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EDN.com Electronic Components and Products Design Power MOSFETs continue to evolve, thanks to wafer thinning and innovative packaging
Increases in power-MOSFET performance now come not just from tweaks in the silicon device's...
Thu, 02 Feb 2012 08:00:00 GMT Exploiting subthreshold MOSFET behavior in analog applications
You can nowspin MOSFETs??unusable?leakagecurrent...
Thu, 02 Feb 2012 08:00:00 GMT Stable pulse generator uses matched transistors in a current mirror
Inexpensive dual transistors work as well as do legacy matched...
Thu, 02 Feb 2012 08:00:00 GMT Plastic memory firm signs partners for printed systems
Thin Film Electronics has joined forces with a number of partners to develop a low-cost printed...
Tue, 24 Jan 2012 19:05:33 GMT DRIVEFORINNOVATION - DESTINATION: AVNET EXPRESS
Come Along for the Ride on the Ultimate Electronics Road Trip! Join the adventure as road warrior and editor of EE Times? EE Life, Brian Fuller, tours the USA in the fire engine red Drive for Innovation Chevrolet Volt in search of engineering innovation. Follow content, access a drive tracker and an interactive map highlighting the tour as well as participate in games and weekly contests. Join the adventure!
Thu, 19 Jan 2012 08:00:00 GMT Analog design in the 21st century: challenges, tools, and IC advances
Analog-circuit-designengineers overcomenew challenges withadvanced tools and...
Thu, 19 Jan 2012 08:00:00 GMT Theory and practice
We all know about the gap; let?s do something about...
Thu, 19 Jan 2012 08:00:00 GMT Designing with temperature sensors, part five: IC temperature sensors
Hot and cold extremes can impact the operation and performance of any electronic system. If you...
Thu, 19 Jan 2012 08:00:00 GMT CES is over; it's time to start designing
DesignCon focuses on both inspiration and deep-dive exploration of the technologies and...
Thu, 19 Jan 2012 08:00:00 GMT Use a photoelectric-FET optocoupler as a linear voltage-controlled potentiometer
The circuit takes advantage of an identical photo-FET as a feedback...
Thu, 19 Jan 2012 08:00:00 GMT Simple circuit tests twisted-pair cables
Quickly test a cable containing twisted-wire pairs and detect open or reversed pairs, shorted...
Thu, 19 Jan 2012 08:00:00 GMT Teardown: The power inverter - from sunlight to power grid
This teardown of a solar inverter card traces the path of harvested DC power from the...
Fri, 13 Jan 2012 18:40:51 GMT Use a boost regulator beyond its rated voltage
Use an external FET in a common-gate cascode...
Thu, 05 Jan 2012 08:00:00 GMT Current monitor uses Hall sensor
Use a Hall-effect sensor to measure dc current in the range of 0 to...
Thu, 05 Jan 2012 08:00:00 GMT Circuit protection basics - Part 1: Issues and design solutions
This article lays out the issues and the component and design solutions that you can use to...
Thu, 22 Dec 2011 19:48:48 GMT Linear Technology acquires Dust Networks
Dust Networks' low-power radio and software technology complements Linear's strengths in...
Wed, 21 Dec 2011 18:30:04 GMT AMD adds 13 chips to mixed-core CPU line
Advanced Micro Devices refreshed its line of processors that mix CPU and graphics cores with...
Tue, 20 Dec 2011 18:41:20 GMT Control your holiday lights with a magic wand
A magnet waved past a Hall-effect sensor does the...
Fri, 16 Dec 2011 08:22:00 GMT Our editors' favorite gadgets
Our editors reflect on some of the gadgets and gizmos that they personally find most useful,...
Thu, 15 Dec 2011 18:38:25 GMT Designing with temperature sensors, part four: thermocouples
Thermocouples offer distinct advantages over other temperature sensors, such as thermistors,...
Thu, 15 Dec 2011 08:00:00 GMT What is IT?
The technology of information enables mechatronic problem...
Thu, 15 Dec 2011 08:00:00 GMT Simple night-light uses a photoresistor to detect dusk
You can adjust this battery-powered circuit for different...
Thu, 15 Dec 2011 08:00:00 GMT Hot technologies: Looking ahead to 2012
Our editors reflect on some of the hot trends and technologies in 2011?and look ahead to...
Mon, 12 Dec 2011 21:17:25 GMT PC boards: Materials and processing are now a hot technology
Exotic substrates and fabrication methods are now...
Mon, 12 Dec 2011 20:43:28 GMT Audio performance advances in portables
Mobile audio quality is being addressed on several fronts, including portable devices?...
