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Picotest and ignal Edge Solutions address TAPI concerns.
You may not have heard of TAPI, but you will. By necessity, testing extreme dynamic transient conditions is becoming more and more common for…
The Challenge of Measuring a 40 µohm, 2000 Amp PDN With a 2-Port Probe: How Much CMRR is Needed?
Benjamin Dannan, Signal Edge Solutions and Steve Sandler, Picotest Published in Signal Integrity Journal A two-part series of posts, firstly determining how much CMRR is needed…
Picotest Releases Line of High-Speed Transient Load Steppers for VRM and PDN Validation
In a major technological leap, Picotest, maker of custom test equipment for power integrity and power systems testing, has released a series of very…
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Automate VRM Testing with Python & SCPI: A Guide for Lab Measurements
Automating VRM Testing Just Got Smarter Manually measuring voltage regulator modules (VRMs) in the lab? That’s yesterday’s workflow. Signal Edge Solutions breaks down how…
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Calibration, Embedding & De-Embedding – Achieving Highly Accurate Impedance Results
OMICRON Lab hosted their 14th Power Analysis & Design Symposium – April 9th, 2025 Watch Steve Sandler discussing how to achieve Highly Accurate Impedance…
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How To Verify Control Loop Design
The non-invasive stability assessment is a method that uses an output impedance measurement to accurately determine stability without access to the control loop. The…
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Troubleshooting Distributed Power Systems: Using Current Injectors (Part 5 of the ongoing video series.)
Previous videos in this series discussed the use of vector network analyzers (VNAs) to measure impedance using one- or two-port configurations. This video discusses…
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Five Things Every Engineer Should Know About PDN
We generally associate the Power Distribution Network (“PDN”) with the power circuits used to drive CPUs and FPGAs. The increasing use of FPGAs in…
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Oscilloscope Mistakes: #4 (Part 4 of 4)
Avoiding common pitfalls will get you better data with minimum effort. Steve Sandler takes a look at four common scope mistakes and shows how…
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Oscilloscope Mistakes: #3 (Part 3 of 4)
Avoiding common pitfalls will get you better data with minimum effort. Steve Sandler takes a look at four common scope mistakes and shows how…
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Oscilloscope Mistakes: #2 (Part 2 of 4)
Avoiding common pitfalls will get you better data with minimum effort. Steve Sandler takes a look at four common scope mistakes and shows how…
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FAQ #30: Can the Bode 100 measure complex permeability of Inductors/Chokes with some additional adapter and/or equipment?
It can measure impedance and that can get you there. We measure permeability by relating the inductance and physical core parameters such as core…
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FAQ #29: How do you calibrate probes using the Bode 100 and the J2120A line injector?
The simple method of calibrating the probes is to connect them both to the same signal and perform a thru calibration. Details on this…
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FAQ #28: Who uses the Bode 100 network analyzer?
The Bode is used in many industries including Military, Space, Medical and commercial. NASA, Ball Aerospace, Boeing, Lockheed and ESA are among our high…
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Oscilloscope Mistakes: #1 (Part 1 of 4)
Avoiding these common pitfalls will get you better data with minimum effort. Steve Sandler takes a look at four common scope mistakes and gives…
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FAQ# 27: Why is PDN measured using a VNA and not an oscilloscope?
Steve Sandler Answers Your PDN Questions (Power Electronics’ Q&A Series) Power Electronics received a question about why PDN is measured using a VNA and…
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Troubleshooting Distributed Power Systems: Measuring Impedance Using VNAs (2-Port) (Part 4 of the ongoing video series.)
As Part 3 of this video series explained, recently introduced vector network analyzers (VNAs) have made it possible for these frequency domain instruments to…