Hi All, This month's Technical Tidbit article I have just written deals with characterizing noise in chip packages and includes new information developed for this article. Abstract: Voltage drops in chip packages can cause significant signal integrity and EMC problems. The good news is that in many cases these voltages can be measured through mutual inductance. Measured results and their interpretation are discussed. The key here is interpretation of the scope waveforms. Two specific cases are studied in the article. Page down the index page at http://emcesd.com to the picture of a probe on the surface of a chip and click on the picture. Doug -- ------------------------------------------------------- ___ _ Doug Smith \ / ) P.O. Box 1457 ========= Los Gatos, CA 95031-1457 _ / \ / \ _ TEL/FAX: 408-356-4186/358-3799 / /\ \ ] / /\ \ Mobile: 408-858-4528 | q-----( ) | o | Email: doug@xxxxxxxxxx \ _ / ] \ _ / Website: http://www.dsmith.org ------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------ To unsubscribe from si-list: si-list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'unsubscribe' in the Subject field or to administer your membership from a web page, go to: //www.freelists.org/webpage/si-list For help: si-list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'help' in the Subject field List archives are viewable at: //www.freelists.org/archives/si-list or at our remote archives: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/si-list/messages Old (prior to June 6, 2001) list archives are viewable at: http://www.qsl.net/wb6tpu