A Holistic Power Integrity Approach Reduces Board Spins, Supports System Analysis and Reduces VRM Modeling Effort Duration: 29 minutes...

“Steve Sandler, electronics simulation and PI guru, prolific author, AEi Systems founder, and president of Picotest, joins the OnTrack...

Published on June 5, 2020 by Ken Coffman Field Applications Engineer at Vicor Corporation Ken Coffman: Steve, first off, let’s discuss...

A presentation by Steven Sandler from Picotest, DgCon 2019 Modern high-performance power rail design requires high accuracy voltage...

This application note series by Steve Sandler explores the measurement of the dynamic resistance of an LED and how to create a usable...

All common topologies are discussed, including linear, buck and flyback converters. Practical guidance is given for EMI/RFI filtering and...

Measuring VRMs, PDNs (power distribution networks), capacitors, and inductors, requires measurement accuracy in the milliOhms range –...

What do clock jitter, EMI, control loop stability, SPICE modeling, rogue waves and the ripeness of fruit have in common?  Do you need to...

Many SPICE models are available online that were created by IC and semiconductor manufacturers. Unfortunately, availability doesn’t...

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

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

In this measurement the J2130A provides a DC bias to the Optocoupler LED, which returns to ground through a termination resistor. The...

The OMICRON Lab Bode 100 Network Analyzer, used in conjunction with the Picotest J2130A DC Bias Injector, is a perfect combination for...

I was thinking about how a typical engineer would go about creating a SPICE model for a simple diode. This seems like a pretty basic...