Is it possible to design an unconditionally stable linear voltage regulator? In fact, many believe that most regulator ICs are...

Many articles and application notes describe the extraction of phase margin, using a non-invasive technique that extracts the phase...

Designing a reliable circuit that employs a voltage reference requires a more detailed look at device parameters than most data sheets...

Output impedance is the key to testing filter and regulator phase margin, even when the control loop is inaccessible. Many voltage...

A single, simple measurement is described that allows the determination of the ESR required to achieve a desired phase margin, using a...

A number of test signal injectors are used when evaluating the performance of power supplies and other low-frequency components with a...

RF/microwave design engineers faced with developing effective power circuits for a system require more complete data sheets, appropriate...

New power semiconductor technologies such as silicon carbide (SiC) and gallium nitride (GaN) promise to rewrite the record books with...

With ESL values typically in the range of 1 nH to 5 nH, measuring the ESL of chip capacitors is not a trivial task. At present, some...

Most electronic systems contain at least one voltage regulator, with many systems requiring several regulators, each providing a...

What can be learned from the Step Load response and why we should care? When analyzing power circuits, engineers routinely evaluate the...

In this article we intend to dispel three common myths regarding transformers, and more generally, magnetic coupling. To provide the...

It is often the case, in circuits which use a transformer, that the performance of the circuit is significantly dependent on the...

Developed to aid power supply designers in control-loop stability analysis, Picotest’s line of signal injectors are being introduced as...

Written by Steve Sandler Featured by Penton Media in EDN, Power Electronics, and Microwaves & RF This article demonstrates how the G5100A...

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...

Understanding the key parameters of diodes and other components used in reference voltage circuits can help avoid issues in different...