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From 5G uplink testing to 6G research: AI DPoD in the lab
As 5G and 5G-Advanced push uplink efficiency and modulation performance, engineers are revisiting where power amplifier (PA) linearization should happen and how it should be validated....
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5G to 6G: AI moves into the network
Traditionally, every generation of cellular technology has been mostly about moving data faster. However, 6G is shaping up to be a different kind of upgrade. The industry’s focus is shifting from how...
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Neon lamps and Krypton 85
You don’t have to be Superman (or even just use phone booths as changing stations) to find this author’s recent research results disturbing. I was recently looking for some information about neon lamps...
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More cost-effective OIS brings better photo/video quality to mobile devices
Optical image stabilization (OIS) has become one of the most high-valued features in the smartphone business. Over the past decade, the content we consume shifted from primarily text-based to...
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LEDs for under-cabinet illumination upgrades
Long life? Power efficient? Color temperature flexibility? Drop-in replacement? Yes please, I’ll take one of these! I’ve long pontificated in various blog posts and teardowns about the transformative...
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How did antennas get so small?
Antennas are among the most “analog” of all components, functioning as bidirectional transducers between ambient RF energy and electrical current flow. For many years, most antennas were physically...
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AI agent automates PPA-driven RTL generation
Cadence has added an agent for RTL generation to its ChipStack AI Super Agent platform for front-end silicon design and verification. The new agent extends ChipStack’s autonomous verification and...
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Vision AI ASIC enables always-on vehicle security
Omnivision’s OAX7700 ultra-low-power ASIC is an always-on vision AI companion processor for vehicle security systems, supporting sensor resolutions up to 720p. An integrated neural processing unit...
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Reference design cuts complexity in USB-C adapters
Eggtronic has announced a 140-W USB-C Power Delivery (PD) 3.1 AC/DC reference design for notebook adapters and other USB-C powered devices. The evaluation board combines Eggtronic’s EPIC...
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Sensors extend current measurement to 100 A
The Melexis MLX91224 and MLX91225 isolated Hall current sensors measure up to 100 ARMS in automotive and energy applications. Offered in three compact SOIC packages, each device integrates a current...
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PCIe card brings edge AI acceleration to developers
Powered by BrainChip’s AKD1500 edge AI coprocessor, the AKD1500 PCIe development card enables developers to run models built with existing AI frameworks. The card plugs into a standard PCIe slot in a...
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With PEN nearing end-of-life, capacitors built on it must change
For decades, polyethylene naphthalate (PEN) held a small but critical place in high-performance capacitors. It was never the volume material that biaxially oriented polypropylene (BOPP) is, since cost...
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8 to 48 volt PWM relay/solenoid driver finds fault, pinches power
This versatile Design Idea survives and reports open- and short-circuits, not to mention multiplying efficiencies. Generally accepted tech folklore says that after you drive relays and solenoids into...
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Space-rated analog ICs are increasingly standard catalog items
It wasn’t that long ago that space-rated components were special in every possible sense. They had to be ordered via a different process well in advance of fabrication, manufactured to order, undergo...
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Frequency division by any number, with a 50% duty cycle output
Using the concept and leveraging the example circuits in this Design Idea, you can divide any frequency by any number divisible by 2. Any dividend frequency can be divided by any number representable...
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MCUs for power conversion and motor control feature PQC
A new microcontroller family boosts real-time control performance for power and motor applications through higher control-loop frequency, accuracy, and system efficiency. This enables the MCUs to meet...
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SFP: The single-mode module autopsy
This initial entry in a planned dissection series analyzes the insides of a long distance-capable fiber optic cable networking adapter containing a focused-beam laser. Last week’s tutorial, the...
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Unmasking the ghosts in your grid with power quality analyzers
Power that looks perfect can still betray you. Hidden distortions in the mains lurk behind flawless root mean square (RMS) readings—waiting to trip up even the best‑designed systems. You’ve built the...
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Some tips for electrical engineers
Chime in with your suggestions in the comments. We’ll even allow the mechanical engineers out there to participate. Well…maybe. The following are a few of the tips, advice, rules, or guiding...
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FPGA architecture: SEU detection and recovery strategies
Part 1 of this mini-series covering single event upset (SEU) challenges in FPGA architectures examined radiation particles and related SEU challenges for FPGA applications that require robustness and...
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