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Wideband, Multichannel Front End Tackles Direct C-Band RF Sampling
This quad-channel RF front end (and dual-channel sibling) enables direct sampling to 6 GHz without the need for additional frequency-conversion stages, eliminating local oscillators, mixers,...
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Qualcomm Doubles Down on Audio Chips for Voice Control
Qualcomm announced a new line of audio SoCs aimed at customers adding voice control interfaces to smart speakers, soundbars and other wireless audio devices. The San Diego, California-based company's...
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Autonomous Vehicle Timing is a MEMS Thing
Soon, every car will have its own supercomputer, and since the clock is the heartbeat of electronics, each car will need upwards of 70 timing devices. Some MEMS timing solutions provide the...
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Engineering is always about tradeoffs, but autonomous vehicles are pushing that to the limit with conflicting requirements.These vehicles will generate copious amounts of data, both from the various...
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Are you ready for BAW?
The 5G revolution is around the corner. Whether it means faster, richer content in the form of seamless augmented and virtual reality experiences or technology that enables truly autonomous vehicles,...
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How to use the LMK05318 as a jitter cleaner
This application report explains two methods on how to clean input jitter with the LMK05318 are described with performance data. IntroductionTI’s LMK05318 device is an ultra-high performance clock...
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SimpleLink crystal-less wireless MCU based on TI BAW technology - at the...
This white paper explores the advantages of adopting crystal-less MCUs in IoT connected products to provide smaller footprints, better cost optimization and more robust designs. Wireless technologies...
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Tiny technology, global impact: TI BAW resonator breakthrough creates new...
Every electronic system has a heartbeat – a clock signal – that helps each component perform in perfect synchronization. There are now two new devices that incorporate bulk acoustic wave (BAW)...
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Texas Instruments Delivers Gate Drivers for Use in Cars and Factories
Texas Instruments, the largest seller of analog semiconductors, announced its latest line of isolated driver ICs delivering increased energy efficiency and reliability to the systems inside factory...
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The Cree LED Floodlight Teardown
This costly to make, but rugged, consumer product shows solid mechanical and electrical design. Paul Rako shines a light on what makes it tick. I bought a 90-W equivalent LED floodlight at Home Depot...
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The hidden cost of optocouplers for isolated RS-485 designs
Given the advancements in digital isolation technology, are optocouplers really the most cost-effective method to achieve galvanic isolation for an RS-485 system?
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How to isolate RS-485 for smallest size and highest reliability
RS-485 is a common communications port in most industrial applications such as factory automation, protection relay, energy meter, motor drives and building automation. Galvanic isolation for the...
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Power Efficiency Takes Center Stage at APEC
When it comes to reducing the size and increasing the efficiency of power components, products introduced at this year's Applied Power Electronics Conference (APEC) last week demonstrate that there are...
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Infineon Slashes Full-Year Sales Forecast as Demand Stalls
Infineon Technologies, the world's largest supplier of power semiconductors, slashed its sales forecast for the 2019 fiscal year, adding to concerns that the chip industry's current slowdown is far...
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On Semiconductor Bets $1 Billion in Communications Chip Deal
On Semiconductor, one of the bigger players in analog and power semiconductors, said it would pay more than $1 billion to buy Quantenna Communications, which sells WiFi chips and software used in...
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Simple Design Equations For Thermoelectric Coolers (Revisited)
After more than 20 years since its first appearance, author W. Stephen Woodward presents an updated version of his classic Idea for Design article on thermoelectric coolers, including space...
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Thermoelectric coolers (TECs) are versatile temperature-control devices. They’re best thought of as solid-state heat pumps in which the direction and rate of heat flow can be manipulated by controlling...
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Connectors and Sockets Tackle High-Speed Serial Connections
Vendors are using different techniques to deliver connectors and sockets that will handle emerging high-speed serial connections. Designers continue to push the performance envelope with faster chips,...
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Dual-Mode Chokes Teach Old Inverters New Tricks
Innovative hybrid filters built with the latest magnetic materials enable lightweight, miniaturized inverters to satisfy the latest green-energy and mobility applications. Download this article in PDF...
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Important changes in the way electricity is generated and used—such as increasing reliance on energy from renewable sources, the change to efficient variable-speed drives in industrial and domestic...
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