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Perform Fast and Accurate LDO Measurements

Semiconductor companies need a fast and cost-effective way to bring up, debug, and validate new silicon, such as low-dropout (LDO) linear regulators. LDOs are a simple, inexpensive, and extremely common type of mixed-signal IC that regulates output voltage when supplied with a higher voltage input. Designers need to quickly bring up and debug new parts, which is a highly manual and interactive process, and validation engineers need to prepare for automated validation and characterization.

 

  • Prebuilt, configurable LDO measurements, such as line/load regulation, line/load transient, dropout voltage, and power supply rejection ratio (PSRR)
  • Enables powerful engineering workflows between interactive and automated tasks
  • Supports a variety of automation environments and programming languages
  • Maximal measurement IP reuse between projects and teams
  • Time and money savings, compared to building a custom LDO measurement solution

LDO Measurement Solution 

Solution Advantages

  • Straightforward, extensible solution for common LDO measurements

  • Easy-to-use interactive panel for configuring and running measurements

  • Simple path to automation by exporting measurement configuration settings

  • TestStand users can use the exported configuration file along with prebuilt test step types as drag-and-drop measurements

  • LabVIEW users also can use the exported configuration file and the measurement API to build custom test code modules

Simplified LDO Device Validation

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NI’s LDO Measurement Solution combines high-performance PXI instrumentation with the Soliton LDO Measurement Suite to help you validate the performance of new LDO designs—from interactive configuration and measurements to fully automated validation.  

“With the combined power of Soliton’s LDO Measurement Suite software and NI’s high-performance PXI instrumentation, the LDO Measurement Solution will help engineers accelerate the validation process and get data from first samples in days rather than weeks.”

Sandeep Achari, Business Unit Manager, Soliton Technologies

Build Your Solution with the NI Ecosystem

NI offers a variety of solution integration options customized to your application-specific requirements. You can use your own internal integration teams for full system control or leverage the expertise of NI and our worldwide NI Partner Network to obtain a turnkey solution.

NI Partner Network

Soliton Technologies provides highly differentiated engineering services to global semiconductor customers of NI. As the creators of LDO Measurement Suite Add-On for InstrumentStudio, Soliton is capable of customizing or expanding the measurement capabilities to meet your application requirements.

Services and Support

NI works with customers throughout the life of an application, delivering training, technical support, consultation and integration services, and maintenance programs. Teams can discover new skills by participating in NI-specific and geographic user groups and build proficiency with online and in-person training.

Execute Fast and Accurate LDO Measurements

Learn about NI’s customizable, ready-to-run LDO Validation Solution that is built on the NI Standardized Measurement Framework and provides common LDO measurements that quickly scale from interactive bring up and debug to automated validation and characterization.