Insights:
Power Integrity
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Picotest Releases New Power Stage Isolator – Tests Plant Gain
The J2103A POwer Stage Isolator allows you to measure power supply open-loop and control loop gain including plant gain. The J2103A Power Stage Isolator is a…
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How to Optimize Design with SPICE Simulation: Expert Insights by Steve Sandler
This session presents the essential role of simulation in the design and development ecosystem. The speaker draws on his own experience and shares some…
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Podcast with Steve Sandler: All About Probes and Ensuring Accurate Measurements
Judy Warner of The EEcosystem discusses with Steve Sandler the topic of probes. He explains how they work, why there are so many varieties of them,…
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Small Signal Models, Small Signal Problems
by Will McCaffrey, Northrop Grumman Published by Signal Integrity Journal The Voltage Regulator Modules (VRMs) are a vital part of any hardware design and critical…
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Capacitor Model Details Key to Measurement Correlation
By Steve Sandler Abstract: Power integrity and system engineers have the task of designing, optimizing, and assessing the power distribution network impedance. EM simulators…
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Measuring High Output Voltage Regulator Noise
by Masashi Nogawa and Steve Sandler Published by Signal Integrity Journal, June 14, 2022 New electronic applications, such as electric vehicles, 48 V telecom/data centers, and 240…
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How Can You Measure a HUGE Inductance with DC Bias?
by Steve Sandler Published by Signal Integrity Journal, May 19, 2022 Most DC/DC converters and switching voltage regulators use filter inductors. The inductors we…
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Do you need thick copper layers in PCBs for high currents? Are you sure? A Talk About Power Integrity and PCB Impacts with Steve Sandler and Robert Feranec
by Steve Sandler Published by Signal Integrity Journal, May 19, 2022 Most DC/DC converters and switching voltage regulators use filter inductors. The inductors we…
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Ask the Experts: Getting Power Integrity Right
The push to minimize device size, with lower voltages and higher frequencies, means power quality is more important than ever. The higher density this…
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Signal Integrity Journal – Top 5 Articles of All Time
As rated by reader views, here are the Top 5, Most Read Articles on SIJ. The Myth of Three Capacitor Values By Eric Bogatin, Larry Smith, and…
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How Fast is the Switching Speed of a GaN Switch?
by Steve Sandler Published by Signal Integrity Journal, January 25, 2022 How fast is the world’s fastest GaN switch? It is an interesting question,…
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Measuring the Bulk Dielectric Constant (Dk) on a Microstrip with a TDR
by Benjamin Dannan and Steve Sandler Published by Signal Integrity Journal, January 11, 2022 Most modern circuit designs depend on accurate logic signals at the logic…