DC-DC Converters – Solid Return Plane or Cutouts Under Switch Node and Inductor?
by Kenneth Wyatt and Steve Sandler Published by Signal Integrity Journal, July 28, 2022 The question on whether the ground return plane...
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Do you need thick copper layers in PCBs for high currents? Are you sure?
A Talk About Power Integrity and PCB Impacts with Steve Sandler and Robert Feranec This is a GREAT webinar discussing what is important...
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...
Tektronix Webinar: Scope Based Power Integrity and Power Electronics for Mixed Signal Applications
With Steve Sandler, Picotest Managing Director and Tony Ambrose, Tektronix Field Applications Engineer Available on demand Duration: 42...
Video: Steve Sandler from Space Shuttle to Power Integrity Bootcamp at DesignCon 2020
“The very first project Steve Sandler, Managing Director of Picotest, worked on, was the space shuttle—and this was just the beginning of...
Earn IEEE CEU/PDHs and learn the latest design techniques at EDI CON University
All conference pass holders are eligible to attend, but pre-registration happens during the registration process. After attending an EDI...
EDI CON USA 2018 Announces EDI CON University
All conference pass holders are eligible to attend, but pre-registration happens during the registration process. After attending an EDI...
Steve Sandler: “Power integrity is the fundamental basis of all high-powered and high-fidelity syste
Click here to watch the video. #powerdistributionnetwork #vrm #powerintegrity #emi #ads #impedancemeasurement #DesignCon...
Predicting The Future: Industry Expert Discusses Three Disciplines Of PCBs
Many industry experts are speculating on what the future has in store for the three disciplines. One pundit is Steve Sandler, managing...
Characterizing and Selecting the VRM
The Voltage Regulator Module (‘VRM’) is at the foundation of power integrity, making proper selection essential. There are thousands of...
SI, PI, and EMI Have a Simpler, More Integrated Future
Click here to read the entire article. #powerdistributionnetwork #vrm #design #powerintegrity #presentations #electromagneticintegrity...
A Signal Integrity Problem? Maybe Not
In many cases, the real culprit may be power integrity or electromagnetic interference (EMI), but engineers are increasingly...
EDI CON USA 2017 Celebrates High Frequency and High Speed
Read full article here: http://www.microwavejournal.com/articles/29078-edi-con-usa-2017 #powerdistributionnetwork #oscilloscopes #design...
The Unfortunate State of Power Integrity in Space Systems
#phasemargin #powerdistributionnetwork #vrm #design #spacesystems #noise #powerintegrity #presentations #decoupling #emi #powersupply...
Top Three EMI and Power Integrity Problems with On-Board DC-DC Converters and LDO Regulators
Kenneth Wyatt Wyatt Technical Services, LLC ken@emc-seminars.comSteve Sandler Picotest steve@picotest.com Modern devices are...
Troubleshooting Clock Jitter and Identifying PDN Sensitivities
Power distribution network (‘PDN’) noise is one of the most common issues in low power applications. Whether you are powering ADCs,...
Optimizing Arduino and the AD9851 DDS signal generator
Arduino has taken the product “maker” world by storm and one of the more popular Arduino modules is the Analog Devices AD9851 DDS...
Impedance measurements make a difference at DesignCon
What do clock jitter, EMI, control loop stability, SPICE modeling, rogue waves and the ripeness of fruit have in common? Do you need to...
Troubleshooting Distributed Power Systems: Measuring Ripple (Part 7 of the ongoing series)
And by taking measurements across all three test domains, designers can trace power supply ripple-related problems back to root causes...
Troubleshooting Distributed Power Systems: The Switch (Part 6 of the ongoing series.)
With those measurement requirements as background, Sandler examines how switching frequency and duty cycle affect power supply stability...
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