A novel EBG power plane structure for suppressing SSN in high speed systems

Experimental Verification of a Negative Index of Refraction

Abstract: We present experimental scattering data at microwave frequencies on a structured metamaterial that exhibits a frequency band where the effective index of refraction (n) is negative. The material consists of a two-dimensional array of repeated unit cells of copper strips and split ring resonators on interlocking strips of standard circuit board material. By measuring the scattering angle of the transmitted beam through a prism fabricated from this material, we determine the effective n, appropriate to Snell's law. These experiments directly confirm the predictions of Maxwell's equations that n is given by the negative square root of epsilon.mu for the frequencies where both the permittivity (epsilon) and the permeability (mu) are negative. Configurations of geometrical optical designs are now possible that could not be realized by positive index materials.

High-impedance electromagnetic surfaces with a forbidden frequency band

Abstract: A new type of metallic electromagnetic structure has been developed that is characterized by having high surface impedance. Although it is made of continuous metal, and conducts dc currents, it does not conduct ac currents within a forbidden frequency band. Unlike normal conductors, this new surface does not support propagating surface waves, and its image currents are not phase reversed. The geometry is analogous to a corrugated metal surface in which the corrugations have been folded up into lumped-circuit elements, and distributed in a two-dimensional lattice. The surface can be described using solid-state band theory concepts, even though the periodicity is much less than the free-space wavelength. This unique material is applicable to a variety of electromagnetic problems, including new kinds of low-profile antennas.

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

Abstract: 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.

A novel power planes with low radiation and broadband suppression of ground bounce noise using photonic bandgap structures

Abstract: A novel power/ground planes design for eliminating the ground bounce noise (GBN) in high-speed digital circuits is proposed by using low-period photonic bandgap (PBG) structure. Keeping solid for the ground plane and designing low-period PBG pattern on the power plane, the proposed structure omni-directionally behaves highly efficient suppression of GBN (over 50 dB) within broadband frequency range from 1 GHz to 4 GHz. Although the power plane has low-period perforation, the proposed structure still performs with relatively low radiation within the stopband compared with the solid power/ground planes. The low radiation and high suppression of the GBN for the proposed structure are checked both experimentally and numerically. Good consistency is seen.

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

Abstract: 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.