Comparative Analysis of Similarities and Differences between Analog and Digital Cabling Strategies

Analog and digital wiring are the same

Bypass or decoupling capacitor

Both analog and digital devices require these types of capacitors when routing. They need to be connected to a capacitor near their power supply pins. This capacitor is typically 0.1mF. Another type of capacitor is required on the system power supply side. Typically, this capacitor is approximately 10mF.

The locations of these capacitors are shown in Figure 1. The capacitance range is between 1/10 and 10 times the recommended value. However, the pins must be short and should be as close as possible to the device (for 0.1mF capacitors) or to the power supply (for 10mF capacitors).

Adding bypass or decoupling capacitors to the board and the location of these capacitors on the board are common sense for both digital and analog designs. But the interesting thing is that the reasons are different. In analog wiring designs, bypass capacitors are typically used to bypass high-frequency signals on the power supply. If no bypass capacitors are added, these high-frequency signals may enter the sensitive analog chip through the power supply pins. In general, the frequency of these high frequency signals exceeds the ability of analog devices to reject high frequency signals. If a bypass capacitor is not used in the analog circuit, noise may be introduced into the signal path, and even more severe conditions may cause vibration.

Figure 1 In analog and digital PCB designs, bypass or decoupling capacitors (1mF) should be placed as close as possible to the device. The power supply decoupling capacitor (10mF) should be placed at the power line inlet of the board. In all cases, the pins of these capacitors should be short

Figure 2 On this board, different routes are used to route the power and ground lines. Due to this improper fit, the electronic components and lines of the board are more likely to be electromagnetically interfered.

Figure 3 In this single panel, the power and ground wires to the devices on the board are close together. The matching of the power and ground wires in this board is more appropriate than in Figure 2. The possibility of electromagnetic interference (EMI) in electronic components and circuits in the board is reduced by 679/12.8 times or about 54 times

For digital devices such as controllers and processors, decoupling capacitors are also required, but for different reasons. One function of these capacitors is to act as a "mini" charge bank. In digital circuits, switching the gate state typically requires a large current. It is advantageous to have additional "standby" charge due to switching transient currents on the chip and flowing through the board during switching. If there is not enough charge when performing the switching action, the power supply voltage will change greatly. A voltage change that is too large can cause the digital signal level to go into an indeterminate state and is likely to cause the state machine in the digital device to malfunction. The switching current flowing through the board trace will cause a voltage change, and the board trace has parasitic inductance. The voltage change can be calculated by the following formula: V = LdI/dt

Where V = voltage change; L = board trace inductance; dI = current flow through the trace; dt = current change time.

Therefore, it is preferable to apply a bypass (or decoupling) capacitor at the power supply or at the power supply pin of the active device for a variety of reasons.

Power cord and ground wire are to be put together

The position of the power cord and the ground wire are well matched to reduce the possibility of electromagnetic interference. If the power and ground wires are not properly matched, a system loop is designed and noise is likely to occur. An example of a PCB design with improper power and ground wiring is shown in Figure 2.

On this board, the designed loop area is 697cm2. With the method shown in Figure 3, the possibility of radiated noise on the board or outside the board inducing a voltage in the loop can be greatly reduced.

Lead Free Piezoelectric Elements


The Co-Al Co-doped Barium Titanate Lead-free Piezoelectric Ceramics was successfully developed by Yuhai company through repeated experiments. By Researching the influence of Co-Al Co-doping on the structure and properties of Barium Titanate-based piezoelectric ceramics, the formulation and preparation technology of Barium Titanate-based piezoelectric ceramics were optimized. Yuhai`s BaTiO3 was prepared by conventional solid-phase sintering method, with the piezoelectric constant d33 (>170pC/N), dielectric loss tgδ≤0.5% and mechanical coupling coefficient Kp≥0.34.

Barium titanate lead-free piezoelectric ceramics are important basic materials for the development of modern science and technology, which was widely used in the manufacture of ultrasonic transducers, underwater acoustic transducers, electroacoustic transducers, ceramic filters, ceramic transformers, ceramic frequency discriminators, high voltage generators, infrared detectors, surface acoustic wave devices, electro-optic devices, ignition and detonation devices, and piezoelectric gyroscope and so on.

Application: military, ocean, fishery, scientific research, mine detection, daily life and other fields.

China Patent of Yuhai company`s BaTiO3

Chinese Patent No.: ZL 2011 1 0126758.6

Name: Lead-free Barium Titanate Piezoelectric Material with Addition of Cobalt and Aluminum

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Lead free piezo material BaTiO3

Lead-free Material

Properties

BaTiO3

Dielectric Constant

ɛTr3

1260

Coupling factor

KP

0.34

K31

0.196

K33

0.43

Kt

0.32

Piezoelectric coefficient

d31

10-12m/v

-60

d33

10-12m/v

160

g31

10-3vm/n

-5.4

g33

10-3vm/n

14.3

Frequency coefficients

Np

3180

N1

2280

N3

Nt

2675

Elastic compliance coefficient

Se11

10-12m2/n

8.4

Machanical quality factor

Qm

1200

Dielectric loss factor

Tg δ

%

0.5

Density

ρ

g/cm3

5.6

Curie Temperature

Tc

°C

115

Young's modulus

YE11

<109N/m3

119

Poison Ratio

0.33


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