Space Power Workshop 2021 - Power Integrity Challenges In the Space Industry, An Update
Learn about the current state of Power Integrity analysis and test in the Space industry from PI Guru Steve Sandler. This video discusses...
Learn about the current state of Power Integrity analysis and test in the Space industry from PI Guru Steve Sandler. This video discusses...
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...
Ceramic capacitors play an oversized role in circuit performance as a major contributor to voltage regulator control loop stability and...
More information on this revolutionary measurement technology can be found here: https://www.picotest.com/non-invasive-stability-measurem...
Kenneth Wyatt Wyatt Technical Services, LLC ken@emc-seminars.comSteve Sandler Picotest steve@picotest.com Modern devices are...
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...
What do clock jitter, EMI, control loop stability, SPICE modeling, rogue waves and the ripeness of fruit have in common? Do you need to...
October 31, 2014 In this podcast Steve Sandler of Picotest talks to Alix Paultre of Power Systems Design on the issues of power test,...
Many engineers are familiar with the Bode plot as an effective stability assessment method. However, some authors suggest and even teach...
The mathematics behind the non-invasive measurement was incorporated into the OMICRON Lab Bode 100 VNA software, sold by Picotest.com,...
Some low-dropout regulators (LDOs) use multiple feedback loops to improve output voltage transient response. In many of these cases, some...
And by taking measurements across all three test domains, designers can trace power supply ripple-related problems back to root causes...
With those measurement requirements as background, Sandler examines how switching frequency and duty cycle affect power supply stability...
The non-invasive stability assessment is a method that uses an output impedance measurement to accurately determine stability without...
Although not quite as accurate as the two-port VNA impedance measurement, the current injection technique has advantages including wide...
The vast majority of design issues are directly or indirectly attributable to control loop stability. The most common offenders: Linear...
Evaluating the stability of a Point-Of-Load (“POL”) regulator can be performed using both traditional Bode plot and output impedance...
How do you use the Picotest injectors and the Agilent analyzer to measure output impedance and/or non-invasive step loading? For the...
Summary Among the most frequently asked questions regarding non-invasive stability measurement are “How do I determine the bandwidth,...