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Power MOSFETs come in robust LFPAK
Alpha and Omega Semiconductor now offers five power MOSFETs in rugged LFPAK 5×6-mm surface-mount packages. The low-profile, flat power package minimizes vertical PCB space and performs reliably in...
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Air sensing module boasts 7 sensors, MCU and AI firmware
The sensor fusion technology is alive and well, and it’s apparent in a sensor module that combines data from seven sensing signal sources in an indoor air quality monitoring solution and passes it onto...
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Samsung’s backside power delivery network (BSPDN) roadmap
Samsung has started providing more details about its backside power delivery network (BSPDN) roadmap, stating that its 2-nm process node will be optimized for this new technology when it enters mass...
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Power Tips #132: A low-cost and high-accuracy e-meter solution
Introduction Power supplies in data centers that measure the input power in real time and report the measurement to the host are conducting what’s known as electrical metering (e-metering). An e-meter...
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Digital pot can control gain over a 90 dB span like an electromechanical
A short while back, I published a design idea that uses a single linear pot to control the gain of a high performance OP37 decompensated op-amp over an unusually wide (-30 dB to +60 dB) range. Figure 1...
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Component selection tool employs AI algorithms
An artificial intelligence (AI)-assisted hardware design platform enables engineers to find the right components for their design projects using machine learning and smart algorithms. It selects the...
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USB 3: How did it end up being so messy?
After this blog post’s proposed topic had already been approved, but shortly before I started to write, I realized I’d recently wasted a chunk of money. I’m going to try to not let that reality “color”...
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Beaming solar power to Earth: feasible or fantasy?
It’s always interesting when we are presented with very different and knowledgeable perspectives about the feasibility of a proposed technological advance. I recently had this experience when I saw two...
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PQC algorithms: Security of the future is ready for the present
Quantum computing technology is developing rapidly, promising to solve many of society’s most intractable problems. However, as researchers race to build quantum computers that would operate in...
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Automotive LDO packs watchdog timer
Nisshinbo’s NP4271 LDO regulator features a high-precision watchdog timer and reset functions through window-type output voltage monitoring. Designed for automotive functional safety, the series meets...
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Miniature MLCCs maintain high stability
MLCCs in Kyocera AVX’s KGU series use a Class 1 C0G (NP0) ceramic dielectric, ensuring stable operation across a wide temperature range. Offered in four miniature chip sizes, these capacitors have a...
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Ideal diodes reduce power loss
Nexperia’s NID5100 and NID5100-Q100 ideal diodes provide a lower forward voltage drop than conventional diodes in power OR-ing applications. The NID5100 targets standard industrial and consumer...
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Hybrid module boosts solar power
onsemi’s Si/SiC hybrid power integrated module (PIM) increases the power output of utility-scale solar string inverters and energy storage systems. Compared to previous generations, the new...
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Antenna subsystem employs beamforming IC
Taoglas and MixComm are co-developing a 5G NR mmWave antenna subsystem that covers a frequency band of 26.5 GHz to 29.5 GHz. The Taoglas KHA16.24C smart antenna subsystem leverages MixComm’s Summit...
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Peering inside a Pulse Oximeter
My longstanding streak of not being infected by COVID-19 (knowingly, at least…there’s always the asymptomatic possibility) came to an end earlier this year, alas, doubly-unfortunately timed to coincide...
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Mighty 555 and ESR-meter
Let’s see how you can effectively double the output sink current of the plain old 555 timer. Wow the engineering world with your unique design: Design Ideas Submission Guide From the block diagram in...
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Will 2024 be the year of advanced packaging?
Advanced packaging technology continues to make waves this year after being a prominent highlight in 2023 and is closely tied to the fortunes of a new semiconductor industry star: chiplets. IDTechEx’s...
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Raspberry Pi Products Now Available at TME
View more Raspberry Pi, globally recognized for its single-board computers, has revolutionized the education and hobbyist sectors and found applications in industrial equipment. Their versatile...
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Brute force mitigation of PWM Vdd and ground “saturation” errors
An excerpt from Christopher Paul’s “Parsing PWM (DAC) performance: Part 1—Mitigating errors”: “I was surprised to discover that when an output of a popular µP I’ve been using is configured to be a...
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Fuse failures
Fuses placed in series with the path of some current flow are protective of excessive current flow taking place in that current path. Although fuses are rated for clearing in terms of “I²t” where “I”...
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