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Measuring Sub-milliOhm PDN Impedance

Measuring sub-milliOhms is difficult.  Getting low noise, sub-milliOhm measurements in very small circuits is a bit more difficult.  We recently had the opportunity to support R&D Altanova in performing this difficult measurement, here are some of the results.


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Reducing EMI with Board-Level Shields

Reducing electromagnetic interference (EMI) is a key challenge when designing electronic devices. In this article, we will take a look into EMI challenges, the role of board-level shields (BLS) in reducing EMI, and the key criteria to keep in mind when selecting BLS.


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Addressing the 5G Challenge with Highly Integrated RFSoC

Radio transceiver, converters and FPGA on chip

The RFSoC concept does just that integrating the multi giga sample ADCs and DACs within the same silicon as the SoC, which contains the processing system and programmable logic. This offers a much tighter integrated solution providing the potential for both reduced footprint and power dissipation, while providing a direct sampling RF solution for 5G applications. Integration of ADC and DAC is not on its own sufficient to address the challenges.


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S-parameters: Signal Integrity Analysis in the Blink of an Eye

Emerging 100 Gigabit Ethernet and 400 Gigabit Ethernet requirements for communication networks have put increasing demands on Internet infrastructure. New methods of design, validation, and troubleshooting to optimize high speed digital channels are being employed in the R&D laboratory. This article discusses new concepts for serial link design and analysis as applied to physical layer test and measurement techniques. Novel test fixtures and signal integrity software tools will be discussed in real world applications in the form of design case studies.


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