Meander-DGS Effect on Electromagnetic Bandgap Structure for Power/Ground Noise Suppression in High-Speed Integrated Circuit Packages and PCBs

Myunghoi Kim

doi:10.3390/electronics11020211

Abstract

In this paper, we present the impact of a meander-shaped defected ground structure (MDGS) on the slow-wave characteristics of a lowest-order passband and a low cutoff frequency of the first stopband of an electromagnetic bandgap (EBG) structure for power/ground noise suppression in high-speed integrated circuit packages and printed circuit boards (PCBs). A semi-analytical method is presented to rigorously analyze the MDGS effect. In the analytical method, a closed-form expression for a low cutoff frequency of the MDGS-EBG structure is extracted with an effective characteristic impedance and a slow-wave factor. The proposed analytical method enables the fast analysis of the MDGS-EBG structure so that it can be easily optimized. The analysis of the MDGS effect revealed that the low cutoff frequency increases up to approximately 19% while comparing weakly and strongly coupled MDGSs. It showed that the miniaturization of the MDGS-EBG structure can be achieved. It was experimentally verified that the low cutoff frequency is reduced from 2.54 GHz to 2.00 GHz by decreasing the MDGS coupling coefficient, which is associated with the miniaturization of the MDGS-EBG structure in high-speed packages and PCBs.

Highlights

Power/ground noise, such as simultaneous switching noise (SSN), is a major concern in high-speed circuit designs for achieving high performance and high reliability of electronic systems
The power/ground noise is induced from the resonant cavity modes of the power delivery networks (PDNs), which can be considered as a parallel plate waveguide (PPW)
Dispersion characteristics of the fundamental passband and a low cutoff frequency of the first stopband are examined with various coupling coefficients and numbers of meander segments

Summary

Introduction

Power/ground noise, such as simultaneous switching noise (SSN), is a major concern in high-speed circuit designs for achieving high performance and high reliability of electronic systems. As can be seen in (9) and (10), adjustment of a low cutoff frequency is achieved by varying a wslhoewre-wave factor, an effective characteristic impedance of the meander line, and a unit cell size, whereas the Leff of the previous metallo-dielectric EBG structure is mainly affected by the unit cell size.

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