TriCore Electromagnetic Emission Summary

TriCore™ High-End Derivatives
TC1797, TC1387, TC1782
Electromagnetic Emission Summary
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Table of Contents
1
Introduction ........................................................................................................................................5
2
Executive Summary ...........................................................................................................................6
3
Emission Measurement Methods .....................................................................................................7
4
Emission Limit Curves ......................................................................................................................9
5
Microcontroller Operation during Test ..........................................................................................10
6
Application-Typical Emission Tests ..............................................................................................11
7
Emission caused by Pad Drivers ...................................................................................................19
8
Emission Influence from Exposed Die Pad ...................................................................................23
9
References ........................................................................................................................................26
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Introduction
This summary describes the electromagnetic emission behaviour of the following microcontroller products:
•
TC1797 in P-BGA-416 package
•
TC1387 in PG-LBGA-208-4 package
•
TC1782 in PG-LQFP-176-6 package
All 3 microcontrollers offer similar performance by system clock rate of 180 MHz, TriCore™ CPU and peripheral
functions (e.g. FlexRay controller). The TC1797 provides in addition an external memory interface.
The 3 microcontrollers differ in their packaging and technology.
The center VSS balls of TC1797 and TC1387 are efficiently connected to the test board’s GND plane; a similar
connection is provided by the TC1782 exposed die pad (e-pad).
Table 1 lists the main features.
TC1797
TC1387
TC1782
Package
P-BGA-416
PG-LBGA-208-4
PG-LQFP-176-6
System clock
180 MHz
180 MHz
180 MHz
Embedded program flash
2x2.0 MB
2x1.5 MB
2.5 MB
FlexRay
yes
yes
yes
External memory interface (EBU)
yes
no
no
CMOS technology node
130 nm
130 nm
90 nm
Core supply voltage (VDDC)
1.5 V
1.5 V
1.3 V
I/O supply voltage (VDDP)
3.3 V
3.3 V
3.3 V
Table 1: Comparison the main features of the microcontrollers under test.
For architectural details, please refer to the respective product specifications.
All EMI test results presented in this report are obtained from hardware and software test setups compliant to
the “Generic IC EMC Test Specification” (“BISS paper”) [7], open copyright 2004 by Robert Bosch GmbH,
Infineon Technologies AG, Continental AG (former Siemens-VDO).
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Executive Summary
1) Conducted emissions of the AudoFuture and AudoMax 32-bit high-end microcontrollers TC1387 and
TC1782 stay below the BISS limits for application-typical operations (i.e. all function units active and
reduced pad drivers used) up to 180 MHz and thus should not cause any severe problems for lowemission PCB design.
2) Conducted emissions of the AudoFuture 32-bit high-end microcontroller TC1797 touch or slightly
exceed the BISS limits especially on its power supply domains. Reason for the higher emission is its
external memory bus burst interface, which makes the TC1797 more critical than the microcontrollers
without external bus interface.
3) Radiated emission of the TC1387 is uncritical, while TC1797 and TC1782 touch the BISS limit in the
500-600 MHz range.
4) System clock emissions are mainly visible on the core supply domain VDDC; the core noise is efficiently
decoupled from VDDP by on-chip power supply design measures.
5) I/O noise is visible on VDDP, but to a certain amount also coupled to VDDC, however it stays far below
critical values.
6) I/O emission (i.e. noise propagation through inactive pads) is – in contrast to supply emission – visible
up to 1 GHz. Reason is that there is no available on-chip space to design decoupling capacitors for the
VDDP system. Also I/O pins can neither be decoupled on chip nor on PCB. Special care on PCB layout
is advisable to prevent I/O noise from being coupled to any antenna structures on the PCB:
a. Keep signal traces short
b. Route signal traces as micro-strip or stripline (ground shielding)
c.
Avoid signal trace vias through power or ground planes
d. Use lowest permissable data rates
e. Use weakest permissable pad driver settings
f.
The TC1782 e-pad for solid grounding should be soldered to the PCB ground plane in order to
keep current return paths short. It is also required for efficient power dissipation from die to
PCB.
For further recommendations please refer to Infineon’s application notes listed in chapter 9.
