All electronic devices contain capacitive or inductive components that can cause a disproportionately high current while switching on the device.
From an FPGA to a drilling machine, virtually every component or device requires an inrush current that by far exceeds the normal operating current. To properly design the...
Published: Sep 23, 2020
Radar, satellite communications and 5G NR use AAS with phased array antennas for beamforming. Hybrid beamforming combines the flexibility of digital beamforming with the efficiency of analog beamforming.
Increasing integration enables compact and cost-efficient AAS. To achieve accurate, reliable and efficient beamforming,...
Published: Sep 03, 2020
In a design of a modern switch-mode power supplies (SMPS), the designer has to ensure that the converter is operating in its specified values over all circumstances. For example, some of these tests to ensure proper performance are output voltage deviation test, load transient test, output voltage ripple, input voltage...
Published: Sep 03, 2020
Vector Network Analysers (VNA) are gaining popularity in the Signal Integrity community as Time Domain Measurement and Analysis tools.
VNAs with 8 ports or more can provide significant decreases in test time by migrating from a 4-port measurement system to an 8-port measurement system. For tight tolerance DUTs...
Published: Sep 01, 2020
One of the primary purposes of a gate driver is to enable power switches to turn on and off faster, improving rise and fall times. Faster switching enables higher efficiency and higher power density, reducing losses in the power stage associated with high slew rates. However, as slew rates increase, so do measurement and...
Published: Sep 03, 2020
Vector Network Analyzers of Rohde&Schwarz family are able to measure magnitude and phase of complex S-parameters of a device under test (DUT) in the frequency domain. By means of the inverse Fourier transform the measurement results can be transformed to the time domain. Thus, the impulse or step response of the DUT...
Published: Sep 23, 2019
Deembedding, often a necessary and complex task, is made easier with an integrated hardware and software solution. Whether you are debugging a high-speed interface such as DDR or PCIe, characterising a fast clock or analysing a complex RF signal, you want to see the real signal and not artifacts of the test setup such...
Published: Sep 03, 2020
WHY and HOW to do memory interface verification with a scope!
The topics discussed in this webinar include:
Motivation WHY to do verification measurements.
Best practice HOW to do verification measurements.
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Published: Sep 17, 2020
Since Point of Loads (POLs) are small, efficient and relatively inexpensive, their utility in providing common powering voltages to groups of IC loads has resulted in their rapid adoption and proliferation.
With the everincreasing complexity of today’s boards, the number of individual voltages required...
Published: Jul 25, 2018
Battery life is getting increased scrutiny as our devices continue to shrink but are still expected to deliver more functionality and performance than ever before. Effectively extending battery life in future devices will require mastery of low quiescent current. This paper examines the role of low quiescent current in...
Published: Jul 18, 2018
The embedded storage market is full of various solutions touted as “industrial grade” by their suppliers. But, not all of these SSDs are created equal. Many of the supposed “industrial” SSDs are actually originally built as consumer-grade devices. They are then repackaged and marketed as industrial...
Published: Jul 18, 2018
This White Paper describes different trade-offs, design options, and implementation of a sub 1 dB low NF (~ 0.6 dB), high gain (> 20 dB), and very high linearity (> +34 dBm) two-stage LNA.
The SKY65040-360LF LNA maintains a very low NF up to 2.5 GHz and an excellent 3rd Order Output Intercept Point (OIP3). The...
Published: Jul 20, 2018
While switch manufacturers play a large role in a device’s reliability, the environmental conditions the switch will be exposed to is another significant factor that should not be overlooked. Switch life expectancy and even critical switch failure issues...
Published: Jul 24, 2018
Lime, Green and Purple LEDs from Lumileds have shown to produce high red lettuce yields while raising the concentrations of essential nutrients that contribute to human health.
LEDs are rapidly becoming the light source of choice for indoor horticultural applications due to the ability to customize the light spectra...
Published: Jul 17, 2018