Measuring Board Parasitics in High-Speed Analog Design

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Successful circuit designs using high-speed amplifiers can depend upon understanding and identifying parasitic PCB components. Simulating a design while including PCB parasitics can protect against unpleasant production surprises. This application report discusses an easy method for measuring parasitic components in a prototype or final PC board design by using a standard oscilloscope and low frequency waveform generator to collect valuable information for SPICE simulation.