Each week, the Planet Analog section of the print version of EETimes features two small text boxes, entitled “Also of Interest” and “Elementals”, in addition to one or two feature articles, an editor's column, and new products. Each of these boxes cites items from publications outside the Planet Analog and EETimes portfolio. The first box highlights a few items of general interest to the engineer, while the second highlights some basic and tutorial electronic-engineering material.

In this week's print edition (January 28, 2008) you'll see these items (note: there are also links to previous weeks' editions, at the bottom):

Also of Interest

• What the World Wide Web offers optics and photonics engineers, researchers, and technical professional:
  “Can the Internet help scientists predict (and improve) the future?,”
  Laser Focus World , November 2007
• A new generation of solar cells relies on sophisticated optical designs that collect light and efficiently focus it onto multijunction photovoltaic elements:
  “PHOTOVOLTAICS: Photovoltaics reach record efficiency,”
  Laser Focus World , November 2007
• Microlenses within the paper will provide a new layer of security against counterfeiting:
  “$100 Bill to Be Safeguarded with Photonics Technology,”
  Photonics Spectra , November 2007
• A necessary technology for optical computing and for “transparent” optical networks, where optical information is transferred without conversion to electronic form:
  “All-Optical Switching Demonstrated in a Silicon 3-D Photonic Crystal,”
  Photonics Spectra , November 2007
• Laser-assisted atom probe tomography technique could help characterize next-generation semiconducting materials:
  “Counting Atoms—and Defects—in Semiconductors,”
  Photonics Spectra , November 2007

Elementals

• Extract the true input impedance of the PA at the probe/device reference plane for RF signal power levels:
  “Extracting true PA input impedance for high-power RF signals,”
  RF Design , November 2007
• How RF record and playback systems can be used as tools to validate receiver design:
  “Creating perfect simulation for wireless receiver test,”
  RF Design , November 2007
• With more capacitance than earlier generations of engineers ever dreamed of, what do you do with it?:
  “Get The Lowdown On Ultracapacitors,”
  Electronic Design , November 15, 2007
• Encryption is only part of securing an embedded system:
  “Secure That Microcontroller,”
  Electronic Design , November 15, 2007
• Getting an op amp to swing rail-to-rail takes some cleverness:
  “What’s All This “Best Trick Circuit” Stuff, Anyhow?,”
  Electronic Design , December 3, 2007

Previous Editions

• January 21, 2008
• January 14, 2008
• January 7, 2008
• December 24, 2007
• December 17, 2007
• December 10, 2007
• December 3, 2007
• November 26, 2007