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Pocket-Sized White-Noise Generator Quickly Tests Circuit’s Response
Using a single op amp and a properly selected resistor, this white-noise generator provides flat output versus frequency and speeds testing of circuit performance.Download this article in PDF...
View ArticleTexas Instruments' Earnings Send Troubling Signals
Texas Instruments said that the market for analog semiconductors installed in factories and cars has slowed down, foreshadowing trouble for other product categories. On Tuesday, the company reported...
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Detect IGBT Module Defects in Acoustic 3D
Structural irregularities in the body of an IGBT module can cause immediate or eventual electrical failure. These irregularities may be detected by three-dimensional acoustic micro imaging.A lack of...
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11 Myths About Custom Silicon
Preconceptions about custom chip design are that it’s costly and takes up too much time. But what’s the real story in today’s semiconductor industry climate? When it comes to designing electronic...
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Kelvin Connections to WBG Devices Boost TO-247 Switching Speed
High-power SiC and GaN switches using TO-247 packages exhibit high connection inductances, which inhibits high switching speeds. An internal Kelvin connection can solve that problem, but must be...
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Tiny Higher-Voltage Power Modules Nearly Disappear from Sight
Maxim's latest “uSLIC” DC-DC power modules have an increased input-voltage rating of 60 V, yet require under eight square millimeters of real estate.If you associate “power module” with “larger...
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Bluetooth without Batteries? Atmosic Technologies Says It Can Be Done.
David Su's last job was vice president of analog and radio frequency engineering at Qualcomm, and before that he spent more than a decade at Atheros Communications. That was where he met David Nakahira...
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Maximum integration in a minature size
The DACx0508 is a pin-compatible family of low power, eight-channel, buffered voltage-output, digitalto-analog converters (DACs) with 16-, 14- and 12-bit resolution.Printer-friendly version
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How do high-density DACs benefit laser applications?
This technical note explores the benefits of using highdensity, high-precision DACs and OPAMPs in laser drive applications.Printer-friendly version
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Learn about characteristics, operation, and use of the DACx0508 evaluation...
This user's guide describes the characteristics, operation, and use of the DACx0508 evaluation board (EVM).Printer-friendly version
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Quick start your DAC designs
TINA-TI provides all the conventional DC, transient and frequency domain analysis of SPICE and much more.Printer-friendly version
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Reinforced Precision Isolation Amp Has Less Stress, Longer Life
TI’s ISO224 uses a capacitive approach to implement galvanic isolation. It combines high precision on the input signal side with ease of interfacing for the output side.Despite the benefits of...
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SiTime Targets the High End of Telcommunications Timing
To limit interference and support higher throughput, 5G networks need a different architecture than 4G communications systems. Instead of being located in remote cell towers, radios will be mounted on...
View ArticleChoosing an IMU for Your Autonomous-Vehicle Project (.PDF Download)
Sensing technologies for electronic situational awareness has seen lots of progress, driven by all the attention currently being given to autonomous vehicles (AV). The advances in materials, topology,...
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Choosing an IMU for Your Autonomous-Vehicle Project
When developing in application spaces that are unforgiving of inadequacy, particularly autonomous vehicles, pinpointing the right device for critical navigation subsystems becomes essential.Download...
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What’s All This HP Museum Stuff, Anyhow?
No matter how old, Keysight test equipment is a treasure worth preserving. And so are the memories of those who crossed paths with legends in the industry.Ken Kuhn(Fig. 1), an adjunct professor in the...
View ArticleTexas Instruments Expands Line of Millimeter Wave Radar Chips
Texas Instruments is lowering the bar for companies to add radar capabilities to warehouse robots that automatically grab inventory or systems that monitor the number of building occupants. The analog...
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60-GHz mmWave Transceivers Sense Objects, Motion with Precision
The IWR6843 sensor IC series enables close-range sensing of objects, people, and motion with high accuracy and resolution, and with higher-precision results than existing 24-GHz systems.It wasn’t that...
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Choosing the Right Switch: Know Your AC from Your DC
When picking a switch to use in electrical design, many people believe they can use any switch, provided its current rating is more than the maximum load in the circuit. This, of course, isn’t...
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Compact 5-V, 10-A Synchronous Buck Regulator Cuts Heat, EMI
This “Power by Linear” step-down dc-dc switcher IC can operate at 5 MHz with high efficiency and excellent EMI performance.The Power by Linear LTC3310S developed by Analog Devices is a synchronous buck...
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