Measuring IC Switching Current Waveforms using a GMI Probe for Power Integrity Studies

Fan Zhou; Songping Wu; David Pommerenke; Yoshiki Kayano; Hiroshi Inoue; Kenji Tan; Jun Fan

doi:10.1109/APEMC.2010.5475607

Measuring IC Switching Current Waveforms using a GMI Probe for Power Integrity Studies

Fan Zhou
, Songping Wu
, David Pommerenke
, Yoshiki Kayano
, Hiroshi Inoue
, Kenji Tan
, Jun Fan

Electrical and Computer Engineering

Missouri University of Science and Technology

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Abstract

IC switching current is the main noise source of many power integrity issues in printed circuit boards. Accurate measurement of the current waveforms is critical for an effective power distribution network design. In this paper, using a giant magnetoimpedance (GMI) probe for this purpose is studied. A side-band detection and demodulation system is built up to measure various time-domain waveforms using an oscilloscope. It is found that the GMI probes are potentially suitable for this kind of time-domain measurements, but probe designs and measurement setups need further improvements for this application.

Original language	American English
Journal	Proceedings of the 2010 Asia-Pacific Symposium on Electromagnetic Compatibility (2010, Bejing, China)
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/APEMC.2010.5475607
State	Published - Apr 1 2010

Keywords

Accurate Measurement
Band Detection
Current Waveforms
Demodulation System
Distributed Parameter Networks
Electromagnetic Compatibility
Electromagnetism
Giant Magnetoimpedance
Measurement Setup
Noise Source
Power Distribution Network Design
Power Integrity
Printed Circuit Boards
Printed Circuit Manufacture
Probe Design
Probes
Switching Currents
Time Domain Measurement
Time-domain Waveforms

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Electromagnetics and Photonics

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