Each week, the editor of Planet Analog finds items of interest and then features them in two sections, entitled “Also of Interest” and “Elementals”. Each cites items from publications outside the Planet Analog and EETimes portfolios. Please note : our backlog queue for both sections has grown much faster than we're listing them, so we're running more of them each week to clear the backlog (for now), and all at no charge to you!
“Also of Interest” and “Elementals” is an extension of our belief that engineers are interested in on-going tutorial on obviously relevant topics, as well as the serendipity of exploring topics which are not directly related to their jobs, but which will broaden their knowledge and sometimes spurs innovative and creative approaches. The first box highlights a few items of general interest to the engineer, while the second highlights some basic and tutorial electronic-engineering material.
Among the publications we check are IEEE Spectrum , Machine Design , Design News , Laser Focus World , EDN , Electronic Design , NASA Tech Briefs , Portable Design , and Physics Today , plus others.
Consider these items as “online-only” extras, and worth a look! (Please note: there are also links to the previous weeks' editions, at the bottom).
Also of Interest:
- Ultrafast laser applications include writing three-dimensional waveguides in silica, fabricating microfluidic devices, and performing surgery inside living cells without punching holes through the cell membrane:
“Ultrashort pulses write sharp, tiny features and perform microsurgery,”
Laser Focus World , October 2008 - Impingement cooling using air is a method that shows great promise to be enhanced for increased heat removal rates from high density electronic packages:
“Impinging Jets for Thermal Management of Electronics and Other Engineering Systems,”
Thermal News , page 20, Summer 2009 - First published in March of 1962, this article introduced a filter technique developed for the design of direct coupled microwave filters:
“Then: Microwave Filter Design Techniques,”
Microwave Journal , November 2008 - A novel ground-penetrating-radar-system takes advantage of ultrawideband signals to 2 GHz to probe beneath the surface of the Earth in search of leaky and damaged water-supply pipes:
“UWB GPR Receiver Detects Waterpipe Leaks,”
Microwaves & RF , November 2008 - Fluid-flow software is easier to learn and use than its outdated reputation would have you think:
“Fluid-flow software is easier to learn and use than its outdated reputation would have you think,”
Machine Design , November 6, 2008
Elementals:
- A design methodology for a tunable capacitor circuit to handle GSM/DVB-H interoperability requirements:
“New Tunable Technology for Mobile-TV Antennas,”
Microwave Journal , November 2008 - This easy-to-use program calculates the dimensions of tapers and transitions between different types of waveguide sections:
“Perform Fast Optimization Of Tapered WG Transformers,”
Microwaves & RF , November 2008 - Sophisticated power-supply topologies, miniaturized magnetics, and faster switching devices may combine to make the power supply on a chip a reality.:
“Power SOCs: A “crazy” idea that just might work,”
EDN , November 27, 2008
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