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Power Integrity

  • 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…

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  • Why EM Is Replacing SPICE For Simulation of Board-Level Power Delivery

    Steve Sandler For this extreme measurement example, I selected a simple problem that has been widely published by myself and many others, including past DesignCon papers. …

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  • App Note: NISM using the P2102A Probe and E5061B VNA

    By Benjamin Dannan and Steven Sandler, Picotest.com Control loop stability is critical to the performance of all systems, as it influences all closed loop…

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  • Make Accurate Impedance Measurements Using a VNA

    Three different methods can be applied to accurately measure passive components with a vector network analyzer. By Brian Walker Related To:Copper Mountain Technologies “A…

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  • DesignCon Spring Break Webinar Series: Power Integrity: Analyze Impedance to Improve Power Delivery, SI & EMI

    Overview Title: Power Integrity: Analyze Impedance to Improve Power Delivery, SI & EMI Available on demand Duration: 1 hour Summary Join DesignCon in this webinar series presented by…

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  • The Goldilocks TDR

    Those that know me, know that I like things that, on a scale of one to ten, go to eleven.  For the youngsters out…

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