Engineers are under constant pressure to improve the performance of their products while reducing product cost. The key to doing so is a...

Since no impedance path is perfectly flat, we need to make some design adjustments. This article aims to help you make compromises that...

There are many good analyzers available for measuring PDN High performance VNAs are available from all of the major test equipment...

Because of their high ESL compared to ceramic, tantalum capacitors are not the optimum choice for high frequency decoupling. Paralleling...

A single tiny logic gate The first case we’ll look at is a Fairchild NC7SZ04 ultra-high-speed inverter gate. This logic gate is a single...

Keep it flat Most PDN books tell you that the best performing PDN impedance looks flat over frequency.  That is because noise signals are...

Steve Sandler Answers Your PDN Questions (Power Electronics’ Q&A Series) Power Electronics received a question about why PDN is measured...

Shunt through, wideband measurements can be made from approximately 100 microohms to a few ohms. This is the measurement performed by...

This video focuses on single-port measurements, describing how they can be applied to low power circuits such as linear regulators,...

As Sandler explains, analysis based on impedance measurements can more thoroughly assess control loop stability than Bode plot...

One of the more common design techniques for power distribution networks (PDN) is the determination of the peak impedance that will...

Our J2112A current injector has been the most requested product to date.  It provides a very fast low current pulse, though based on a RF...

Assuming the AC signals in the measurement are very small, the power ratings of the ports limit the absolute maximum DC voltage that can...

The resistor being measured is a 250uOhm 1% resistor manufactured by Stackpole. The datasheet is not clear about how the device...