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Title: PSRR Post by raja.cedt on Mar 24th, 2009, 6:49am hi, How to decide what kind of kind noise profile we have to add in the VDD to get psrr.I used to find in the following manner Give 100mv supply bump with 1/f rise time and keep some time in that state ,and then finding the steady state change in the output voltage,here f is the dominant frequency in the supply noise spectrum.Can any body explain clearly how to find based on supply noise profile? Thanks, Rajasekhar. |
Title: Re: PSRR Post by indysjl on Mar 24th, 2009, 10:02am Rajasekhar, In my experience, PSRR is determined through AC simulation. Sweep (frequency) an AC source (Vin) on top of the power supply, and measure output (Vout) signal, then plot Vout/Vin in dB vs frequency. Hope this helps, Saul |
Title: Re: PSRR Post by thechopper on Mar 24th, 2009, 11:23am Rajasekhar, What Saul suggested is correct. PSRR is difined a transfer function of a linear system. Therefore you need to evaluate it at each frequency within your noise bandwith. The system therefore will respond according to the PSRR frequency response given a certain noise profile. This is characterized with AC simulations as Saul said. Regards Tosei |
Title: Re: PSRR Post by Visjnoe on Mar 24th, 2009, 11:47am In general, I agree with the above, but after the AC simulation you should also run a transient simulation with supply noise to check the PSRR. What guarantee do you have that the supply noise is only 1mV-10mV...not 250mV?500mV? I've been there. Good PSRR from AC simulations is a necessary but not sufficient condition. What tones should you apply? What amplitude? Look at your system, look at the surroundings of the DUT! What clock frequencies are running nearby? Do they have substantial harmonics (most likely the answer is yes)? I've had numerous debates about PSRR. It's the one spec where most customers just 'put a number' without giving it any extra thought. This might lead to unnecessary iterations for the designers. PSRR specifications should be derived from a system study with input from IC designers. Regards Peter |
Title: Re: PSRR Post by thechopper on Mar 24th, 2009, 1:23pm Peter: I agree with what you suggested, but I still think that if small signal noise models such us 1/f are considered for the VCC supply line, then AC analysis should be ok for predicting the amount of such noise going to the output of the system. However I also got burnt with "noise on VCC" being much larger than what a small signal model accounts for. So definitely is something to define as an input for your system before going too deep into the design. A transient then is the answer for analysis such responses as you stated. Regards Tosei |
Title: Re: PSRR Post by indysjl on Mar 24th, 2009, 3:48pm Peter/Tosei, Thank you for supplementing my answer. In my limited design experience I have not performed transient analysis in characterizing PSRR. Do you have any recommended literature references that I might peruse to become more familiar? Thanks, Saul |
Title: Re: PSRR Post by raja.cedt on Mar 24th, 2009, 9:34pm hi , thanks everybody for giving valuable reply ,even i feel the same ,they have to give some other specifications along with PSRR no,...can any one please give clear PSRR specifications for a model supply noise profile? or can you plase direct any data sheet or documents regarding this? Thanks, Rajasekhar. |
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