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  • Teardown: HP 8112A pulse generator

    Teardown: HP 8112A pulse generator
  • Understanding ADC specs and architectures: part 2

    Understanding ADC specs and architectures: part 2
  • Understanding ADC specs and architectures: part 1

    Understanding ADC specs and architectures: part 1
  • OFC 2025: Test equipment

    OFC 2025: Test equipment
  • Phone chargers produce EMI: We compared four

    Phone chargers produce EMI: We compared four

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    Understanding ADC specs and architectures: part 2

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    Design World presents the 2024 LEAP Awards Winners: Test & Measurement

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    Characterize EMI from dc-dc converter ringing
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Teardown: HP 8112A pulse generator

This 50 MHz pulse generator was built as solid as a rock. It's almost all metal. We take the unit completely apart and look at it from a system and board level. On a visit to the MIT swapfest in 2024, I came across an HP 8112A 50 MHz pulse … [Read More...] about Teardown: HP 8112A pulse generator

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  • Teardown: HP 8112A pulse generator
  • Understanding ADC specs and architectures: part 2
  • Understanding ADC specs and architectures: part 1
  • OFC 2025: Test equipment
  • VNAs improve bandwidth and dynamic range
  • Phone chargers produce EMI: We compared four

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Understanding ADC specs and architectures: part 2

Specifications such as gain error, offset error, and differential nonlinearity help define an analog-to-digital converter’s performance. In part 1 of this series, we discussed an ideal analog-to-digital converter (ADC), noting that it would have infinite resolution and bandwidth. Then we looked … [Read More...] about Understanding ADC specs and architectures: part 2

Understanding ADC specs and architectures: part 1

Analog-to-digital converters are the heart of most test equipment, setting the stage for the digital processing of analog signals. Several posts over the past year or so have involved digital signal processing. For example, we have covered the fast Fourier transform (FFT), the inverse FFT, and … [Read More...] about Understanding ADC specs and architectures: part 1

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Phone chargers produce EMI: We compared four

The switching power supplies that regulate output voltage produce radiated emissions. Our tests compare waveforms that give clues as to how the chargers operate. While evaluating the Uni-T UPO1202 oscilloscope, I used the Uni-T UTG962E Function/Arbitrary Waveform Generator and noticed some … [Read More...] about Phone chargers produce EMI: We compared four

Characterize EMI from dc-dc converter ringing

Switching power supplies produce radiated and conducted emissions caused by ringing. Oscilloscope and spectrum-analyzer measurements let you see them. DC-DC converters are ubiquitous in most electronic products. While more efficient than linear regulators, they can also produce considerable … [Read More...] about Characterize EMI from dc-dc converter ringing

Review: Micsig TO3004 tablet oscilloscope

If you're looking for a portable oscilloscope for field troubleshooting or for demonstrations, look at the Micsig TO series. Here's my take on the four-channel 300 MHz variant, TO3004. The Micsig TO3004 oscilloscope (Figure 1) is an 8-bit, four-channel, tablet-sized portable oscilloscope … [Read More...] about Review: Micsig TO3004 tablet oscilloscope

How to use convolution to implement filters: part 4

A windowed sinc function can implement a low-pass filter, and a two-dimensional convolutional filter can blur or sharpen images. In part 3 of this series, we introduced a low-pass filter based on the Sinc function and described the need for windowing to compensate for sampling and … [Read More...] about How to use convolution to implement filters: part 4

Why engineers need IC ESD and TLP data

Design Engineers need ESD and TLP characterization data to make informed decisions to design robust circuits and systems. Engineers often review semiconductor data among several manufacturers when designing a circuit or system. While two or more ICs may perform satisfactorily under normal … [Read More...] about Why engineers need IC ESD and TLP data

How to use convolution to implement filters: part 3

A windowed sinc filter outperforms a moving-average filter in the frequency domain. In part 2 of this series, we described a type of convolution filter called the moving-average filter, and we demonstrated that it is effective at removing Gaussian white noise in the time domain but performs … [Read More...] about How to use convolution to implement filters: part 3

How to use convolution to implement filters: part 2

A moving-average filter can address white noise in the time domain but performs poorly in the frequency domain. In part 1 of this series, we defined convolution, denoted by the * symbol, and looked at a simple geometrical example of how it operates to produce a new function y(t) from two given … [Read More...] about How to use convolution to implement filters: part 2

How to use convolution to implement filters: part 1

Convolution is used in a variety of signal-processing applications, including time-domain-waveform filtering. In a recent series on the inverse fast Fourier transform (FFT), we concluded with a mention of convolution and its application to filtering. Convolution Q: What is convolution? A: … [Read More...] about How to use convolution to implement filters: part 1

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