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Save Your ICs from Dreaded ESD (.PDF Download)
Whether you’re designing integrated circuits, equipment, or systems, you absolutely must provide protection from electrostatic discharge (ESD). ESD is a common problem in most environments. Product...
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Save Your ICs from Dreaded ESD
Sponsored by Texas Instruments: Numerous devices are available, such as diode arrays, that make it easier than ever to design in electrostatic-discharge protection.Download this article in PDF...
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Adesto Acquires S3 Semiconductors in Mixed-Signal and Wireless Bid
Adesto Technologies announced that it would acquire S3 Semiconductors for $35 million in cash and credit, moving beyond its core business of memory chips. The Dublin, Ireland-based company makes...
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Low-side current sensing for high-performance cost-sensitive applications
In this blog post you'll learn how to design a low-side current-sensing circuit for cost-sensitive applications.Applications that require the control of a motor typically involve some type of...
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TLV9061 operational amplifier
This device is a solution for applications where low-voltage operation, a small footprint, and high capacitive load drive are required.Printer-friendly version
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How to lay out a PCB for high-performance, low-side current-sensing designs
Learn how you – with the proper printed circuit board (PCB) layout techniques – can design an accurate, low-cost, low-side current-sensing circuit with a single tiny operational amplifier (op amp).In...
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Power stage reference design
This 15W, 12-mm x 20-mm, power stage reference design drives and controls the position of the brushed DC (BDC) motor operating from a three to six cell Li-ion battery.Printer-friendly version
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Small IS Beautiful: Tiny Packages Help Designers Do More with Less (.PDF...
It’ll come as no surprise to any savvy buyer, and certainly not to any design engineer, that each new generation of electronic products packs more performance into a smaller package than the product it...
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Small IS Beautiful: Tiny Packages Help Designers Do More with Less
Sponsored by Texas Instruments: Such miniaturized packages, from die-size ball grid arrays to extra-small outline no leads, are the way of the future in practically all portable and wearable...
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X/Ku Band Beamformer Handles Four Antennas at Once
Working in an 8- to 16-GHz frequency range, Analog Devices’ ADAR1000 X/Ku band beamformer chip can manage four antennas simultaneously.Steerable radar systems use mechanical means to adjust a single...
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Electronics Still Thrives as a Hobby
Though the tools and components have changed radically since its hobbyist beginnings, the fascination and passion for electronics remains if the Maker Faire can serve as a judge.Electronics has been a...
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Infineon to Invest $1.9 Billion to Boost Power Semiconductor Supply
Power semiconductors are a key component in the worldwide shift toward electric vehicles and renewable energy sources like solar and wind. And so Infineon Technologies, grappling with voracious demand,...
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Chip Staking Startup Puts Together Silicon for Wearables
A major conundrum for the embedded industry is that while the cost of computer chips has fallen over the years, the design costs are growing. And increasingly, custom chips are required to drive up...
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Match the Right Sensor to Your Automotive Application
Sponsored by IDT: Thanks to the advances made in inductive position sensing, the technology is carving new paths in automotive design and leaving its optical and capacitive cousins in the dust.Download...
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Power Integrity Fundamentals
Be one of the first 250 people to download the Rohde & Schwarz Power Integrity Fundamentals infographic and get a printed copy sent to you for free!Discover the Rohde & Schwarz quick guide to...
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Power Integrity Pocket Guide
Get your power integrity guide now and get access to common measurement accuracy tips.Stable and clean power rail signals are the basis for proper electronic design performance. However, demand for...
View ArticleXP Power Expands Power Supply Solutions With $44.5 Million Deal
XP Power announced that it acquired power supply manufacturer Glassman High Voltage for $44.5 million, expanding its portfolio of power supplies used in applications such as chip manufacturing, medical...
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Materials Advance May Puncture Silicon-Optical Barrier
A thin molybdenum/telluride film can be directly “attached” to a standard silicon die, which is used to generate and detect IR light at wavelengths that are compatible with the substrate.The goal of...
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Replace Fixed-Function ICs with Low-Cost Microcontrollers (.PDF Download)
Most engineers have known for years that microcontrollers are the best choice in building new digital products. Legacy TTL and CMOS functional logic devices gave way to single-chip MCUs years ago. Yet...
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Replace Fixed-Function ICs with Low-Cost Microcontrollers
Sponsored by Texas Instruments: For about 25 cents, you can implement many simple analog and digital functions into applications ranging from pulse-width modulation to a stopwatch.Download this article...
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