7) Conducted and radiated emissions reach the BISS limits if the strongest pad drivers are selected for
high-speed signals. Generally, it is desirable to avoid high-speed signals in the application. If not
avoidable, emission level from high-speed I/Os can be significantly decreased when operating I/Os at
lower speed and select weaker driver strengths, as discussed above. PCB layout should be carefully
considered for high-speed interface signal routing as micro-strip or stripline.
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Emission Measurement Methods
The setup used for electromagnetic emission measurement complies fully with the BISS test specification which
can be downloaded from the internet [7]. One test board was designed for every microcontroller under test with
similar layout. The test board is used for conducted and radiated emission measurements.
Conducted emission is measured using the standardized 150 Ω network, see figure 1. This network is used for
both port and power supply emission measurements. Only crosstalk noise is measured; i.e. the port pins under
test are never actively switching. Frequency range is 150 kHz to 1 GHz.
Fig. 1 shows the schematic 150 Ω network connection to the microcontroller (IC under test) and the general
layout of each 150 Ω probing net.
Figure 1
150 Ω probing networks for conducted emission measurement
150Ω networks are provided for conducted emission measurements according the international standard IEC
61967 part 4 and the BISS test specification for a set of signals and power supply nets. All digital power supply
nets plus a subset of I/O pins (typically located in the center of all 4 package edges) are measured, see figure 2.
Figure 2
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Probed supply and signal nets for conducted emission measurement
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Radiated emission is measured using the standard mini TEM cell according IEC 61967 part 2 and BISS
emission test specification. The frequency range is from 150 kHz to 1 GHz.
Figure 3
Measurement setup for radiated emission
Measurement instrumentation and conditions:
Spectrum analyzer:
Rohde & Schwarz FSP7
Detector type:
Peak detector
Measurement time:
For all measurements, the emission measurement time (10ms) at one
frequency is longer than the test software loop duration.
Pre-Amplifier:
internal
Data generation software:
Rohde & Schwarz EMIPAK 9950
Environment:
temperature 23°C ± 5°C
Supply:
nominal voltage ± 5%
For all measurements the noise floor is at least 6dB below the limit.
Spectrum Analyzer
Frequency range
TEM
150 Ω
RBW
150 kHz
to
30 MHz
30 MHz
to
200 MHz
200 MHz
to
1000 MHz
10kHz
Sweep time*
ts =
NP ⋅ LT ⋅ FR
RBW
*) NP = number of points; LT = loop time; FR = frequency range
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Emission Limit Curves
For reference purpose, all measured emission spectra are enhanced by the “external digital bus systems” limit
curves taken from the BISS specification [7]. Figure 4 introduces these 3 limit curves:
Conducted emission 150 Ω, limit for supply pin emission (Supply Conducted),
•
Conducted emission 150 Ω, limit for port pin emission (I/O Conducted),
•
Radiated emission, limit for Mini TEM cell emission (Radiated).
dBµV
•
80
75
70
65
60
55
50
45
40
35
30
25
20
15
10
5
0
I/O Conducted
Supply Conducted
Radiated
0,1
1,0
10,0
100,0
1000,0
Frequency/MHz
Figure 4
BISS limit curves in logarithmic scale
If the measured emission stays below the respective limit, the measured supply or signal net is treated as
“clean”. If the measured emission violates the respective limit for one or more frequencies, some more care
must be taken for an EMC-friendly PCB layout. Infineon strongly recommends to use all microcontroller
hardware settings provided for reduction of electromagnetic emission (as long as your required system
performance permits):
•
Reduce system clock frequency
•
Disable unused clocks (e.g. CLKOUT, EXTCLK [automatically disabled after reset])
•
Reduce output pad driver strength (up to 7 settings available for all port pins) [1] [2]
•
Consider Infineon’s general and product-specific PCB design guidelines which propose optimized
power supply layout and decoupling concepts [3] [4] [5] [6]
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Microcontroller Operation during Test
To get a realistic impression of the microcontroller’s emission potential, so called “application-typical” settings
have been applied during the tests. This means:
•
Program execution takes place from on-chip flash memory
•
CPU and all functional modules are active
•
System clock output is disabled
•
High-speed interfaces are active (e.g. FlexRay @ 10 Mbit/s, SPI @ 5 MBit/s, ASC / LIN / CAN @ 500
kBit/s)
•
Other I/Os run at lower data rates
•
FlexRay operates at 30% bus load
•
TC1797 EBU burst clock operates at 20% bus load
•
All output pad driver strengths are selected according their data rates, driving 22pF load. Since most
pins cannot be configured individually, some more pins of the same ports are also forced to stronger
state even if this would be desired only for one or two port pins. This is the ratio of driver settings (all
digital outputs without ADC channels) as it was used for the emission tests:
Driver strength
TC1797
TC1387
TC1782
Weak
53 %
51 %
8%
Medium
24 %
29 %
62 %
Strong-slow
n/a
n/a
0
Strong-soft
14 %
18 %
29 %
Strong-medium-minus
n/a
n/a
0
Strong-medium
0
0
0
Strong-sharp-minus
n/a
n/a
0
Strong-sharp
3%
2%
1%
LVDS
6%
0
0
Table 2: Pad driver scaling of the microcontrollers under test
•
The power supply voltages are selected as follows:
VDDP = 3.30 V
VDDC = 1.50 V (TC1797, TC1387)
VDDC = 1.30 V (TC1782)
•
The system clock is 180 MHz in all cases.
