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EDN: Information, News, & Business Strategy for Electronics Design Engineers
EDN.com is a comprehensive information source for the EOEM (electronics original equipment manufacturer) segment, providing in-depth technical information for electronics design engineers and news and strategic business insight for executives.
TSMC's A6 processor to respin, says report 08/12/11
Foundry chipmaker TSMC will put the IC through another tape-out for the "production design" in the first quarter of 2012, according to the Taiwan Economic News.Siano, Innofidei settle mobile TV spat 08/12/11
New architecture promises better battery 08/12/11
Ex-Marvell manager charged in insider probe 08/11/11
TI opens power management design library 08/11/11
Samsung Galaxy tablet is banned in Europe 08/10/11
Power.org signs VeriSilicon in China push 08/10/11
- Analog Design
- IC Design
- Processor-based Design
- Applied System Design
- Power Management
- Consumer Electronics Design
- Communications/Network Design
- Components/New Products
- Test & Measurement
Analog Design
Test 18-bit ADCs with an ultrapure sine-wave oscillator 08/11/11
With careful design, this circuit challenges test equipment's ability to verify its performance.Are you violating your op amp's input-common-mode range? 08/11/11
Use op amps to make automatic-ORing power selector 08/11/11
Charging time indicates capacitor value 08/11/11
IC-like modules simplify system DC/DC power design 07/28/11
Discontinuous conduction brings issues to current-mode converters 07/28/11
Use an RC filter to 'deglitch' a DAC 07/28/11
IC Design
SOCs: IP is the new abstraction 08/11/11
Reusable IP, not system-level language, has become the new level of abstraction.Atomic-scale films critical to transistors 07/27/11
Mentor offers platform for AMS, cell developers 07/26/11
Wolfson announces programmable audio hub 07/21/11
The next transistor: planar, fins, and SOI at 22 nm 07/19/11
Synopsys gathers Virtio, VaST, CoWare into Virtualizer 07/19/11
Tracking PLL design through the decades, part 1 07/14/11
Processor-based Design
Charging time indicates capacitor value 08/11/11
A comparator changes state when capacitor voltages are equal during rise and fall, which triggers a time measurement.Spansion claims first 4-Gb NOR flash 08/09/11
Elpida says its sampling first 25-nm DRAMs 08/04/11
Samsung buys MRAM developer Grandis 08/02/11
Tablet and smartphone demand drives new trends in mobile memory 07/28/11
Voice recognition cuts driver distraction 07/28/11
Improving mechatronic-system design 07/28/11
Applied System Design
Amateur satellite ready to go in to action 08/02/11
ARISSat-1, the satellite designed and built by amateur radio operators to specifically interest students in scientific and technological careers, is scheduled to be deployed from the International SpaNI updates LabView with improved hardware integration 08/01/11
Use an RC filter to 'deglitch' a DAC 07/28/11
Engineer shares how to build an electric vehicle from the ground up -- Part 2: Specs, challenges, and future design 07/14/11
Robots get Kinect's 'eyes and ears' 07/13/11
Freescale processors gain on-chip e-reader 07/11/11
Broadcom ships FCoE card, finally 07/11/11
Power Management
Synchronous forward-converter chipset provides active clamp, deters transformer saturation 08/11/11
Linear Technology Corp has introduced a pair of ICs which together implement a synchronous, forward-converter function with active-clamp reset and a flux-limiting capability.Driver circuit lights architectural and interior LEDs 08/11/11
Use op amps to make automatic-ORing power selector 08/11/11
Research links data centers, renewables 08/01/11
IC-like modules simplify system DC/DC power design 07/28/11
Discontinuous conduction brings issues to current-mode converters 07/28/11
The Tektronix 1101 oscilloscope-probe power supply 07/28/11
Consumer Electronics Design
Use op amps to make automatic-ORing power selector 08/11/11
Replace diodes with FETs to reduce power loss.Spansion claims first 4-Gb NOR flash 08/09/11
Chumby offers opportunity for home engineering 08/04/11
Qualcomm renames SOCs, quad-core on track 08/03/11
Smartphone test platform in reduced footprint 08/03/11
Pro audio techniques applied in mobile devices to improve sound quality 08/01/11
Tablet and smartphone demand drives new trends in mobile memory 07/28/11
Communications/Network Design
Chumby offers opportunity for home engineering 08/04/11
Because anyone can submit an app and Chumby Industries has been very open to hacking the Linux kernel, there are several ways to change the firmware with OpenEmbedded to tailor the Chumby One to yourAmateur satellite ready to go in to action 08/02/11
Use an RC filter to 'deglitch' a DAC 07/28/11
Dual broadband RF mixer finds use in 4G base-station receivers 07/20/11
MediaTek goes to startup for charging tech 07/20/11
Fulcrum buy could signal shift for Intel 07/19/11
Cisco to cut 6,500 jobs, sell plant 07/19/11
Components/New Products
Driver circuit lights architectural and interior LEDs 08/11/11
