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

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

In this application note, we will show you the basic principles for making this stability measurement and how to use these instruments to...

Control loop stability is critically important. But whether your focus is on power supply design, power integrity, or mixed-signal power...

Original air date: March 15, 2017 Why this Webcast is Important: Whether your power supply designs are based on switch mode or linear...

Figure 1. Op amps are often used as unity gain signal buffers, which are not as simple to use as it may appear. The unity-gain op amp...

In 1938 Hendrik Wade Bode, who worked at Bell Labs, published his asymptotic assessment of phase margin and gain margin, bearing his name...

Some low-dropout regulators (LDOs) use multiple feedback loops to improve output voltage transient response. In many of these cases, some...

In this 5-minute video presentation, Steve Sandler discusses how stability impacts circuit performance, offering examples that...

We can equate the stability to an equivalent phase margin by assuming the magnitude of the gain vector to be 1 and solving for the Q. In...

Summary Among the most frequently asked questions regarding non-invasive stability measurement are “How do I determine the bandwidth,...

Fortunately, a new technique permits non-invasive stability testing of such devices.1 Designers can evaluate stability by measuring (on...

When measuring a circuit or device with our network analyzers, engineers generally inject a signal and believe that the measured results...