•
The crystal frequency is 20 MHz in all cases.
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Application-Typical Emission Tests
General remarks:
The microcontroller is running in “application-typical” mode. The general hardware settings are described in
chapter 5. Any extensive usage of strong pad drivers may significantly increase the electromagnetic emission.
Any emission peaks rising from lower noise floor in the 900-1000 MHz range may result from GSM transmitters
and are not related to microcontroller operation unless they are system clock harmonics (5 * 180 MHz = 900
MHz).
In this document, only representative emission results for all power supply domains, I/O pins on each package
edge (north, east, south, west) are described. The full emission measurement reports [8] [9] [10] are available
upon request.
Measurements were performed on devices from center fabrication lot, operating at nominal voltages and at
room temperature. Emissions are reduced for lower supply voltages and higher ambient temperature;
fabrication lot influence is negligible.
The following test results are provided:
•
Application-typical conducted emission on core supply net VDDC; system clock is 180 MHz.
•
Application-typical conducted emission on I/O supply net VDDP; system clock is 180 MHz.
•
Application-typical conducted emission on I/O net at package north edge; system clock is 180 MHz.
•
Application-typical conducted emission on VDDE at package east edge; system clock is 180 MHz. 1)
•
Application-typical conducted emission on I/O net at package east edge; system clock is 180 MHz. 2)
•
Application-typical conducted emission on I/O net at package south edge; system clock is 180 MHz.
•
Application-typical conducted emission on I/O net at package west edge; system clock is 180 MHz.
•
Application-typical radiated emission; system clock is 180 MHz.
1)
TC1797 only
2)
TC1387 and TC1782 only
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Application-typical conducted emission on core supply net VDDC; system clock is 180 MHz.
TC1797 CE VDDC 180MHz APP
60
55
50
45
40
dBµV
35
30
25
20
15
10
5
0
0
100
200
300
400
500
600
700
800
900
1000
Frequency/MHz
Figure 5
TC1797; Application; VDDC conducted; 180 MHz
TC1387 CE VDDC 180MHz APP
60
55
50
45
40
dBµV
35
30
25
20
15
10
5
0
0
100
200
300
400
500
600
700
800
900
1000
Frequency/MHz
Figure 6
TC1387; Application; VDDC conducted; 180 MHz
TC1782 CE VDDC 180MHz APP
60
55
50
45
40
dBµV
35
30
25
20
15
10
5
0
0
100
200
300
400
500
600
700
800
900
1000
Frequency/MHz
Figure 7
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TC1782; Application; VDDC conducted; 180 MHz
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Application-typical conducted emission on I/O supply net VDDP; system clock is 180 MHz.
