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1. A new calculation for designing multilayer planar spiral inductors

A new calculation for designing multilayer planar spiral inductors "Planar spiral inductors are less expensive than either chip or coil inductors for PCB (printed-circuit-board)-based designs. Accuracy in designing a spiral inductor is important...

Monday, 02 August 2010 | 297 hits | Print |  E-mail | Report | Read more

2. Tips about printed circuit board design: Part 1 - Dealing with harmful PCB effects

  "Printed circuit boards (PCBs) are by far the most common method of assembling modern electronic circuits. Composed of a sandwich of insulating layer (or layers) and one or more copper conductor patterns, they can introduce various forms of...

Monday, 06 December 2010 | 217 hits | Print |  E-mail | Report | Read more

3. Flexible Thinking: Connecting Chips With Flex Circuits

Flexible Thinking: Connecting Chips With Flex Circuits PCB, Flex Circuits "Electronic assemblies are typically comprised of a mix of discrete resistors, capacitors, inductors and the like, along with numerous integrated circuit chips, each chip...

Tuesday, 11 January 2011 | 112 hits | Print |  E-mail | Report | Read more

4. Using Pspice to analyze amplifier loop stability

Using Pspice to analyze amplifier loop stability "Abstract While it may be relatively straight forward to look over a simple amplifier, at relatively lower frequencies, to determine its stability, the task of evaluating the stability (or lack...

Wednesday, 12 January 2011 | 173 hits | Print |  E-mail | Report | Read more

5. Using Pspice to analyze amplifier loop stability - Part 2

Using Pspice to analyze amplifier loop stability - Part 2 "Armed with a good Pspice based analytical method to investigate proper compensation and having found the value which simulates to give the best response, the next step is to verify the...

Monday, 17 January 2011 | 114 hits | Print |  E-mail | Report | Read more

6. Maintaining accuracy with small magnitude signals

Maintaining accuracy with small magnitude signals "Advanced Methodology With the development of SoCs, complex systems can be developed inside a single SoC. These SoCs help in integrating analog components like PGA, Instrumentation Amplifier, ADC,...

Sunday, 23 January 2011 | 88 hits | Print |  E-mail | Report | Read more

7. Digital microphone technologies improve the mobile user experience

Digital microphone technologies improve the mobile user experience "Abstract Because of advancements in microphone technologies and small-signal A/D (analog/digital) integrated circuits, Electret Condenser Microphones (ECM) are now able to...

Sunday, 06 March 2011 | 113 hits | Print |  E-mail | Report | Read more

8. Small-signal bandwidth in a big-bandwidth era

Small-signal bandwidth in a big-bandwidth era "Typically, the sweet spot for input signals is near one-half the power-supply voltage. The amplifier is most linear in that region, and produces the best signal quality. Op amps have a large open-loop...

Saturday, 09 April 2011 | 90 hits | Print |  E-mail | Report | Read more

9. Noise wars: Projected capacitance strikes back against internal noise

Noise wars: Projected capacitance strikes back against internal noise "Enabling multi-touch systems that perform with the precision today's users expect, while still dealing with demanding environmental conditions, is no small feat. This challenge...

Monday, 31 October 2011 | 78 hits | Print |  E-mail | Report | Read more

10. Ratiometricity, digital signal correction enable high-res, low-noise smart sensors

Ratiometricity, digital signal correction enable high-res, low-noise smart sensors "Today's customers for sensors and sensor systems expect to see improvements to performance parameters like module size, operating complexity, price, and energy...

Wednesday, 30 November 2011 | 213 hits | Print |  E-mail | Report | Read more