Voltage Regulator Module Noise Analysis for High-Volume Server Applications

E. Matoglu
N. Pham
Giuseppe Selli
Mauro Lai
James L. Drewniak, Missouri University of Science and Technology
D. Wang
D. Kuhn
R. Hashemi
M. Cases
B. Wilkie
B. Herrman
P. Patel
Bruce Archambeault, Missouri University of Science and Technology
Samuel Connor
D. N. de Araujo

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Abstract

This paper presents a methodology to analyze voltage regulator module (VRM) noise coupling problems in high-volume server applications. The technique is applied on a real engineering design. The comprehensive model includes irregular power shapes, decoupling capacitors, and dielectric and conductive loss. Irregular shaped power plane modeling is cross-checked with four separate methods to demonstrate accuracy.