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How Can You Measure a HUGE Inductance with DC Bias?
by Steve Sandler Published by Signal Integrity Journal, May 19, 2022 Most DC/DC converters and switching voltage regulators use filter...
Picotest
May 18, 20223 min read
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Do you need thick copper layers in PCBs for high currents? Are you sure?
A Talk About Power Integrity and PCB Impacts with Steve Sandler and Robert Feranec This is a GREAT webinar discussing what is important...
Picotest
May 11, 20221 min read
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The Ultimate Power Rail Noise Measurement
by Steve Sandler Published by Signal Integrity Journal, May 5, 2022 I receive many questions about measuring power rail noise: Do I...
Picotest
May 4, 20221 min read
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How Oscilloscopes Will Evolve Over the Next 5 Years
Signal Integrity Journal Webinar Series Title: How Oscilloscopes Will Evolve Over the Next 5 Years Available on demand Length: 1 hour, 1...
Picotest
May 4, 20222 min read
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The Simple Truth about Complex Impedance Probes
by Steve Sandler Originally presented at the 11th Power Analysis & Design Symposium (Live Virtual Event), March 9, 2022 Picotest Power...
Picotest
Apr 18, 20221 min read
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Ask the Experts: Getting Power Integrity Right
The push to minimize device size, with lower voltages and higher frequencies, means power quality is more important than ever. The higher...
Picotest
Mar 9, 20221 min read
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Top 5 Articles of All Time
As rated by reader views, here are the Top 5, Most Read Articles on Signal Integrity Journal of all time. The Myth of Three Capacitor...
Picotest
Mar 3, 20222 min read
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Determining FPGA Dynamic Load Current
This extreme measurement example is from a DesignCon 2020 paper, titled “A Method for Dynamic Load Current Testing with a Benchtop Power...
Picotest
Feb 15, 20221 min read
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How Fast is the Switching Speed of a GaN Switch?
by Steve Sandler How fast is the world’s fastest GaN switch? It is an interesting question, and maybe is mostly wanted for bragging...
Picotest
Jan 25, 20222 min read
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Measuring the Bulk Dielectric Constant (Dk) on a Microstrip with a TDR
by Benjamin Dannan and Steve Sandler Most modern circuit designs depend on accurate logic signals at the logic receiver. This assurance...
Picotest
Jan 10, 20221 min read
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How Can You Determine the Turns Ratio of a Power Transformer in a Sealed DC-DC Module?
by Steve Sandler I do not know if there was a legitimate reason for this request, but I was once asked to determine the turns ratio of a...
Picotest
Dec 27, 20211 min read
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To the Moon and Back
How long does it take to turn on a light if the switch, battery, and light are on the Earth, but the cable connecting them goes to the...
Picotest
Dec 27, 20211 min read
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A Bode Plot Without Access to the Control Loop
November 23, 2021 Steve Sandler This extreme measurement seems more impossible than difficult. The traditional stability assessment...
Picotest
Dec 27, 20211 min read
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Cable Shield Resistance Issue in a 2-port Impedance Measurement
November 15, 2021 Steve Sandler For this extreme measurement example, I selected a simple problem that has been widely published by...
Picotest
Dec 27, 20211 min read
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A Gift for SIJ Readers
Published by Signal Integrity Journal, December 21, 2021 by Jaclyn Seigal "Just like that, we've come to the end of another successful...
Picotest
Dec 20, 20214 min read
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Why EM Is Replacing SPICE For Simulation of Board-Level Power Delivery
How2Power.com - November 2021 by Heidi Barnes, Keysight Technologies, Santa Rosa, Calif. and Steve Sandler, Picotest, Phoenix, Ariz....
Picotest
Dec 2, 20212 min read
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DesignCon Digital 2021
October 5 & 6, 2021 "This online event from the producers of DesignCon features an education program with on-demand webinars presented by...
Picotest
Sep 30, 20211 min read
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Make Accurate Impedance Measurements Using a VNA
June 21, 2019 Three different methods can be applied to accurately measure passive components with a vector network analyzer. By Brian...
Picotest
Sep 30, 20211 min read
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EDI CON Online 2021
Technical Session Available on demand The Influence of Connectivity on Low Impedance Measurements Presented by: Steven M Sandler,...
Picotest
Sep 29, 20211 min read
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Tektronix Innovation Forum 2021 Sessions with Steve Sandler
TDR Functionality for Power Integrity (30 mins) During this smart bar session, learn how to use TDR techniques to better understand power...
Picotest
Sep 22, 20211 min read
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