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INTRODUCTION
Trends in Power Distribution Network Design
When it comes to designing circuits for high-density computing devices, power and signal
integrity are the dark arts of the engineering process. At the heart of the challenge is the power
distribution network (PDN), which must provide efficient, stable power to increasingly precise and
demanding circuits.
The need for greater efficiencies, increased power density, and lower cost places new demands on
PDN components. Engineers are taking advantage of advances in PDN technology to incorporate
new strategies and approaches into their designs. To learn more about the latest developments in
PDN design, we asked seven experts the following questions:
Given these trends in device design, what challenges do PDN engineers face? What design
strategies and new approaches can you recommend to help overcome these challenges?
Our experts reveal how challenging these design problems can be. They show that solutions
depend on more than picking the right resistance, inductance, and capacitance. As circuits
shrink, engineers must match component behaviors, think about the physical configurations of
components in relation to loads and to each other, and recognize that the unexpected will happen.
The engineers in this eBook present interesting ideas about PDN design that we hope will inspire
others wrestling with many of the same challenges.
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David Rogelberg
Editor
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