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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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Introduction to NISM – Non-Invasive Stability Measurement with Steve Sandler

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Jun 20, 20171 min read

Introduction to NISM – Non-Invasive Stability Measurement with Steve Sandler

More information on this revolutionary measurement technology can be found here: https://www.picotest.com/non-invasive-stability-measurem...

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Extended-Range Shunt-Thru Measurement with Steve Sandler

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Jun 20, 20171 min read

Extended-Range Shunt-Thru Measurement with Steve Sandler

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

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DC-Biased Inductance Measurement with Steve Sandler

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Jun 20, 20171 min read

DC-Biased Inductance Measurement with Steve Sandler

#j2120a #bode100 #DCBias #picotest #videos

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Steve Sandler Interviewed At DesignCon 2017

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Jun 8, 20171 min read

Steve Sandler Interviewed At DesignCon 2017

Here is the fifth of nine interviews from DesignCon 2017. Steve Sandler is the CEO of Picotest. He has over three decades of experience...

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Apr 28, 20171 min read

2-port Dembed with Picotest 2-Port Probe Video

This video shows how to measure low impedance components and voltage regulator impedance using the Bode 100 and the Picotest P2101A...

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Apr 28, 20171 min read

Designing Power for Sensitive Circuits

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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The Unfortunate State of Power Integrity in Space Systems

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Apr 27, 20171 min read

The Unfortunate State of Power Integrity in Space Systems

#phasemargin #powerdistributionnetwork #vrm #design #spacesystems #noise #powerintegrity #presentations #decoupling #emi #powersupply...

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Apr 26, 20171 min read

Top Three EMI and Power Integrity Problems with On-Board DC-DC Converters and LDO Regulators

Kenneth Wyatt Wyatt Technical Services, LLC ken@emc-seminars.comSteve Sandler Picotest steve@picotest.com Modern devices are...

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Characterizing and Modeling Switch Mode Power Supplies (Mar 15)

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Apr 26, 20171 min read

Characterizing and Modeling Switch Mode Power Supplies (Mar 15)

Original air date: March 15, 2017 Why this Webcast is Important: Whether your power supply designs are based on switch mode or linear...

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Dec 20, 20161 min read

Mastering Power Integrity Web Cast

Who should attend PCB designers, VRM designers, signal integrity engineers, power integrity engineers and anyone involved in PDN design...

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Nov 29, 20161 min read

Introduction to Power Integrity – Video

Steve Sandler of Picotest and Heidi Barnes of Keysight teach this short course on Power Integrity. This is part 1 (~90 min) as presented...

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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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Measuring Cable Resonance with a Comb Generator

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Oct 31, 20161 min read

Measuring Cable Resonance with a Comb Generator

Cables are one of the key metallic structures on a product that can act as an antenna and couple energy, causing radiated emissions and...

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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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Jun 8, 20161 min read

Fix Poor Capacitor, Inductor, and DC/DC Converter Impedance Measurements

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

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Jun 2, 20161 min read

Power Integrity Boot camp – Santa Clara 5/24 – Keysight and Picotest

Key Take Aways: What is Power Integrity? Why a design should have flat power rail impedance. How to select a VRM Part 2: Case Study in...

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Convert Voltage to dBm and dBm to Voltage (peak-peak and RMS)

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May 11, 20161 min read

Convert Voltage to dBm and dBm to Voltage (peak-peak and RMS)

dBm is power referenced to 1mW, where Rref is the system impedance Since most systems, including the Bode 100 are 50Ohms, this can be...

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How to Design for Power Integrity: Selecting a VRM

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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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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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