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VRTS3 Distributed System Demo Board V1.0

DEMONSTRATION CIRCUITS

The board contains eight individual circuit sections as identified in the table below. These circuits are typical in most distributed systems providing an excellent test bed for demonstrating non-invasive, in-system measurement, optimization and troubleshooting techniques. The Table below shows the Circuit Sections on the VRTS3 Board.


Section Function
POL 5V USB input to 3.3V 2.8MHz switching regulator
REF03 2.5V low noise voltage reference
OPAMP 245MHz Bandwidth unity gain opamp buffer
LDO LD1086 voltage regulator 5V USB input to 3.3V output
CLOCKS/BUFFERS 10MHz and 125MHz clocks
CALIBRATION Short-Open-Load and 1 Ohm calibration ports
PLANES & CAPS Parallel tantalum and ceramic capacitor on a small PCB plane
MICROSTRIPS 50 Ohm microstrips with precision aberrations - one with a ground void

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Model Description Price  
VRTS03 VRTS3 Distributed System Demo Board V1.0
$299.00
VRTS03-PIB VRTS3 Demo Board Plus the Power Integrity Book - Special Limited Time Offer
$338.00

The VRTS3 demonstration board is a self-contained board designed to support a wide range of typical distributed system measurements. Input power is provided via a USB port using a typical USB-A to USB-B cable. No additional equipment is required for this board other than the measurement instruments.


Supported Measurements

TEST

SIGNAL INJECTORS NEEDED

1 Port Impedance 1-Port Probe and DC Block
Output Impedance See Impedance Measurement Table
Bode Plot J2100A or J2101A Injection Transformers
Non-Invasive Stability Measurement (NISM) See Impedance Measurement Table and the Support Page for NISM Downloads
Switching Frequency  
Switch Rise Time  
Duty Cycle Jitter  
Noise DC Block, 1 Port Probe, J2180A Preamp
PSRR DC Block, J2120A, or J2111A
Step Load Response J2111A , J2112A, or Transient Load Steppers
Clock Jitter  
Clock Rise Time  
Jitter Sensitivity DC Block
Power Supply Impedance See Impedance Measurement Table, J2121A
Crosstalk  
Clock Buffer PDN Noise DC Block
Clock Buffer Impedance See Impedance Measurement Table
Parallel Capacitor resonance Decoupling Test Board Kit and the 2-Port Probe
Plane Impedance 2-Port Probe
Velocity Factor and Er J2154A TDR
Trace Impedance J2154A TDR
Impedance of Broken Ground J2154A TDR
2 port Shunt Thru Impedance 2 Port Probe, DC Blocks
Ripple J2105A 1-port Probe, Preamp
EMI Near Field Probes

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