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Measuring Sub-milliOhm PDN Impedance
High speed and portable electronics are still shrinking while power integrity demands continue to require lower power distribution...
Picotest
Nov 28, 20171 min read
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Power Integrity Workshop Video Series Lab 1: One-Port Impedance Measurements
#DTBK01 #1port #powerintegrity #vrts3 #bode100 #Oneport #videos #impedance
Picotest
Jun 29, 20171 min read
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How to Design for Power Integrity YouTube Video Series
Click here to watch the series #powerdistributionnetwork #vrm #design #flatimpedance #inductor #noise #powerintegrity #capacitors...
Picotest
Jun 29, 20171 min read
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2-port Dembed with Picotest 2-Port Probe Video
This video shows how to measure low impedance components and voltage regulator impedance using the Bode 100 and the Picotest P2101A...
Picotest
Apr 28, 20171 min read
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The Unfortunate State of Power Integrity in Space Systems
#phasemargin #powerdistributionnetwork #vrm #design #spacesystems #noise #powerintegrity #presentations #decoupling #emi #powersupply...
Picotest
Apr 27, 20171 min read
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Introduction to Power Integrity – Video
Steve Sandler of Picotest and Heidi Barnes of Keysight teach this short course on Power Integrity. This is part 1 (~90 min) as presented...
Picotest
Nov 29, 20161 min read
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How to Design for Power Integrity: Measuring, Modeling, Simulating Capacitors and Inductors
The third video in the Picotest/Keysight How-To Design for Power Integrity series is now available. Power supply switching ripple and...
Picotest
Nov 8, 20161 min read
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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 –...
Picotest
Jun 8, 20161 min read
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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...
Picotest
May 9, 20161 min read
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How to Design for Power Integrity: Finding Power Delivery Noise Problems
This video provides an understanding of how the voltage regulator module (VRM) interacts with the printed circuit board planes and...
Picotest
May 9, 20161 min read
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Target Impedance and Rogue Waves
The target impedance concept has been used by the industry for a number of years. It is the basis of a simple and robust design process,...
Picotest
Jan 29, 20161 min read
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Evaluation of Gallium Nitride MOSFET for VRM Designs
View full article now View full slideshow now #efficiency #vrm #design #gate #gan #dropout #hemt #sifet #articles #presentations #psrr...
Picotest
Jan 29, 20161 min read
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Killing the Bode Plot
Many new linear devices, including voltage references, voltage regulators and opamps have internal feedback loops, prohibiting...
Picotest
Jan 29, 20161 min read
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Reducing Noise in Power Distribution Networks on Time and in Budget
View the full slideshow now #comb #vrm #plane #flatimpedance #noise #powerintegrity #presentations #vrts3 #capacitors #psrr #bode100...
Picotest
Jan 28, 20161 min read
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Flat Impedance in Voltage Regulator Modules
Today’s high speed systems require clean power under challenging conditions. Extremely fast current transients and high voltage stability...
Picotest
Nov 19, 20151 min read
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Impedance measurements stabilize op-amp buffers
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...
Picotest
Jan 12, 20152 min read
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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...
Picotest
Jan 7, 20151 min read
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Essential 1-Port PDN PROBE: Applications Abound
BROWSER-CLASS PROBE Several companies manufacture and distribute high-frequency TDR probes. These probes are typically designed for very...
Picotest
Nov 14, 20141 min read
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Paultre on Power – Steve Sandler of Picotest on power test and noise (Podcast)
October 31, 2014 In this podcast Steve Sandler of Picotest talks to Alix Paultre of Power Systems Design on the issues of power test,...
Picotest
Oct 30, 20141 min read
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Simple trick to measure plane impedance with a VNA
Having said all of this, the measurement of a PCB plane using a VNA may not be as straightforward as you might expect. One simple trick...
Picotest
Oct 8, 20141 min read
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