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The Unfortunate State of Power Integrity in Space Systems
This video slideshow is from a recent presentation by Steve Sandler at the 2017 Space Power Workshop in Manhattan Beach, CA on April 27,…
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How Does a Prototyping-Only Approach Impact Product Design?
Article by Sam Davis | Power Electronics One in 10 design engineers still rely on purely physical prototypes, potentially adding significant, unnecessary costs to their designs, according…
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Steve Sandler to Give Keynote Speech at IEEE EMC Symposium
November 15, 2016: Steve Sandler, CEO of Picotest.com, a company specializing in power integrity and power supply test equipment, services, and training will give the…
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How to Design for Power Integrity: Measuring, Modeling, Simulating Capacitors and Inductors
November 7, 2016: The third video in the Picotest/Keysight How-To Design for Power Integrity series is now available. Power supply switching ripple and control loop…
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Measuring Cable Resonance with a Comb Generator
Article by Kenneth Wyatt Cables are one of the key metallic structures on a product that can act as an antenna and couple energy,…
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Capacitors and Decoupling
Capacitors are never 100% capacitance. Their characteristics include resistance and inductance. Capacitors are too often taken for granted. When it comes to high-speed circuits,…
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Learn about RF/microwave, EMC/EMI and Signal/Power Integrity at EDI CON USA
August 9, 2016: EDI CON USA uniquely brings together RF, microwave, EMC/EMI, and high-speed digital design engineers and system integrators for networking, training, and learning…
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Picotest J2160A Probe Adapter Featured in Power Electronics Products of the Week
August 4, 2016: Picotest has released a new probe adapter for the popular Keysight E5061B vector network analyzer. The Picotest J2160A Probe Adapterprovides a low noise, compact solution when…
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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 – whether it’s inductor DCR, VRM output impedance,…
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How to Design for Power Integrity: Selecting a VRM
Many signal and power integrity issues are the result of poor VRM selection. This critical selection is often made arbitrarily due to insufficient, incomplete…
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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 decoupling capacitors within a…
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Keysight-Picotest Release New Video on VRM Design for Power Integrity
May 5, 2016:Kesight Technologies (NYSE: KEYS) and Picotest.com have released a new video for the popular “How to Design for Power Integrity Series” The…