TC1797 CE VDDP 180MHz APP
60
55
50
45
40
dBµV
35
30
25
20
15
10
5
0
0
100
200
300
400
500
600
700
800
900
1000
Frequency/MHz
Figure 8
TC1797; Application; VDDP conducted; 180 MHz
TC1387 CE VDDP 180MHz APP
60
55
50
45
40
dBµV
35
30
25
20
15
10
5
0
0
100
200
300
400
500
600
700
800
900
1000
Frequency/MHz
Figure 9
TC1387; Application; VDDP conducted; 180 MHz
TC1782 CE VDDP 180MHz APP
60
55
50
45
40
dBµV
35
30
25
20
15
10
5
0
0
100
200
300
400
500
600
700
800
900
1000
Frequency/MHz
Figure 10
Test Report
TC1782; Application; VDDP conducted; 180 MHz
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Application-typical conducted emission on I/O net at package north edge; system clock is 180 MHz.
TC1797 CE P3.1 180MHz APP
60
55
50
45
40
dBµV
35
30
25
20
15
10
5
0
0
100
200
300
400
500
600
700
800
900
1000
Frequency/MHz
Figure 11
TC1797; Application; P3.1 conducted; 180 MHz
TC1387 CE P0.9 180MHz APP
60
55
50
45
40
dBµV
35
30
25
20
15
10
5
0
0
100
200
300
400
500
600
700
800
900
1000
Frequency/MHz
Figure 12
TC1387; Application; P0.9 conducted; 180 MHz
TC1782 CE P0.9 180MHz APP
60
55
50
45
40
dBµV
35
30
25
20
15
10
5
0
0
100
200
300
400
500
600
700
800
900
1000
Frequency/MHz
Figure 13
Test Report
TC1782; Application; P0.9 conducted; 180 MHz
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Application-typical conducted emission on I/O net / VDDE at package east edge; system clock is 180 MHz.
TC1797 CE VDDE 180MHz APP
Note: The emission
behavior of TC1797
VDDE and TC1387/
1782 I/O pins cannot
by compared since the
net characteristics are
totally different !
60
55
50
45
40
dBµV
35
30
25
20
15
10
5
0
0
100
200
300
400
500
600
700
800
900
1000
Frequency/MHz
Figure 14
TC1797; VDDE conducted; 180 MHz
TC1387 CE P1.7 180MHz APP
60
55
50
45
40
dBµV
35
30
25
20
15
10
5
0
0
100
200
300
400
500
600
700
800
900
1000
Frequency/MHz
Figure 15
TC1387; Application; P1.7 conducted; 180 MHz
TC1782 CE P1.7 180MHz APP
60
55
50
45
40
dBµV
35
30
25
20
15
10
5
0
0
100
200
300
400
500
600
700
800
900
1000
Frequency/MHz
Figure 16
Test Report
TC1782; Application; P1.7 conducted; 180 MHz
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Application-typical conducted emission on I/O net at package south edge; system clock is 180 MHz.
TC1797 CE P4.9 180MHz APP
60
55
50
45
40
dBµV
35
30
25
20
15
10
5
0
0
100
200
300
400
500
600
700
800
900
1000
Frequency/MHz
Figure 17
TC1797; Application; P4.9 conducted; 180 MHz
TC1387 CE AN6 180MHz APP
60
55
50
45
40
dBµV
35
30
25
20
15
10
5
0
0
100
200
300
400
500
600
700
800
900
1000
Frequency/MHz
Figure 18
TC1387; Application; AN6 conducted; 180 MHz
TC1782 CE AN6 180MHz APP
60
55
50
45
40
dBµV
35
30
25
20
15
10
5
0
0
100
200
300
400
500
600
700
800
900
1000
Frequency/MHz
Figure 19
Test Report
TC1782; Application; AN6 conducted; 180 MHz
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Application-typical conducted emission on I/O net at package west edge; system clock is 180 MHz.
TC1797 CE P1.3 180MHz APP
60
55
50
45
40
dBµV
35
30
25
20
15
10
5
0
0
100
200
300
400
500
600
700
800
900
1000
Frequency/MHz
Figure 20
TC1797; Application; P1.3 conducted; 180 MHz
TC1387 CE P5.0 180MHz APP
60
55
50
45
40
dBµV
35
30
25
20
15
10
5
0
0
100
200
300
400
500
600
700
800
900
1000
Frequency/MHz
Figure 21
TC1387; Application; P5.0 conducted; 180 MHz
TC1782 CE P5.0 180MHz APP
60
55
50
45
40
dBµV
35
30
25
20
15
10
5
0
0
100
200
300
400
500
600
700
800
900
1000
Frequency/MHz
Figure 22
Test Report
TC1782; Application; P5.0 conducted; 180 MHz
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Application-typical radiated emission; system clock is 180 MHz.
