Simulating high-speed disk drive signals
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2003-05-16 |
| People around the world make |
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PC technology boosting visual inspection
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2003-07-01 |
| PC technology boosting visual inspection |
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| Radar fundamentals (Part 4)
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2011-09-13 |
| Read about Space Time Adaptive Processing, a class of algorithms that provides capabilities beyond that of Doppler radar processing, but has extremely high processing requirements. |
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Reclocking for restoring low-jitter HD digital video
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2008-09-22 |
| Learn how to restore integrity to a HD digital video signal after passing through a cable or through PCB traces. |
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Eliminate power supply noise in automotive MCUs
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2011-06-27 |
| Learn about the steps to take to ensure that microcontrollers could able to handle supply non-linearity robustly. |
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Pushing for next-generation cellular technology
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2010-05-19 |
| To succeed in the next generation of wireless technology, RF hardware must become more compact, cost efficient, and capable of adapting many-band configurations. |
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Check for analogue IC sensitivity
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2008-06-16 |
| The wise circuit designer learns how to analyse the sensitivities of circuits' critical characteristics to the variations in the components. Deeper use of sensitivity analysis can lead designers to modify circuit topologies, or make completely different choices to optimise these trade-offs. |
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| Create sounds using analogue electronics (Part 5)
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2012-02-03 |
| The fourth instalment of this series tackles voltage-controlled amplifiers. |
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| A tutorial on radio link (Part 4)
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2011-11-21 |
| In this instalment, we will tackle thermal noise and receiver analysis. |
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VIPower makes easier PFC converters
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2003-11-03 |
| Since January 2001, the Euro- |
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| Minimising DC/DC switching-converter ground noise
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2011-12-08 |
| Know the two major noise sources, and how you can minimise them. |
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| Tried-and-true design concepts drive Prius
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2007-05-14 |
| The Toyota Prius packs numerous electronic subsystems—the functionality and packaging of which represent the cutting edge not only in terms of tech but also in the context of reliability and power mgmt. |
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How to efficiently interface TRIAC dimmers and LEDs
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2011-07-11 |
| TRIAC dimmers installed worldwide are now at 20 lakh. These dimmers can prove to be a challenge to interface with LED drivers. With such a large base, backward compatibility is a must. |
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Upsampling and downsampling multirate DSP (1)
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2008-04-21 |
| This document introduces multirate signal processing and explainis how to upsample and downsample by an integer factor. |
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Improve LCD TV power supply efficiency
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2010-04-23 |
| This article reveals how ultimate power conversion efficiency can be realised by a self-timing voltage detection synchronous MOSFET control scheme. |
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| Utilising MEMS for advanced mobile apps
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2012-01-02 |
| Learn about the more advanced applications for MEMS sensors, such as augmented reality, location-based services, pedestrian dead-reckoning, that are currently being developed. |
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GSM vocoders improve speech transmission
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2004-11-01 |
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Analyse sensitivity of analogue circuit design
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2008-04-16 |
| This article delves deep into the mathematics of filters and their sensitivities to component variations. |
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CMOS PAs boost mobile devices' RF performance
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2011-06-20 |
| Read about CMOS power amplifiers that could meet the stringent mobile handset performance requirements. |
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Facing the challenges of gate-drive transformers
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2010-03-24 |
| This article reviews the challenges seen when using gate-drive transformers and describes some of the new alternatives now being offered. |
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| From here to infinity
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2001-10-01 |
| H∞ filters can be used to estimate system states that cannot be observed directly. In this, they are like Kalman filters. However, H∞ filters are more robust in the face of unpredictable noise sources. |
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| Radar fundamentals (Part 2)
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2011-09-07 |
| Here's a discussion on Doppler radar processing, which enables radar systems to discriminate in target velocity, as well as range and angle of the target. |
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Get control of buck regulator high step-down ratios
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2007-01-30 |
| This article discusses Emulated Current Mode Control (ECM), a recently developed version of current mode control that drastically improves the ability to operate with very high step down ratios while maintaining good noise immunity. |
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| Important principles for practical analogue BIST
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2011-08-01 |
| Understand the principles of analogue BIST remain, which are still a mystery to most engineers, especially analogue-circuit designers. |
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Setting the pace for next-gen cellular technology
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2010-01-27 |
| As the cellular industry moves to more powerful, flexible and sophisticated products, time-to-market remains vital while driving reductions in size, cost, complexity and test times. |
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| Bluetooth drives wireless appliances
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2001-02-01 |
| As a specification for low-cost, short-range radio links between mobile voice and computing devices, Bluetooth is anticipated to create a $500 million chip market by 2004. |
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Integrating functions in a DVD+RW video recorder
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2004-03-16 |
| Integrating functions in a DVD+RW video recorder |
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| Cut EMI in digital systems with spread spectrum clock generators (Part 2)
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2011-09-05 |
| Here's a discussion on the types of spread (down, centre, and up), and the precautions to be aware of when using a spread spectrum clock. |
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Giving small speakers' audio quality a shot in the arm
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2010-09-02 |
| Handset manufacturers face various constraints in improving audio quality, with two of the main ones being the size of the cell phone case and how compressed the audio file is. |
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Benefits of harmonic analysis method for smart metering
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2011-06-27 |
| Harmonic analysis of current and voltage signals allows several key power quality indicators. |
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