What are the effects of EMI and ESD interference on portable devices?

At present, for many popular mobile phones, the color LCD, OLED display or camera module CMOS sensor of the mobile phone is connected to the baseband controller through a flexible circuit or a long-travel PCB. These cables are exposed by the antenna. The interference of the parasitic GSM/CDMA frequency. At the same time, due to the introduction of high-resolution CMOS sensors and TFT modules, digital signals operate at higher frequencies, which can cause EMI interference or may cause ESD hazards like antennas.

Both such EMI and ESD interference can destroy the integrity of the video signal and even damage the baseband controller circuit. Driven by the trend of compact design, discrete filters do not provide any space savings for the solution, given the board constraints, high filtering performance on the operating frequency of the handset, and design constraints such as signal integrity, and can only provide for narrowband attenuation. Limited filtering performance, so most designers today use integrated EMI filters.

With the increase in resolution of LCD displays in portable devices such as mobile phones and cameras, the transmission rate of video signals is also increasing, and conventional filter solutions have gradually reached their technical limits. In phones with high-resolution displays and embedded cameras, the signal is transmitted from the baseband ASIC to the LCD and the embedded camera at a specific frequency (depending on the resolution). The higher the video resolution, the higher the frequency of data work. For example, for a camera module of 30 to 600 megapixels, the clock frequency is approximately between 6 and 12 MHz. It is therefore recommended to select the filter (upper and lower) cutoff frequencies in the range of 30 to 50 MHz. As resolution increases to millions of pixels, the clock frequency has exceeded 60 MHz, which requires a filter cutoff frequency of up to 300 MHz.

EMI及ESD干扰对便携式设备的影响有哪些

Figure 1: New filter cell structure (series resistance is 100 ohms, line capacitance is 20pF)

EMI及ESD干扰对便携式设备的影响有哪些

Figure 2: New RC filter S21 parameter curve.

EMI及ESD干扰对便携式设备的影响有哪些

Figure 3: Inline electronic LC filter unit structure.

Faced with these trends in the mobile phone industry, traditional RC filter solutions are reaching their limits. In order to meet the ever-increasing video signal of mobile phones and the stronger anti-ESD surge capability, Yinglian Electronics has developed a new generation of EMI filters based on LC structure. This integrated LC filter structure can be used to provide a cutoff frequency of up to 350MHz and supports data rates with clock frequencies in excess of 60MHz. It also provides excellent filtering performance with attenuation characteristics better than -25dB over the 800MHz to 2.5GHz frequency range. Figure 4 shows the S21 parameter metric using the basic unit architecture of this filter. In addition to the filtering function, the integrated input TVS tube also suppresses air discharge ESD strikes up to 15kV, meeting the performance levels required by the IEC61000-4-2 Level 4 industry standard.

EMI及ESD干扰对便携式设备的影响有哪些

Figure 4: S21 parameter curve of the British Union electronic LC filter.

British Union's low-capacitance EMI filters UM4411, UM6411, and UM8411 support 4, 6 and 8-wire configurations, each of which includes a PI-type RC filter network with TVS tubes attached to it. The device is packaged in a QFN package with 0.4mm pitch, which provides designers with ultra-thin mobile phones with ample design space. Especially on PCB layouts, some of the display I/O connectors have pin spacings of 0.4 mm. EMI filters in 0.4 mm pitch DFN packages will help system engineers lay out boards. In the choice of the device, it should be rationally selected according to the number of data channels. Figure 5 shows some advantages of using an 8-channel filter and two 4-channel filters on the layout board. At the same time, an 8-channel filter is selected. It is also less expensive than two 4-channel filters.

EMI及ESD干扰对便携式设备的影响有哪些

Figure 5 EMI filter pin spacing on the layout.