TC1797 RE 180MHz APP
60
55
50
45
40
dBµV
35
30
25
20
15
10
5
0
0
100
200
300
400
500
600
700
800
900
1000
Frequency/MHz
Figure 23
TC1797; Application; radiated; 180 MHz
TC1387 RE 180MHz APP
60
55
50
45
40
dBµV
35
30
25
20
15
10
5
0
0
100
200
300
400
500
600
700
800
900
1000
Frequency/MHz
Figure 24
TC1387; Application; radiated; 180 MHz
TC1782 RE 180MHz APP
60
55
50
45
40
dBµV
35
30
25
20
15
10
5
0
0
100
200
300
400
500
600
700
800
900
1000
Frequency/MHz
Figure 25
Test Report
TC1782; Application; radiated; 180 MHz
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Emission caused by Pad Drivers
7.1
General Driver Impact on Emission
For emission measurements, so called “application-typical” microcontroller configurations as described in
chapter 5 are used. All function units are active, but the port pin drivers do not use their their strongest default
settings after reset. Instead, weaker driver settings are configured. The actual driver scaling per pin depends on
the data rate this pin must provide with good signal integrity. According Table 2 in chapter 5, at least 70% of the
pads are using weak and medium driver strength. These two settings do not contribute to pad switching
emission and should be preferred in any application. Fast data rates recommend for strong driver settings, but
even here, the microcontrollers provide several sub-settings, depending on the microcontroller family. Figure 26
provides a generic overview of emission reduction potential when weaker pad driver settings are used. The
strongest driver (“strong-sharp”, default after reset) serves as the 0dB reference line. Any pad driver scaling
other than “strong-sharp” leads to significant emission reduction up to 30dB (“weak”). Please note that driver
settings “strong-sharp-minus”, “strong-medium-minus” and “strong-slow” are only available in the TC1782. In
addition, the emission reduction numbers in dB should be treated as rough reference. The real numbers may
differ. For details, please refer to the Infineon Application Notes [1] [2].
Figure 26
Emission reduction by pad driver settings for VDDP = 3.3 V and Cload = 22 pF at 25°C
Infineon strongly recommends to use the pad driver scaling feature in order to reduce electromagnetic emission.
The lists of pin-wise driver settings for the microcontrollers under test are given in the microcontroller-specific
full electromagnetic emission reports which are available upon request [8] [9] [10].
If many port pins are operated using strong pad driver settings, the electromagnetic emission behavior may be
worse than shown in the measurement diagrams within this document.
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7.2
Emission Tests using Strongest Drivers
The following emission results have been obtained from TC1782. Deviating from the settings applied in chapter
5, all class A2 pad drivers are now operated in “strong-sharp” mode. The results can be taken as a”worst case”
reference. Similar emission increase can be expected for the TC1797 and TC1387 microcontrollers.
The following test results are provided:
•
Worst-case conducted emission on core supply net VDDC; system clock is 180 MHz.
•
Worst-case conducted emission on I/O supply net VDDP; system clock is 180 MHz.
•
Worst-case conducted emission on I/O net at package north edge; system clock is 180 MHz.
•
Worst-case conducted emission on I/O net at package east edge; system clock is 180 MHz.
•
Worst-case conducted emission on I/O net at package south edge; system clock is 180 MHz.
•
Worst-case conducted emission on I/O net at package west edge; system clock is 180 MHz.
•
Worst-case radiated emission; system clock is 180 MHz.
