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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...
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May 9, 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...
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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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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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Improve Performance And Reduce Cost
Engineers are under constant pressure to improve the performance of their products while reducing product cost. The key to doing so is a...
Picotest
Jun 19, 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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Five Things Every Engineer Should Know About PDN
Keep it flat Most PDN books tell you that the best performing PDN impedance looks flat over frequency. That is because noise signals are...
Picotest
Oct 1, 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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