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The Myth of Three Capacitor Values
By Eric Bogatin, Larry Smith, and Steve Sandler | March 3, 2020 “Many designs today include three different value decoupling capacitors,...
Picotest
Apr 8, 20201 min read
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Webinar: Measuring and Interpreting Impedance Data
Signal Integrity Webinar Series Title: Measuring and Interpreting Impedance Data Duration: 1 hour, 1 minute (Available On Demand)...
Picotest
Aug 15, 20191 min read
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Why Full VRM Characterization is Essential
Read the entire article here. #powerdistributionnetwork #noise #powerintegrity #ads #psrr #powersupply #inputimpedance...
Picotest
Aug 5, 20191 min read
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Power Electronics vs. Power Integrity
Click here to read the entire article. #vrm #design #flatimpedance #powerintegrity #decoupling #ripplemeasurements #powersupply...
Picotest
Jan 25, 20191 min read
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Webinar: Copper Mountain VNA Impedance Measurement for Power Distribution Networks
The instrument of choice for these impedance measurements is a vector network analyzer and the most common and highest accuracy...
Picotest
Jan 11, 20191 min read
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Capacitor Coupling for Minimum Impedance
Click here to read the entire article. #powerdistributionnetwork #ESR #powerintegrity #decoupling #capacitors #impedancemeasurement...
Picotest
Dec 21, 20181 min read
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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...
Picotest
Sep 27, 20181 min read
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August Book Sale: Get Your Copy of Power Integrity for Only $65
PROVEN TECHNIQUES FOR GENERATING HIGH-FIDELITY MEASUREMENTS Power Integrity: Measuring, Optimizing, and Troubleshooting Power Related...
Picotest
Aug 8, 20181 min read
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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...
Picotest
Jul 30, 20181 min read
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How to Design for Power Integrity Video Series
Click here to watch the series. #powerdistributionnetwork #vrm #design #ESR #flatimpedance #powerintegrity #presentations #decoupling...
Picotest
Jun 13, 20181 min read
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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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Bode Plots are Overrated
Control loop stability is critically important. But whether your focus is on power supply design, power integrity, or mixed-signal power...
Picotest
Nov 2, 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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Capacitors and Decoupling
Capacitors are too often taken for granted. When it comes to high-speed circuits, capacitors can behave like resistors or even inductors,...
Picotest
Sep 15, 20161 min read
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Power Integrity: It’s not just decoupling caps
Read more here #vrm #design #flatimpedance #powerintegrity #articles #roguewaves #capacitors #picotest #pdn #regulator #targetimpedance
Picotest
Feb 12, 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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PDN Basics For Power Designers: Impedance Matching Is Critical. (Part three of the video series.)
In modern electronic systems, the performance of FPGAs, CPUs, and other high-speed logic devices depends on the power distribution...
Picotest
Sep 15, 20141 min read
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PDN Basics For Power Designers: Keep Impedance Flat. (Part two of the video series.)
In modern electronic systems, the performance of FPGAs, CPUs, and other high-speed logic devices depends on the power distribution...
Picotest
Sep 15, 20141 min read
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PDN Basics For Power Designers: What is PDN? (Part one of the video series.)
In modern electronic systems, the performance of FPGAs, CPUs, and other high-speed logic devices depends on the power distribution...
Picotest
Sep 15, 20141 min read
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