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 (March 24, 2008) you'll see these items (note: there are also links to previous weeks' editions, at the bottom):

Also of Interest

• Electric power companies are demonstrating the capacity of new flexible wire to deliver more current in less space and to limit power surge:
  “Next-generation high-T_c superconducting wires debut in the power grid,”
  Physics Today , January 2008
• A niobium-based chip in a COTS cryocooler that functions as a high-speed ADC for improved microwave communications system performance:
  “Cryogenic Chip Enhances Satcom System Performance,”
  Microwaves & RF , January 2008
• Understand the fundamentals of this vital substance and component:
  “Quartz Crystal Basics: From Raw Materials to Oscillators,”
  High Frequency Electronics , December 2007

Elementals

• Perform more accurate microwave VNA S-parameter measurements on differential devices:
  “Tracking Advances In Probing Mixed-Mode RF Circuitry,”
  Microwaves & RF , January 2008
• Design engineers often give circuit protection only cursory attention:
  “Weigh All The Costs Before Choosing Your Circuit Protection,”
  Electronic Design , January 31, 2008
• Here's a step-by-step analysis of why you multiply matrices:
  “Why multiply matrices?,”
  Embedded Systems Design , February 2008

Previous Editions

• March 17, 2008
• March 10, 2008
• March 3, 2008
• February 25, 2008
• February 18, 2008
• February 11, 2008