IC and electronic-system capabilities are continuously increasing, causing greater complexity and circuit density on the silicon. Increased transistor counts demand higher current, which raises power ...

The basic concepts underpinning time-domain reflectometry. Difference between frequency- and time-domain analysis. Some applications of TDR measurements. Time-domain reflectometry (TDR) is a technique ...

If you’ve done any amount of electronic design work, you’ll be familiar with the need for decoupling capacitors. Sometimes a chip’s datasheet will tell you exactly what kind of caps to place where, ...

February 13, 2014. Agilent Technologies Inc. has introduced the E5063A PCB Analyzer for printed-circuit-board impedance test in manufacturing. The solution offers technology breakthroughs in accuracy ...

For signal-integrity engineers who need to characterize passive interconnect components such as connectors, a VNA (vector network analyzer) is an essential tool. I purposely make a distinction between ...