Hold the current constant and within tolerance.Use op amps to make automatic-ORing power selector 08/11/11
Spansion claims first 4-Gb NOR flash 08/09/11
Orange you glad? 07/28/11
The Tektronix 1101 oscilloscope-probe power supply 07/28/11
Improving mechatronic-system design 07/28/11
Measure small currents without adding resistive insertion loss 07/28/11
Test & Measurement
Test 18-bit ADCs with an ultrapure sine-wave oscillator 08/11/11
With careful design, this circuit challenges test equipment's ability to verify its performance.On the dark side 08/11/11
Smartphone test platform in reduced footprint 08/03/11
Orange you glad? 07/28/11
The Tektronix 1101 oscilloscope-probe power supply 07/28/11
Scope software frees probe de-embedding from tedius calibration 07/26/11
Hybrid test bed for real-time communication systems, part 1 07/19/11
- Semiconductor Manufacturing
- Business Strategy
- Electronics Supply Chain
Semiconductor Manufacturing
Tower transfers SiGe process to Israel 08/04/11
Tower Semiconductor Ltd, a specialty foundry that trades under the name TowerJazz, has transferred a 130-nm silicon-germanium process from its Newport Beach, Calif, fab to one at Migdal Haemek, IsraelAtomic-scale films critical to transistors 07/27/11
The next transistor: planar, fins, and SOI at 22 nm 07/19/11
Samsung study rejects cancer claims 07/14/11
Semicon keynoter urges new biz models 07/13/11
Samsung Foundry tapes out 20-nm ARM chip 07/12/11
Globalfoundries engages startup for R&D 07/12/11
Business Strategy
Tower transfers SiGe process to Israel 08/04/11
Tower Semiconductor Ltd, a specialty foundry that trades under the name TowerJazz, has transferred a 130-nm silicon-germanium process from its Newport Beach, Calif, fab to one at Migdal Haemek, IsraelIntel tips more university research centers 08/03/11
Qualcomm renames SOCs, quad-core on track 08/03/11
Mentor CEO Rhines fears foundry oversupply 08/02/11
Research links data centers, renewables 08/01/11
Use an RC filter to 'deglitch' a DAC 07/28/11
Improving mechatronic-system design 07/28/11
Electronics Supply Chain
Tower transfers SiGe process to Israel 08/04/11
Tower Semiconductor Ltd, a specialty foundry that trades under the name TowerJazz, has transferred a 130-nm silicon-germanium process from its Newport Beach, Calif, fab to one at Migdal Haemek, IsraelAvnet's Alex Iuorio: Micro issues in the electronics supply chain are no small matters 07/28/11
Apple still can't keep up with iPad demand 07/20/11
The next transistor: planar, fins, and SOI at 22 nm -- Fins and the rest of us 07/19/11
Engineer shares how to build an electric vehicle from the ground up -- Part 2: Hybrid weight budget 07/14/11
India's ROHS turns up the heat 07/14/11
Samsung study rejects cancer claims 07/14/11
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Scope Guru on Signal Integrity
August 12, 2011
FFT function versus vector-signal-analysis software on a scope
I’m out traveling this week, so my good buddy Darren McCarthy, an RF guru...
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Practical Chip Design
August 11, 2011
Apache is part of Ansys: now what?
The August 1 completion of the acquisition of Apache Design Solutions by...
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PowerSource
August 11, 2011
Watch out for well-made (counterfeit) chips
There’s an eye-opening blog post on one company’s experience with...
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Design Cycle
August 9, 2011
Can barnacles fly? And who really invented the telephone?
It turns out that it wasn’t Alexander Graham Bell, but one Antonio Meucci,...
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Anablog
August 5, 2011
Video of 1936 Chevrolet assembly plant, from foundry to finish
My college buddy Bruce Robinson, the only one of that gang that stayed an auto...
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Taking the Measure
Rick Nelson, editorial director of Test & Measurement World, comments on test, globalization, measurement, machine vision, economics, nanotechnology, the engineering profession, and more.
Latest Post: August 10, 2011
Agilent responds to NI VSA comparison
Taking note of competitive comparisons presented by National Instruments at NIWeek with regard to the NI PXIe-5665 and the Agilent PXA vector-signal-analyzer performance, Agilent Technologies is presenting a forceful response. Read More
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Product fEEd
EDN's technical editors highlight notable new products including analog and digital ICs, power components, sensors, passives, boards and systems, software, and more.
Vishay Intertechnology Inc IHLP line of inductors: Inductors feature inductance values of 0.22 to 10 μH
Alpha-Core Inc inductors: Small power inductors target high-frequency systems
Linear Technology Corp LT5400 precision matched resistors: Independent resistor networks guarantee resistor matching
Taiyo Yuden Co Ltd NRS4010, NRS4012, and NRS4018 power inductors: Power inductors improve dc resistance
Triad Magnetics VPT series of transformers: Toroidal transformers operate over 25 VA to 2.5 kVA
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