Extended adaptive voltage positioning (EAVP) [power delivery network design]

Author

Waizman, A. ; Chung, CheeYee

Author_Institution

Intel Corp., USA

fYear

2000

fDate

2000

Firstpage

65

Lastpage

68

Abstract

The aim of this paper is to present a new robust approach, named extended adaptive voltage positioning (EAVP), to the design and analysis of a low impedance power delivery network. EAVP utilizes and extends on the theory of adaptive voltage positioning (AVP) that is commonly used in voltage regulator module (VRM) design and operation. Using EAVP, the authors demonstrate how uncertainties in design guardband noise budget can be removed, resulting in significant performance bin-split improvement and cost reduction. Design optimization of decoupling capacitors is illustrated using EAVP by using both time and frequency domain analysis

Keywords

circuit noise; frequency-domain analysis; network synthesis; optimisation; power capacitors; power supply circuits; time-domain analysis; voltage control; EAVP; adaptive voltage positioning; cost reduction; decoupling capacitors; design guardband noise budget; design optimization; extended adaptive voltage positioning; frequency domain analysis; low impedance power delivery network; performance bin-split improvement; power delivery network design; time domain analysis; voltage regulator module design; Capacitors; Costs; Design optimization; Frequency domain analysis; Impedance; Noise reduction; Regulators; Robustness; Uncertainty; Voltage;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Electrical Performance of Electronic Packaging, 2000, IEEE Conference on.

Conference_Location

Scottsdale, AZ

Print_ISBN

0-7803-6450-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/EPEP.2000.895494

Filename

895494