EDN

Designing with a complete simulation test bench for op amps, Part 3: Input-referred errors

Previous installments of this series discussed the need to verify SPICE model accuracy and how to measure the output impedance and small-signal bandwidth of operational amplifier (op amp) models. In ...
EDN

Designing with a complete simulation test bench for op amps, Part 4: Noise

Previous installments of this article series discussed the need to verify SPICE model accuracy and how to measure the output impedance, small-signal bandwidth, and input-referred errors of operational ...
Electronic Design

Practical Input-Referred Calculations in Precision Systems

Why input-referred calculations are valuable in gaining system insight. Why combining noise sources referred to input (RTI) and referred to output (RTO) is best to determine system performance.
Electronic Design

RF Measurement Basics for Non-RF Test Engineers

Wireless communications products that depend on RF principles are everywhere these days, and the growth rate is astonishing. From cell phones and wireless PDAs to Wi-Fi-enabled laptops, Bluetooth ...
AZOM

Building a Reliable Data Link Signal Integrity Test Platform

The data connection device under test in Figure 1 is characterized by comparing test signals sent into the link with signals measured at the link output. The differences between these two test signals ...