By Steve Sandler | January 28, 2020 One method of designing stable control loops is to create an accurate broadband simulation model and...

By Steve Sandler | March 12, 2020 “I recently designed an ultra-high speed, low-impedance pulse generator (Figure 1). I wanted it for...

By Eric Bogatin, Larry Smith, and Steve Sandler | March 3, 2020 “Many designs today include three different value decoupling capacitors,...

Oscilloscope users can also calibrate their passive oscilloscope probes, though the process is much less sophisticated and for lack of a...

All conference pass holders are eligible to attend, but pre-registration happens during the registration process. After attending an EDI...

All conference pass holders are eligible to attend, but pre-registration happens during the registration process. After attending an EDI...

The voltage regulator module (VRM) is at the foundation of power integrity, making proper selection essential. There are thousands of...

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Ceramic capacitors play an oversized role in circuit performance as a major contributor to voltage regulator control loop stability and...

What is a sensitive circuit? Sensitive circuits are those that can easily be degraded by power supply noise.  These circuits generally...

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Arduino has taken the product “maker” world by storm and one of the more popular Arduino modules is the Analog Devices AD9851 DDS...

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Gallium Nitride (GaN) FETS are poised to replace silicon power devices in voltage regulators and DC-DC power supplies. Their switching...

Figure 1. Op amps are often used as unity gain signal buffers, which are not as simple to use as it may appear. The unity-gain op amp...

BROWSER-CLASS PROBE Several companies manufacture and distribute high-frequency TDR probes. These probes are typically designed for very...

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...

Recently, I used a shielded coaxial cable to measure power supply ripple and the results were even noisier than using an oscilloscope...

Many engineers are familiar with the Bode plot as an effective stability assessment method. However, some authors suggest and even teach...