2021-03-15 - DEAN BANERJEE, MOHAN RUDRAPPA, UDAY MEDA AND AJEET PAL

Down-converting VCO frequency helps improve phase noise

Applications pushing the leading edge of performance will need better phase noise, even if it translates to more components and complexity.

2021-03-05 - Steve Taranovich

Do’s and don’ts in implementing chopper stabilization in amplifier designs

This article aims to provide designers with a basic understanding of how to implement chopper stabilization into their designs.

2021-03-03 - John Dunn

Studying colonial-era capacitor

Looking at an 18th century capacitor and its application is definitely a study in trailing-edge technology, but it can still be instructive.

2021-02-26 - Bob Card

ACF strikes a balance between cost and performance in UHD power supplies

Active clamp flyback is the architecture of choice for striking the optimal balance between cost and performance in UHD power supplies.

2021-02-24 - T A Babu

555 timer design consumes zero current in quiescent mode

In this design, a classic 555 timer IC consumes zero current in its quiescent mode and wakes up quickly in a known state.

2021-02-22 - John Dunn

Leave nothing floating in your product design

This simple precaution to be taken in the design of any product might not affect anything that happens during the product's lifetime, but could save future headaches or heartache.

2021-02-04 - Bill Schweber

They still don’t get older fab process, analog versus digital difference

There’s a risk-and-benefit tradeoff in choosing new parts versus older ones, and this is especially the case in the world of analog versus digital...

- Peter Demchenko

Design protects transistors and load from large through current

This amplifier circuit protects the output transistors and the load from a large uncontrollable through current.

2021-02-01 - John Dunn

The difference between electromotive force and voltage

Electromotive force and voltage share the same unit, but they are conceptually different entities.

2021-01-22 - Bill Schweber

Beware of innumeracy in technical information, engineering numbers

Using computers and spreadsheets, it’s easy to project a sense of precision that simply isn’t there, leading to a false sense of confidence...