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What’s All This Prank Stuff, Anyhow?
Who says engineers don’t have a sense of humor? Remember the WOM, inspired partly by the Umac 606 phantasatron? The DEAD diode? The “SCROM” scratchable read-only memory? The list goes on.Many of the...
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Shower Heads Installed in Packaging Could Keep Chips Cool
With the wires inside chips growing smaller and closer together, miniature shower heads installed in their packaging could help keep them cool, spraying coolant directly onto the surface of the...
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Bob Pease eBook Vol 1
A compendium of articles from legendary electronic design engineer Bob Pease, Volume 1Celebrating Bob PeaseIt’s hard to believe so many years have passed since the analog industry lost one of its most...
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Bob Pease eBook Vol 2
A compendium of articles from legendary electronic design engineer Bob Pease, Volume 2Celebrating Bob PeaseWe all remember Bob Pease fondly—for his analog design expertise as well as his sense of...
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As Supply Chain Challenges Mount, Readers Say They Treasure Transparency
Shaving costs from the supply chain is the priority for almost one-third of respondents to SourceToday’s 2018 Distribution Study survey. But the results also suggest that more companies are focused on...
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Dialog Semiconductor Hobbled by Apple’s Change of Plans
Apple is again throwing its weight around in the semiconductor industry. Dialog Semiconductor, the company's primary source for power management chips, said in a statement that Apple would introduce a...
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On Semiconductor Fills Out Automotive Sensor Lineup with SensL Technologies
Whenever the first fully autonomous cars start driving passengers, every vehicle will probably be equipped with three primary sensors to monitor road conditions, each one covering each other’s blind...
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Vesper Technologies Aims to Amplify MEMS Microphone Production
When Vesper Technologies raised $23 million in funding last month, the MEMS microphone maker’s investors included many of the major players in voice-controlled devices. Amazon’s Alexa Fund, Bose...
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A Safer High-Voltage Analog Switch for Medical Ultrasound
High-voltage supplies are used in most HV analog switches, which creates cost, size, and safety concerns. Switches developed by MPS offer an alternative by eliminating those supplies.Medical ultrasound...
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Trio of Class-D Amplifiers Addresses Today’s Home Audio Demands
The new audio amplifiers support power levels from 15 W mono to 175 W stereo, and include features compatible with today’s home-audio speaker and microphone requirements.As nearly all audio amplifiers...
View Article1,000,001 Things to Do with an Op Amp (.PDF Download)
If you’re designing a linear circuit of any kind today, it most likely involves an op amp and even an analog-to-digital converter (ADC). The op amp is your go-to device simply because it can be...
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1,000,001 Things to Do with an Op Amp
Sponsored by Texas Instruments: Practically all linear signal chains today contain op amps and ADCs, and, therefore, most EEs have a strong knowledge of these devices. But it never hurts to brush...
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Inkjet-Printed Graphene Plus Laser Yields Washable Electronics
Printing an ultrathin layer of graphene on a substrate and using direct-pulsed laser writing produced a structure for electronic circuitry that can be worn and even washed.When Professors Sir Andre...
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Dialog Semiconductor Weighs Acquisition of Synaptics, Supplier of Touch and...
Dialog Semiconductor is looking to diversify its business after one of its largest customers, Apple, slashed orders for the power management chips used in the iPhone. The company, which industry...
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Readers Tense Up Over Consolidation and Component Obsolescence
Component obsolescence was flagged as a supply chain threat by roughly three-quarters of respondents to an Electronic Design and Source Today survey, representing an almost seven percent jump over the...
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What’s All This Rail-to-Rail Amplifier Stuff, Anyhow?
There are three types of rail-to-rail input amplifiers, but you might not need any of them. Paul Rako talks with Don Archer, designer of the LMC6482, to shed some light.When I was doing the National...
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Digitally Controlled Current Limiter Safely Charges Large Capacitor Banks
Using voltage feedback from the capacitor bank being charged, a MOSFET-based current-control approach applies a stepped series of increased charging currents to limit inrush current. At a power-on...
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Generate a High-Frequency Magnetic Field Using this Resonant Technique
Producing a high-frequency magnetic field is challenging because of high impedance. The most practical solution involves applying resonance.Numerous test-and-measurement applications require a...
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How Modular Design Is Transforming Enterprise Connectivity
As transformative technologies change the connectivity landscape, IT continues to turn more to modular approaches for enterprise system solutions.For years, mobile carriers funded initiatives like...
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Local Interconnect Network – the last mile network
Highly integrated systems like automobiles need to support networks that require low overhead, so that they can be easily routed through the limited space inside the car.Printer-friendly version
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