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. And we also have an archive of recent weekly Planet Analog Newsletters, as pdf files; see the list at the very bottom.
“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 items of general interest to the engineer, while the second highlights 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 , Microwave Journal , RF & Microwaves , 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, below this week’s items.)
Also of Interest:
- Recent breakthroughs make back-illuminated image sensors attractive candidates for higher-resolution imagers where small size and good light sensitivity are highly prized:
“Back-Illuminated CMOS Image Sensors Come to the Fore,”
Photonics Spectra , May 2010 - Today’s optical lenses are being manufactured according to ever-increasing requirements for precision, rendering easy, accurate and reportable inspection critical:
“Spectral reflectivity and interferometry for optical lens analysis,”
Photonics Spectra , July 2010 - Sprag handle wrenches have applications in which conventional pawl-and-ratchet wrenches and cam “clickless” wrenches are used:
“Sprag handle wrenches could supplant conventional wrenches,”
NASA Tech Briefs , August 2010 - Engineers comment on what their managers should consider when it comes to using finite element analysis:
“25 Things Managers Should Know about FEA,”
Desktop Engineering , August 2010
Elementals:
- SuperSpeed USB 3.0 delivers full duplex, high speed 5 Gbit/s differential connections to peripherals:
“USB 3.0: A Tale Of Two Buses,”
Electronic Design , June 10, 2010 - This study relies on a custom test set up to check the validity of different behavioral modeling approaches for predicting the performance of power amplifiers under nonlinear conditions:
“Modeling PA Behavior And Memory Effects, Part 2,”
Microwaves & RF , July 2010 - Mapping the denominator of the closed loop PLL transfer function to the Gaussian function results in the fastest settling time:
” Design Method for the Fastest Settling Type 2 Phase Lock Loop: Part 1,”
High Frequency Electronics , June 2010 - Inaccuracy in reported data may produce an end-user experience that's worse than not having a MEMS-based system at all:
“A simple calibration for MEMS gyroscopes,”
EDN , May 13, 2010
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