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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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Optimizing Power for Clocks and other Sensitive Applications
Click here to read the entire article. #noise #Crosstalk #powerintegrity #noisesensitivecircuit #signalanalyzers #decoupling #vrts3...
Picotest
Feb 6, 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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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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Target Impedance Limitations and Rogue Wave Assessments on PDN Performance
Click here to read the entire article. #powerdistributionnetwork #vrm #flatimpedance #inductor #noise #powerintegrity #articles...
Picotest
Mar 27, 20181 min read
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The Quickest Path To Power Integrity
Two things became apparent to me during our recent series of 2017 Hands-On Power Integrity Workshops. First, the majority of attendees...
Picotest
Mar 16, 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 NISM – Non-Invasive Stability Measurement with Steve Sandler
More information on this revolutionary measurement technology can be found here:Â https://www.picotest.com/non-invasive-stability-measurem...
Picotest
Jun 20, 20171 min read
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Extended-Range Shunt-Thru Measurement with Steve Sandler
#2portshunt #decoupling #capacitors #j2102a #bode100 #videos
Picotest
Jun 20, 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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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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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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This Misconception About Power Integrity Can Cost You Big
Read more here #vrm #powerintegrity #roguewaves #decoupling #pcb #VNA #picotest #pdn
Picotest
Apr 29, 20161 min read
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