Design

Murphy’s Law and the Risks of Designing “Off Data Sheet”

ELE Times Bureau - September 20, 2017

This application note considers off-data-sheet operation of integrated circuits (ICs). It discusses the pitfalls awaiting engineers who have not experienced Murphy's Law, which is...

Design

Innovation in Technological Development Realizes High-Performance Surface Acoustic Wave Devices

ELE Times Bureau - April 24, 2017

Communications terminals are equipped with radio frequency filters, or RF filters, which process signals over a range of 800 MHz to 2500 MHz. Filters...

Analog

For 200°C automobile: Murata to bring Lead type Multilayer Ceramic Capacitors

ELE Times Bureau - February 13, 2017

Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd. developed the RHS series of lead type multilayer ceramic capacitors for automobile use at maximum usage temperature of 200°C. The...

Design

Multi-Decade Design Simplifies Current Monitoring

ELE Times Bureau - February 9, 2017

Using a DMM on fixed ranges can be frustrating, but this simple design idea allows current monitoring from μA to over 100mA in a...

Design

New Advancements in Analog and Digital Interfaces for High-speed Data Converters

ELE Times Bureau - February 7, 2017

Recent advancements in high-speed Data Converter sampling rates and bandwidth handling capabilities changed the way of interfacing the high-speed ADCs and DACs with processors...

Design

Multicore Design and Hardware Virtualization

ELE Times Bureau - February 6, 2017

Virtualization strategies are distinctly varied between the cloud/server computing and the edge/embedded computing markets. Generally speaking, virtualization offers the following benefits: Run multiple operating...

Design

Recent Advances In X-ray Inspection for Electronics Manufacturing

ELE Times Bureau - January 31, 2017

Taking x-ray images goes back over 100 years. Since then, there have been numerous advances in terms of x-ray tube and x-ray detector technology...

Automotive

The Industry’s First Automotive Chipsets That Support Functional Safety in High Resolution Displays

ELE Times Bureau - January 16, 2017

Expanded lineup compatible with functional safety measures for speedometers, side mirrors, and other vehicle systems ROHM and LAPIS Semiconductor have announced the availability of chipsets...

Consumer

Advancement in Wearable Sensor Technology, by STMicroelectronics

ELE Times Bureau - January 16, 2017

By Mr. Vishal Goyal, Senior Technical Marketing Manager, Analog and MEMS Group; RF, Sensors and Analog Custom Products, Asean-ANZ and India, STMicroelectronics Wearable Introduction A perfect...

Design

Electrical performance of a low inductive 3.3kV half bridge IGBT module

ELE Times Bureau - December 22, 2016

Design

MathWorks Speeds Up FPGA-in-the-Loop Verification

ELE Times Bureau - December 13, 2016

HDL Verifier adds new FPGA hardware-in-the-loop testing capabilities MathWorks on December 13, 2016, announced new capabilities in HDL Verifier to speed up FPGA-in-the-loop (FIL) verification. The new FIL capabilities enable...

Design

NXP integrates Mindtree IP in MCU

ELE Times Bureau - November 30, 2016

NXP's Kinetis KW41Z microcontroller incorporates MindTree's 4.2 Bluetooth Smart IP, BlueLitE. Mindtree has revealed that its BlueLitE IP is integrated in NXP's Kinetis KW41Z microcontroller...

Design

Cadence Modus test solution supports ARM MBIST interface

ELE Times Bureau - November 30, 2016

The solution utilises the ARM MBIST interface to reduce the impact of MBIST on critical timing paths to and from memories in functional operation. Cadence...

Design

Keys to shortening the design cycle of a product

ELE Times Bureau - November 29, 2016

There are often important constraints for the electronics engineer designing a wearable device such as power consumption, weight and size, but for most engineers...

Design