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May 26, 20201 min read

Webinar: DC Biased Impedance Measurements

From OMICRON Lab: “The Impedance of real-life components is often non-linear, depending on the applied DC bias voltage or current. In...

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Apr 8, 20201 min read

The Myth of Three Capacitor Values

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

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Optimizing Power for Clocks and other Sensitive Applications

Picotest

Feb 6, 20191 min read

Optimizing Power for Clocks and other Sensitive Applications

Click here to read the entire article. #noise #Crosstalk #powerintegrity #noisesensitivecircuit #signalanalyzers #decoupling #vrts3...

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Webinar: Copper Mountain VNA Impedance Measurement for Power Distribution Networks

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Jan 11, 20191 min read

Webinar: Copper Mountain VNA Impedance Measurement for Power Distribution Networks

The instrument of choice for these impedance measurements is a vector network analyzer and the most common and highest accuracy...

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Capacitor Coupling for Minimum Impedance

Picotest

Dec 21, 20181 min read

Capacitor Coupling for Minimum Impedance

Click here to read the entire article. #powerdistributionnetwork #ESR #powerintegrity #decoupling #capacitors #impedancemeasurement...

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How to Design for Power Integrity Video Series

Picotest

Jun 13, 20181 min read

How to Design for Power Integrity Video Series

Click here to watch the series. #powerdistributionnetwork #vrm #design #ESR #flatimpedance #powerintegrity #presentations #decoupling...

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How to Design for Power Integrity YouTube Video Series

Picotest

Jun 29, 20171 min read

How to Design for Power Integrity YouTube Video Series

Click here to watch the series #powerdistributionnetwork #vrm #design #flatimpedance #inductor #noise #powerintegrity #capacitors...

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Extended-Range Shunt-Thru Measurement with Steve Sandler

Picotest

Jun 20, 20171 min read

Extended-Range Shunt-Thru Measurement with Steve Sandler

#2portshunt #decoupling #capacitors #j2102a #bode100 #videos

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Picotest

Nov 8, 20161 min read

How to Design for Power Integrity: Measuring, Modeling, Simulating Capacitors and Inductors

The third video in the Picotest/Keysight How-To Design for Power Integrity series is now available. Power supply switching ripple and...

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Picotest

Sep 15, 20161 min read

Capacitors and Decoupling

Capacitors are too often taken for granted. When it comes to high-speed circuits, capacitors can behave like resistors or even inductors,...

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How to Design for Power Integrity: Selecting a VRM

Picotest

May 9, 20161 min read

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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Picotest

May 9, 20161 min read

How to Design for Power Integrity: Finding Power Delivery Noise Problems

This video provides an understanding of how the voltage regulator module (VRM) interacts with the printed circuit board planes and...

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Power Integrity: It’s not just decoupling caps

Picotest

Feb 12, 20161 min read

Power Integrity: It’s not just decoupling caps

Read more here #vrm #design #flatimpedance #powerintegrity #articles #roguewaves #capacitors #picotest #pdn #regulator #targetimpedance

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Reducing Noise in Power Distribution Networks on Time and in Budget

Picotest

Jan 28, 20161 min read

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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Picotest

Nov 19, 20151 min read

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...

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Picotest

Jun 4, 20141 min read

SPICE models need correlation to measurements

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

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PDN Basics – Paralleling Tantalum and Ceramic Capacitors Can Be Risky

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Nov 26, 20131 min read

PDN Basics – Paralleling Tantalum and Ceramic Capacitors Can Be Risky

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

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PDN Issues Occur in the Simplest of Circuits

Picotest

Nov 7, 20131 min read

PDN Issues Occur in the Simplest of Circuits

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...

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Picotest

Aug 4, 20111 min read

A Simple Method to Determine ESR Requirements for Stable Regulators

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

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An Accurate Method For Measuring Capacitor ESL

Picotest

May 4, 20111 min read

An Accurate Method For Measuring Capacitor ESL

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...

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