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Q&A Understanding inductive ringing

are there more elements contributing to this effect that I have not placed in the circuit? Well, you have a simulator and it should be really easy to remove C_windings and observe if the ringi...

posted 6mo ago by Andy aka‭  ·  edited 6mo ago by Andy aka‭

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#2: Post edited by user avatar Andy aka‭ · 2024-05-08T08:52:32Z (6 months ago)
  • > _are there more elements contributing to this effect that I have not placed in the circuit?_
  • Well, you have a simulator and it should be really easy to remove C_windings and observe if the ringing frequency alters. If it does then there is another capacitor hidden away in your circuit (aka drain-source capacitance) that sets the new ringing frequency.
  • > _Can ringing on digital signal lines also be represented in the same way, where L1 is the total inductance of the signal line and C_windings is the capacitance between the two ends of this signal line?_
  • No, because usually on digital signal lines the problem is one of reflections rather than resonance. It may look like resonance but, it's something else tied up in transmission-line theory.
  • > _Is adding a termination resistor on data lines essentially providing a path for the collapsing magnetic field of the line inductance that dampens the LC oscillation? (Path in red)_
  • No, the resistor is there to prevent reflections returning back down the line. It's a transmission-line effect that we are normally dealing with here on digital signal lines.
  • > _are there more elements contributing to this effect that I have not placed in the circuit?_
  • Well, you have a simulator and it should be really easy to remove C_windings and observe if the ringing frequency alters. If it does then there is another capacitor hidden away in your circuit (aka drain-source capacitance) that sets the new ringing frequency.
  • > _Can ringing on digital signal lines also be represented in the same way, where L1 is the total inductance of the signal line and C_windings is the capacitance between the two ends of this signal line?_
  • No, because usually on digital signal lines the problem is one of reflections rather than resonance. It may look like resonance but, it's something else tied up in transmission-line theory.
  • > _Is adding a termination resistor on data lines essentially providing a path for the collapsing magnetic field of the line inductance that dampens the LC oscillation? (Path in red)_
  • No, the resistor is there to prevent reflections returning back down the line. It's a transmission-line effect that we are normally dealing with here on digital signal lines.
  • Unfortunately if you haven't studied transmission lines (a big and difficult subject) you can easily mistake t-line effects for LC oscillations.
#1: Initial revision by user avatar Andy aka‭ · 2024-05-08T08:49:27Z (6 months ago)
 > _are there more elements contributing to this effect that I have not placed in the circuit?_

Well, you have a simulator and it should be really easy to remove C_windings and observe if the ringing frequency alters. If it does then there is another capacitor hidden away in your circuit (aka drain-source capacitance) that sets the new ringing frequency.


 > _Can ringing on digital signal lines also be represented in the same way, where L1 is the total inductance of the signal line and C_windings is the capacitance between the two ends of this signal line?_

No, because usually on digital signal lines the problem is one of reflections rather than resonance. It may look like resonance but, it's something else tied up in transmission-line theory.


 > _Is adding a termination resistor on data lines essentially providing a path for the collapsing magnetic field of the line inductance that dampens the LC oscillation? (Path in red)_

No, the resistor is there to prevent reflections returning back down the line. It's a transmission-line effect that we are normally dealing with here on digital signal lines.