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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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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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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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PCB characteristics affect PDN performance
Since no impedance path is perfectly flat, we need to make some design adjustments. This article aims to help you make compromises that...
Picotest
Mar 31, 20141 min read
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Inside the 21st Century Power Test Lab
In this 5-minute video, Steve Sandler of AEi Systems (www.aeng.com) and Picotest (www.picotest.com) takes you on a tour of an advanced...
Picotest
Feb 5, 20141 min read
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Troubleshooting Distributed Power Systems: Making Time Domain Measurements (Part 8 – The final
He presents examples of various waveform anomalies and discusses techniques and tips for observing them as well as pitfalls to avoid....
Picotest
Jan 11, 20141 min read
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Troubleshooting Distributed Power Systems: Measuring Ripple (Part 7 of the ongoing series)
And by taking measurements across all three test domains, designers can trace power supply ripple-related problems back to root causes...
Picotest
Dec 10, 20131 min read
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Troubleshooting Distributed Power Systems: The Switch (Part 6 of the ongoing series.)
With those measurement requirements as background, Sandler examines how switching frequency and duty cycle affect power supply stability...
Picotest
Nov 14, 20131 min read
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Troubleshooting Distributed Power Systems: Using Current Injectors (Part 5 of the ongoing video seri
Although not quite as accurate as the two-port VNA impedance measurement, the current injection technique has advantages including wide...
Picotest
Oct 7, 20131 min read
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Troubleshooting Distributed Power Systems: Measuring Impedance Using VNAs (2-Port) (Part 4 of the on
Shunt through, wideband measurements can be made from approximately 100 microohms to a few ohms. This is the measurement performed by...
Picotest
Sep 8, 20131 min read
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Troubleshooting Distributed Power Systems: Measuring Impedance Using Vector Network Analyzers (One-P
This video focuses on single-port measurements, describing how they can be applied to low power circuits such as linear regulators,...
Picotest
Aug 16, 20131 min read
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Troubleshooting Distributed Power Systems: Impedance Is the Critical Measurement (Part 2 of the ongo
As Sandler explains, analysis based on impedance measurements can more thoroughly assess control loop stability than Bode plot...
Picotest
Jun 11, 20131 min read
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Troubleshooting Distributed Power Systems: Why Stability Matters (Part 1 of the ongoing video series
In this 5-minute video presentation, Steve Sandler discusses how stability impacts circuit performance, offering examples that...
Picotest
May 15, 20131 min read
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Troubleshooting EMI: Use Versatile Instrument And Preamp To Search For Embedded Noise
Most engineers do not have convenient access to the equipment necessary for electromagnetic compliance (EMC) or electromagnetic...
Picotest
May 24, 20121 min read
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Power Supply Measurement Techniques: Non-Invasive Phase Margin using the J2111A Current Injector
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Picotest
Jul 29, 20111 min read
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Power Supply Measurement Techniques Instructional Videos: PSRR Measurement using the J2120A Line Inj
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Picotest
Mar 13, 20111 min read
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