Design

    How could a multiplying DAC be used other than as a DAC?

    Most digital-to-analog converters (DACs) are operated with a fixed positive reference voltage and output voltage or a current that is proportional to the product...

    In-Vehicle Wireless Charging

    Wireless phone charging has great appeal in many situations, perhaps none more so than in the car. As we spend more and more time...

    Battery-Free Sensors for the IoT Network Edge

    The Internet of Things (IoT) is everywhere and while that is a great feature, it also presents something of a challenge. Each sensing element...

    How to Easily and Quickly Upgrade Your USB Design with USB-C Solutions

    Although the industry had initially been quiet about the USB-C (technically known as USB Type-C) adoption rate the past few years, today major consumer...

    DC-DC Voltage Regulation: Complete Solution Targeting PoL Market

    The need for high performance in the CPU VR (voltage regulator) world has been with us for a few years now, but increasingly the...

    Printing the Soft Robots of the Future

    Three-dimensional printing offers unique advantages, but still faces many challenges, for fabricating small, flexible robots that can navigate through the human body and other...

    Enhanced Protection & Safety Features for High-Rel Power Supplies

    Requirements of High-Reliability Power Systems In a perfect world, a high-reliability system should be designed to avoid single point failures and provide a means of...

    How Power Modules Simplify and Accelerate Product Designs

    Every circuit, from the smallest Internet-of-Things (IoT) home-automation sensor to the largest industrial machine, requires power. The power supply requires effort and board space,...

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

    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...

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

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

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

    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...

    Multi-Decade Design Simplifies Current Monitoring

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

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

    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...

    Multicore Design and Hardware Virtualization

    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...

    Recent Advances In X-ray Inspection for Electronics Manufacturing

    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...

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