Mon, 12 Dec 2011 20:26:40 GMT Automotive electronics: What's hot in 2012
2012 looks to be a year of consolidation as technologies introduced previously ? like voice...
Mon, 12 Dec 2011 20:17:30 GMT LED drivers are making that glow happen
The diversity and application-optimization of LED drivers are starting to resemble their analog...
Mon, 12 Dec 2011 20:00:37 GMT Energy conservation spurs LED lighting acceptance
Japan struggles to restore full energy to homes and businesses, driving a faster acceptance of...
Mon, 12 Dec 2011 19:52:44 GMT The science fiction future of medical implants is here
Semiconductor solutions contained in hand-held consumer product innovations are now finding...
Mon, 12 Dec 2011 19:30:36 GMT Precision resistors play vital role in analog circuits of seismic instruments
Today, foil resistors are used in the most exacting applications, including space, aviation and...
Thu, 01 Dec 2011 14:13:07 GMT Flyback topology offers superior balance in LED drivers
Understand the role and implementation of the flyback topology in this...
Thu, 01 Dec 2011 08:00:00 GMT The sun will screw up tomorrow
Thermal deformation occurs in a hydraulic-control system that operates in the...
Thu, 01 Dec 2011 08:00:00 GMT Build an op amp with three discrete transistors
This simple ac-coupled design inverts, runs off a single supply and is...
Thu, 01 Dec 2011 08:00:00 GMT A diode ladder multiplies voltage under software control
An eight-pin micro multiplies, monitors, and delivers a boosted voltage to a...
Thu, 01 Dec 2011 08:00:00 GMT Charger extends lead-acid-battery life
A circuit that properly charges sealed lead-acid batteries ensures long, trouble-free...
Thu, 01 Dec 2011 08:00:00 GMT IBM, Micron to build hybrid memory with TSVs
Micron Technology Inc's hybrid memory cube (HMC) will become the first commercial CMOS...
Thu, 01 Dec 2011 07:46:00 GMT Medical sensors in biomedical electronics, part 1: the eye and ear
Eye, ear, lung, heart, and brain enhancements are now possible as modernelectronics technology...
Mon, 28 Nov 2011 09:26:00 GMT EU to pursue smart system R&D
The European Union is launching a three-year, $13 million effort to develop standards for smart...
Wed, 23 Nov 2011 15:32:47 GMT Medical sensors in biomedical electronics, part 2: the brain, heart and lung
This article looks at advances in technology that will improve the bridge between engineering,...
Tue, 22 Nov 2011 21:12:54 GMT Qualitative to quantitative sensor transition challenges
Examining several issues in light of current MEMS sensor design and use yields several...
Tue, 22 Nov 2011 18:51:00 GMT Intel to detail 22-nm Ivy Bridge at ISSCC
Intel will describe as many as four designs using its new 22-nm process technology with 3-D...
Tue, 22 Nov 2011 16:44:16 GMT Solyndra: Its technology and why it failed
Marketing for Solyndra's unique tubular solar panel module design was at the top of the class,...
Mon, 21 Nov 2011 16:30:35 GMT Where there's smoke
Smoke billows out of a test station; operator error, or some other mysterious...
Thu, 17 Nov 2011 08:00:00 GMT Designing with temperature sensors, part three: RTDs
Although an RTD requires more circuitry in the signal-conditioning path than a thermistor or a...
Thu, 17 Nov 2011 08:00:00 GMT Is Applied Micro's X-Gene equal to a 1960s 14-transistor radio?
Parallels may exist between those 14-bit radios designed decades ago by Korean manufacturers and...
Thu, 17 Nov 2011 08:00:00 GMT Visualizing fundamental design principles
With practice, these principles become transparent in a...
Thu, 17 Nov 2011 08:00:00 GMT Add extra output to a boost converter
The added output has its own voltage...
Thu, 17 Nov 2011 08:00:00 GMT Intelligent lighting holds promise for efficient lighting networks
At the recentDesigning withLEDs Workshop, akeynote panel ofexperts addressedthe...
Thu, 17 Nov 2011 08:00:00 GMT TI's multicore DSPs sink to new power lows
TI said its C66x KeyStone-based multicore DSPs were its highest performing yet, at 16 GFLOPs/W,...
Tue, 15 Nov 2011 18:28:48 GMT Inside updates anti-counterfeit NFC chip
Inside Secure, a fabless supplier of near field communication (NFC) chips, has announced it is...
Tue, 15 Nov 2011 18:23:01 GMT The $1 million recall
An engineer?s reputation almost goes up in smoke after a power module comes back from the...
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