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DIY isolation transformer enhances Bode analysis with modern DSOs

Keysight, Teledyne LeCroy, Tektronix, Rohde & Schwarz (R&S), and others have offered built-in digital oscilloscope Bode analysis for some time, and this feature has trickled down to low-cost DSOs like ...
Electronic Design

A Better Transformer Equivalent Circuit

Download this article in PDF format. If you search the internet for “transformer equivalent circuits,” you’ll get five pages of over 100 small circuit diagrams. Figures 1 and 2 show two typical ...
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Simplify analog circuit analysis with impedance and a signal flow graph

Analog Circuit Analysis can be difficult. Consider the circuit below. It includes a Series Resonant Circuit. With Ideal Impedances, the Series Impedance is equal to zero at the resonant frequency. A ...
Electronic Design

Performing In-Circuit Inductor and Transformer Measurements in SMPS

In switched-mode power supplies (SMPS), magnetic components, namely inductors and transformers, play critical roles. Much of the SMPS design process relies on component specifications and simulation ...