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Steve Taranovich, Editor-in-Chief, Planet Analog, 5/17/2018 Comment now
Ever wonder how we got to 5G? Many earlier discoveries, experiments analyses led to wireless communication, but let's look at what helped spur wireless radio 90 to 100 years ago.
Loren Siebert, characterization engineer, high speed amplifiers, Texas Instruments, 5/16/2018 Comment now
Although current-feedback operational amplifiers (op amps) have been on the market since the 1990s, the current-feedback fully differential amplifier was not introduced until 2007.
Dennis Feucht, Electronics Engineer, 5/16/2018 Comment now
The leaders in any field of human endeavor have some common characteristics. One of them is their keen effort to be at the forefront of any new developments in their field. In electronics engineering, this effort includes frequent updates on available components that can be incorporated into new designs. New components are usually announced on Web pages ...
Mike Doherty, Vice President, High Voltage Products, XP Power, 5/12/2018 Comment now
When it comes to low intensity light detection, performance requirements often lead to selecting devices with greater sensitivity than common photodiodes or even charge coupled devices (CCDs). Specialized detectors such as avalanche photodiodes (APDs), photomultiplier tubes (PMTs) and microchannel plates (MCPs) are often employed for these more precise ...
Steve Taranovich, Editor-in-Chief, Planet Analog, 5/12/2018 Comment now
I do not believe that there is anything more powerful in our industry for mentoring prospective young 'techies' than a learning tool powered by MATLAB and Simulink software. This month we saw the intro of the first official Arduino Engineering Kit which provides a hands-on educational approach from this team effort. We need more of this kind of ...
Steve Taranovich, Editor-in-Chief, Planet Analog, 5/11/2018 Comment now
Texas Instruments tells us that Battery-monitoring systems are used to estimate state of health (SOH) and state of charge (SOC), especially in Electric Vehicles (EVs). To get detailed information about SOH and SOC, integrating accurate sensors into the battery-monitoring system is critical to protect the battery from damage. For a typical battery, ...
Dennis Feucht, Electronics Engineer, 5/7/2018 Comment now
The x1 voltage amplifier or "buffer" is a standard building block of analog design. This article presents the design of a discrete, low-parts-count, high-performance, matched-transistor buffer, and covers some of the finer points in optimizing its design.
Michael Steffes, Senior Applications Manager, 5/7/2018 Comment now
The differential outputs provided by fully differential amplifiers (FDA) can be used in a positive feedback scheme to generate a partially active output impedance. Applying this technique, to set the isolating resistor in a typical RC filter at a Successive Approximation Register (SAR) ADC input, provides an ancillary advantage. Many designs buffer the ...
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