Texas Instruments Cuts Standby Current in DC-DC Converter
Texas Instruments launched its latest low-power buck converter for use in consumer and industrial Internet of Things devices with limited battery life, ranging from sensors slapped on factory floors to...
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Our isolators are certified. Are yours?
We use electrical gadgets every day, and there are applicable, high-voltage safety standards for designers to follow to help confirm that the gadgets that they design operate as expected from a safety...
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Top 7 design questions about digital isolators
A compiled a list of the most frequently asked questions about digital isolator design challenges.
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Top 6 design questions about I2C isolators
This list provides actionable information for engineers working to isolate signals and power in their designs.
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Top 7 design questions about isolated RS-485 transceivers
A list of the most frequently asked questions about isolated RS-485 transceiver design challenges.
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Scrutinizing a SiC Transistor Gate-Driver IC
You need high currents delivered speedily to get the most out of silicon-carbide transistors. Here, Paul Rako looks under the hood of Power Integrations’ SIC1182K. While attending APEC 2019, it seemed...
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Flexible Hybrid Electronics Take Sensors to New Places
Senior Technology Editor Bill Wong talks with Brewer Science’s Will Stone about how printed sensors are opening the door to new design possibilities. Sensors make the Internet of Things (IoT) “go.”...
View ArticleQualcomm Fined More Than $270 Million for Predatory Pricing
Qualcomm, the world's largest maker of smartphone chips, was fined $272 million by the European Union for using predatory pricing to undercut competitors in the market for cellular modems chips a...
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SiTime Rolls Out Oscillators for Aerospace and Defense Markets
SiTime introduced a new range of rugged oscillators for aerospace and defense applications, as the Santa Clara, California-based company aims to expand its share of the more than $6 billion timing...
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Texas Instruments Sees Stronger-Than-Feared Sales in Future
Texas Instruments sees stronger-than-feared sales and profits in the current quarter, a signal that the semiconductor industry may be slowly regaining its strength. The company expects profits in the...
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The Casablanca Ceiling Fan Teardown
No matter how you “spin” it, remote-control fans are simply less reliable. Tear into one to see why—and then blow it up. Troubleshooting a dead ceiling fan is pretty straightforward. It’s a little...
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MEMS Array Forms Controllable, All-Optical Photonic Switch Matrix
Using an innovative, no-loss technique for combining smaller optical-MEMS arrays, researchers built and fully evaluated an electronically controlled, 240-input × 240-output, all-optical switching...
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Bidirectional Bridge with Dual RMS Detectors Targets RF Power, Return-Loss...
Measuring RF power and return loss in radio or test-and-measurement applications typically involves the use of directional couplers and RF power detectors. This solution combines the two.Download this...
View ArticleBidirectional Bridge with Dual RMS Detectors Targets RF Power, Return-Loss...
Directional couplers are used in a wide variety of applications to sense RF power, and they may appear at multiple points in a signal chain. In this article, we will explore Analog Devices’ ADL5920,...
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Vesper Introduces Digital MEMS Microphone With Integrated ADC
Vesper has introduced a new digital microphone for Internet of Things devices, aiming to amplify its share of the more than $1 billion MEMS microphone market amid the voice assistant boom being led by...
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What’s All This Shush Circuit Stuff, Anyhow?
Quiet please! Paul Rako builds an analog circuit that sounds out a shush noise when the room gets too loud. A while back, I did an article about Bob Pease’s “hassler” circuit. Bob adapted it from a...
View ArticleTiny Module is Sophisticated, Precise “Personal” Earthquake Detector (.PDF...
When we think of earthquakes and seismic events, we naturally think of relatively large, complex laboratory instruments, and rightfully so. However, there’s also a need for smaller-scale, highly...
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The Low-Carbon-Based Economy’s Future Banks on Energy-Storage Systems
Increasing complexity in power grids and the adoption of smart grids will require enhancements in energy-storage systems, from molten-salt and flywheel to battery-based options, to manage the “flow.”...
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Wood as a Transducer for Energy Harvesting of Low-Grade Heat?
When infused with a suitable electrolyte, chemically processed wood can function as an energy-harvesting transducer using low-grade (low temperature) heat as the energy source. Although it may seem...
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Dialog Rolls Out Configurable Mixed Signal IC for Cars
Dialog Semiconductor, aiming to reduce its dependence on slumping smartphone sales, rolled out a chip that can be programmed to perform many of the most fundamental analog, power and mixed signal...
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