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Top Three EMI and Power Integrity Problems with On-Board DC-DC Converters and LDO Regulators
Kenneth Wyatt Wyatt Technical Services, LLC ken@emc-seminars.comSteve Sandler Picotest steve@picotest.com Modern devices are...
Picotest
Apr 26, 20171 min read
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Mastering Power Integrity Web Cast
Who should attend PCB designers, VRM designers, signal integrity engineers, power integrity engineers and anyone involved in PDN design...
Picotest
Dec 20, 20161 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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Power Integrity Boot camp – Santa Clara 5/24 – Keysight and Picotest
Key Take Aways: What is Power Integrity? Why a design should have flat power rail impedance. How to select a VRM Part 2: Case Study in...
Picotest
Jun 2, 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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Troubleshooting Clock Jitter and Identifying PDN Sensitivities
Power distribution network (‘PDN’) noise is one of the most common issues in low power applications. Whether you are powering ADCs,...
Picotest
Apr 7, 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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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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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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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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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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