TC1782 CE VDDC 180MHz WORST-CASE
60
55
50
45
40
dBµV
35
30
25
20
15
10
5
0
0
100
200
300
400
500
600
700
800
900
1000
Frequency/MHz
Figure 27
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TC1782; Worst-Case; VDDC conducted; 180 MHz
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TC1782 CE VDDP 180MHz WORST-CASE
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55
50
45
40
dBµV
35
30
25
20
15
10
5
0
0
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400
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800
900
1000
Frequency/MHz
Figure 28
TC1782; Worst-Case; VDDP conducted; 180 MHz
TC1782 CE P0.9 180MHz WORST-CASE
60
55
50
45
40
dBµV
35
30
25
20
15
10
5
0
0
100
200
300
400
500
600
700
800
900
1000
Frequency/MHz
Figure 29
TC1782; Worst-Case; P0.9 conducted; 180 MHz
TC1782
CE VDDP
180MHz
APP
TC1782
CE P1.7
180MHz
WORST-CASE
60
55
50
45
40
dBµV
35
30
25
20
15
10
5
0
0
100
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Frequency/MHz
Figure 30
Test Report
TC1782; Worst-Case; P1.7 conducted; 180 MHz
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TC1782 CE AN6 180MHz WORST-CASE
60
55
50
45
40
dBµV
35
30
25
20
15
10
5
0
0
100
200
300
400
500
600
700
800
900
1000
Frequency/MHz
Figure 31
TC1782; Worst-Case; AN6 conducted; 180 MHz
TC1782 CE P5.0 180MHz WORST-CASE
60
55
50
45
40
dBµV
35
30
25
20
15
10
5
0
0
100
200
300
400
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900
1000
Frequency/MHz
Figure 32
TC1782; Worst-Case; P5.0 conducted; 180 MHz
TC1782 RE 180MHz WORST-CASE
60
55
50
45
40
dBµV
35
30
25
20
15
10
5
0
0
100
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1000
Frequency/MHz
Figure 33
Test Report
TC1782; Worst-Case; radiated; 180 MHz
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Emission Influence from Exposed Die Pad
Exposed die pads are used in leadframe packages to dissipate the static and dynamic IC power from the die to
the PCB without need for expensive heat sinks. Typical PCB layouts use “thermal vias” to transfer the heat from
the die through the PCB to the GND plane.
The TC1782 offers such an “e-pad” which is electrically connected to the VSS (ground) net of the
microcontroller. Since the standard assembly forms a conducting connection between the PCB trace or plane
and the e-pad, the e-pad must be soldered to the PCB GND net.
From electrical point of view the e-pad provides a lower impedance connection of all VSS supply pads on the
die, because all VSS pads are bonded onto the e-pad surface. Once the e-pad is soldered to the PCB GND
plane, a very low-ohmic connection between chip-GND and PCB-GND is established. The disadvantage of this
configuration is the easy noise propagation from the die to the PCB. For some electrical nets, this conducting epad connection leads to slightly higher electromagnetic emission. On the other hand, a disconnected e-pad
leads to higher dynamic voltage drop on the die during operation, thus reducing the margin for reliable
operation. The electrical device specification is nevertheless fulfilled.
All emission measurement results provided in chapters 6 and 7 are obtained from TC1782 with its e-pad
soldered to PCB-GND.
The following emission results are obtained from a TC1782 which was assembled in two ways: (1) e-pad
soldered to PCB-GND (see result diagrams in the left column of the result table below), and (2) mounted in a
socket without conducting e-pad connection (see result diagrams in the right column of the result table below).
The emission of a soldered TC1782 without conducting e-pad connection will stay between any two
measurement results provided in one row of the result table.
Power supply nets do not show significant differences between a soldered and an unconnected e-pad. For I/O
pins, the situation is not unique, depending on the resulting current return paths.
None of the nets becomes really critical wrt. the BISS limit, neither with soldered nor with unconnected e-pad.
