The importance of properly integrating test points into a PCB design. Test-point deployment considerations. When it comes to creating a modern electronic design, we live in both the best and the worst ...

With its 400-MHz bandwidth, the HVD3220 differential probe from Teledyne LeCroy permits in-circuit GaN and SiC system testing. The high-voltage probe carries a 1500-VDC CAT III rating, as well as a ...

Wherever circuits need protection against current overloads or short circuits, you’ll find circuit breakers. They range from fingernail-sized devices for semiconductor protection to truck-sized ...

Powering portable telemetry systems for long-term monitoring presents interesting design challenges. Batteries are unsuitable for certain critical applications, and, in these circumstances, designers ...

Every year, we read about electricians, engineers, and supervisors who were seriously burned or killed while working in or near a circuit breaker (CB) compartment. I’ve personally investigated ...

It’s become increasingly difficult to manage the heat generated during IC test. Absent the proper mitigations, it’s easy to generate so much heat that probe cards and chips literally can burn up. As a ...

Keeping an IC cool takes on new meaning when power dissipation exceeds 150 watts. Innovative electrical and mechanical solutions to new wafer testing challenges continue to be developed. For example, ...