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    Picotest
    • Dec 28, 2021
    • 1 min

    How Can You Determine the Turns Ratio of a Power Transformer in a Sealed DC-DC Module?

    by Steve Sandler I do not know if there was a legitimate reason for this request, but I was once asked to determine the turns ratio of a...

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    Picotest
    • Dec 28, 2021
    • 1 min

    A Bode Plot Without Access to the Control Loop

    November 23, 2021 Steve Sandler This extreme measurement seems more impossible than difficult. The traditional stability assessment...

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    Picotest
    • Dec 2, 2021
    • 2 min

    Why EM Is Replacing SPICE For Simulation of Board-Level Power Delivery

    How2Power.com - November 2021 by Heidi Barnes, Keysight Technologies, Santa Rosa, Calif. and Steve Sandler, Picotest, Phoenix, Ariz....

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    Picotest
    • Sep 9, 2021
    • 1 min

    App Note: 2-Port Impedance Measurement using the P2102A Probe and E5061B VNA

    By Benjamin Dannan and Steven Sandler, Picotest.com High speed Printed Circuit Board (PCB) design requires well designed Power Delivery...

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    Picotest
    • Sep 9, 2021
    • 1 min

    App Note: 2-Port Impedance Measurement using the P2102A Probe and ZNL6 VNA

    By Benjamin Dannan and Steven Sandler, Picotest.com High speed Printed Circuit Board (PCB) design requires well designed Power Delivery...

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    Picotest
    • Sep 9, 2021
    • 1 min

    App Note: 2-Port Impedance Measurement using the P2102A Probe and Copper Mountain Tech 2-Port VNA

    By Benjamin Dannan and Steven Sandler, Picotest.com, and Subbaiah M. Pemmaiah, Coppermountaintech.com High speed Printed Circuit Board...

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    Picotest
    • May 7, 2021
    • 1 min

    Picotest P2102A 2-Port Probe Calibration with the Copper Mountain VNA

    This video looks at how to perform a full calibration on the Copper Mountain Compact 2-port VNA using the Picotest P2102A 2-port probe...

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    Picotest
    • Apr 28, 2021
    • 2 min

    Tektronix App Note: Measuring the Control Loop Response of a Power Supply Using an Oscilloscope

    Most power supplies and regulators are designed to maintain a constant voltage over a specified current range. They are essentially...

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    Picotest
    • Mar 12, 2021
    • 2 min

    App Note: 2-Port Impedance Measurement using the P2102A Probe and Bode 100 VNA

    By Benjamin Dannan and Steven Sandler, Picotest.com High speed Printed Circuit Board (PCB) design requires well designed Power Delivery...

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    Picotest
    • Jan 23, 2021
    • 1 min

    DC/DC Converter Layout Discussion

    This LinkedIn discussion generated a lot of interest and even the experts couldn’t agree on whether there should be a ground plane under...

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    Picotest
    • Oct 27, 2020
    • 2 min

    EDI CON Online Webinar Now Available On Demand

    A Holistic Power Integrity Approach Reduces Board Spins, Supports System Analysis and Reduces VRM Modeling Effort Duration: 29 minutes...

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    Picotest
    • Aug 6, 2019
    • 1 min

    Why Full VRM Characterization is Essential

    Read the entire article here. #powerdistributionnetwork #noise #powerintegrity #ads #psrr #powersupply #inputimpedance...

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    Picotest
    • May 17, 2019
    • 1 min

    Measuring The Negative Input Resistance Of DC-DC Converters

    Measuring the negative resistance of a DC-DC converter’s input requires introducing a perturbation of the input voltage while measuring...

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    Picotest
    • Jul 31, 2018
    • 1 min

    FREE Webinar: GaN for DC to DC Converters and Voltage Regulators

    Title:  GaN for DC to DC Converters and Voltage Regulators Date:  August 28, 2018 Time:  8am PT/ 11am ET Presented By:  Steve Sandler,...

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    Picotest
    • Jun 29, 2017
    • 1 min

    How to Design for Power Integrity YouTube Video Series

    Click here to watch the series #powerdistributionnetwork #vrm #design #flatimpedance #inductor #noise #powerintegrity #capacitors...

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    Picotest
    • Jun 9, 2016
    • 1 min

    Fix Poor Capacitor, Inductor, and DC/DC Converter Impedance Measurements

    Measuring VRMs, PDNs (power distribution networks), capacitors, and inductors, requires measurement accuracy in the milliOhms range –...

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    Picotest
    • May 9, 2016
    • 1 min

    How to Design for Power Integrity: Selecting a VRM

    This video explains why one should avoid Voltage mode VRMs and shunt compensation for the VRM Error Amplifier. The better performance of...

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