied.     

Electromagnetic-Bandgap Layers for Broad-Band Suppression of TEM Modes in Power Planes

A practical set of engineering design equations are derived for predicting stopband performance of electromagnetic-bandgap (EBG) structures within parallel power planes. The EBG circuits suppress the TEM-mode noise within parallel plates used within digital power distribution networks. Stopbands are realized over designed frequency bands of interest in the microwave spectrum. The mathematical relationships between the physical hardware and the electrical models are clearly stated. Several examples are given and proof-of-concept experiments are described and compared to the predicted results with good agreement.