How to quickly evaluate data converters
This article explains how to record a macro and how to use it within Python and MATLAB environments to automate…
Debugging: Skill, persistence, luck, and discipline
Although skill at debugging is hard to come by, there are sensible "best practices" that can accelerate the troubleshooting process.
Analog IP reuse supplier opens a design shop in Israel
Thalia, a supplier of analog and mixed-signal IP reuse solutions, is opening a design shop in Israel.
Operational transconductance amplifier (OTA): An overview
OTA, commonly used in analog circuits, is a direct-coupled differential voltage-controlled current source (DVCCS) with high output impedance.
Piezo audio devices go micro, revitalize output in a big way
The paper-thin, very flexible loudspeaker can turn any surface into an active audio source, giving new meaning to the phrase…
Rediscovering analog computing for achieving effective edge AI performance
AI needs a 100-1000X performance improvement over current digital approaches, and analog compute-in-memory systems provide the only viable path forward.
The truth about the analog and sensor chips shortage
While we have all been hearing about the chip shortage, here is a closer look at the analog chip shortage…
Where to stimulate when you simulate
If you want to model the gain/phase of some circuit using a Bode plotter in SPICE, you need to provide…
How to enable advanced instrumentation
Design advances and merging of disparate technologies are leading to new, effective ways of remotely sensing important real-world conditions.
New fabs being built for analog, power semiconductors
Analog, power, and RF semiconductors ship in high volumes and are good enough to keep a 300-mm fab busy at…