TC1782 CE VDDC 180MHz APP SOCKET
60
55
55
50
50
45
45
40
40
35
35
dBµV
dBµV
TC1782 CE VDDC 180MHz APP
60
30
30
25
25
20
20
15
15
10
10
5
5
0
0
0
100
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600
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1000
0
100
Frequency/MHz
Figure 34
Test Report
TC1782; soldered; e-Pad; Application;
VDDC conducted; 180 MHz
200
300
400
500
600
700
800
900
1000
Frequency/MHz
Figure 35
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TC1782; Socket; no e-Pad; Application;
VDDC conducted; 180 MHz
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TC1782 CE VDDP 180MHz APP SOCKET
60
55
55
50
50
45
45
40
40
35
35
dBµV
dBµV
TC1782 CE VDDP 180MHz APP
60
30
30
25
25
20
20
15
15
10
10
5
5
0
0
0
100
200
300
400
500
600
700
800
900
1000
0
100
200
300
400
Frequency/MHz
Figure 36
TC1782; soldered; e-Pad; Application;
VDDP conducted; 180 MHz
Figure 37
700
800
900
1000
TC1782 CE P0.9 180MHz APP SOCKET
60
60
55
55
50
50
45
45
40
40
35
35
dBµV
dBµV
600
TC1782; Socket; no e-Pad; Application;
VDDP conducted; 180 MHz
TC1782 CE P0.9 180MHz APP
30
30
25
25
20
20
15
15
10
10
5
5
0
0
0
100
200
300
400
500
600
700
800
900
1000
0
100
200
300
400
Frequency/MHz
Figure 38
500
600
700
800
900
1000
Frequency/MHz
TC1782; soldered; e-Pad; Application;
P0.9 conducted; 180 MHz
Figure 39
TC1782; Socket; no e-Pad; Application;
P0.9 conducted; 180 MHz
TC1782 CE P1.7 180MHz APP
TC1782 CE P1.7 180MHz APP SOCKET
60
60
55
55
50
50
45
45
40
40
35
35
dBµV
dBµV
500
Frequency/MHz
30
30
25
25
20
20
15
15
10
10
5
5
0
0
0
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700
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100
Frequency/MHz
Figure 40
Test Report
TC1782; soldered; e-Pad; Application;
P1.7 conducted; 180 MHz
200
300
400
500
600
700
800
900
1000
Frequency/MHz
Figure 41
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TC1782; Socket; no e-Pad; Application;
P1.7 conducted; 180 MHz
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TC1782 CE AN6 180MHz APP SOCKET
60
55
55
50
50
45
45
40
40
35
35
dBµV
dBµV
TC1782 CE AN6 180MHz APP
60
30
30
25
25
20
20
15
15
10
10
5
5
0
0
0
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700
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900
1000
0
100
200
300
Frequency/MHz
Figure 42
500
600
700
800
900
1000
Frequency/MHz
TC1782; soldered; e-Pad; Application;
AN6 conducted; 180 MHz
Figure 43
TC1782; Socket; no e-Pad; Application;
AN6 conducted; 180 MHz
TC1782 CE P5.0 180MHz APP
TC1782 CE P5.0 180MHz APP SOCKET
60
60
55
55
50
50
45
45
40
40
35
35
dBµV
dBµV
400
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25
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25
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10
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5
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100
Frequency/MHz
Figure 44
Test Report
TC1782; soldered; e-Pad; Application;
P5.0 conducted; 180 MHz
200
300
400
500
600
700
800
900
1000
Frequency/MHz
Figure 45
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TC1782; Socket; no e-Pad; Application;
P5.0 conducted; 180 MHz
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References
These documents can be downloaded from the Infineon microcontroller internet pages:
http://www.infineon.com/cms/en/product/channel.html?channel=ff80808112ab681d0112ab6b64b50805
[1] Application Note AP32111 “Scalable Pads“; Electrical Specification of Scalable Output Drivers in 130nm
CMOS Technology (valid for TC1797 and TC1387)
[2] Application Note AP32146 “TC1782 Scalable Pads“; Timing and Electromagnetic Emission
[3] Application Note AP24026 “General EMC guidelines for PCB design”
[4] Application Note AP32114 “EMC guidelines for PCB design – TC1797”
[5] Application Note AP32153 “EMC guidelines for PCB design – TC1783”
[6] Application Note AP32145 “EMC guidelines for PCB design – TC1782”
This document can be downloaded from the ZVEI internet pages:
https://www.zvei.org/de/publikationen_veranstaltungen/publikationen_downloads/publikationen_der_fachverbae
nde/?no_cache=1&tx_ZVEIpubFachverbaende_pi1%5Bdownload%5D=1242&type=98
[7] Generic IC EMC Test Specification (“BISS paper”), open copyright 2004 by Robert Bosch GmbH,
Infineon Technologies AG, Continental AG (former Siemens-VDO)
These documents are available on request:
[8] Electromagnetic Emission Test Report for TC1797
[9] Electromagnetic Emission Test Report for TC1387
[10] Electromagnetic Emission Test Report for TC1782
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