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Ian_Maw
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1 year ago
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Does the PDN Tool Take DC Bias Loss Into Account?

Hi, I worked in a company where someone did not account for loss of capacitance due to DC bias and the boards were unreliable for that reason. I used the Cyclone V PDN tool to calculate the require...
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    FvM
    1 year ago
    Accepted. Let's say, PDN tool has no features to take account of capacitor voltage rating. Even if you know it, effective capacitance of different high Er capacitors at 0.5*Vrated ranges between 30 and 80 % of nominal capacitance.