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SiC MOSFETs reinforce system longevity
Navitas Semiconductor’s latest GeneSiC MOSFETs exceed AEC-Q101 standards, extending lifetime in automotive and industrial systems. Based on trench-assisted planar technology, they are available in...
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Clock generator boosts GPS accuracy
With a built-in MEMS resonator, SiTime’s Symphonic SiT30100 mobile clock generator replaces up to four discrete timing devices. It provides accurate clock signals for 5G and GNSS chipsets in mobile and...
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Quantum cleanrooms: Extreme environments for building tomorrow’s computers
Quantum computers are among today’s most exciting emerging technologies, but their design, testing, and manufacturing require unparalleled care to avoid damaging their components. Semiconductors are...
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Antique NYC subway cars
We took a family trip with our grandsons to the New York Transit Museum in Brooklyn, NY. Retired subway cars were on display, some of them seemingly not that old while others dated way, way back....
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Two design solutions for Bluetooth channel sounding
Bluetooth channel sounding—a new protocol stack designed to enable secure and precise distance measurement between two Bluetooth Low Energy (LE) devices—is propelling Bluetooth technology into a new...
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Cutting into a multi-solar panel parallel combiner
Earlier this year, within the concluding post of a multi-part series that explored a not-as-advertised portable power generator, its already-broken-on-delivery bundled solar panel: and the second solar...
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A simple circuit to let you characterize JFETs more accurately
In April 2012, EDN published a circuit by John Fattaruso that lets you quickly measure the drain-source saturation current and the pinch-off voltage of both an N-JFET and a P-JFET. The pinch-off...
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IC verification tool addresses design complexity, productivity gap
A new software combines connectivity, scalability and data-driven artificial intelligence (AI) capabilities to push the boundaries of the IC verification process and make chip design teams more...
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Add-on features in electronic products: The good part
Add-on features are all the rage in electronic products. But are they actually handy or just embody bells and whistles? What’s their hardware and software cost? And more importantly, do they serve an...
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Seven-octave linear-in-pitch VCO
Frequent contributor Nick Cornford recently shared design ideas incorporating cool circuits for linear-in-pitch voltage-controlled oscillators (LPVCOs): Revealing the infrasonic underworld cheaply:...
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MRAM and ReRAM: The quest for automotive, aerospace niches
Where do MRAM and ReRAM technologies stand after years of promise to replace incumbent memories? Gary Hilson speaks to MRAM and ReRAM makers as well as an industry analyst to find the truth about their...
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My very first LED
My first encounter several decades ago with a pillar of modern technology yielded more than just one lesson. NEREM 1967 was the IEEE Northeast Electronics and Engineering Meeting held at the...
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A closer look at capacitor auto-discharge circuit
What function does a capacitor auto-discharger perform in a power supply circuit, and how does it work? What are its fundamental building blocks, and can engineers develop a capacitor auto-discharge...
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GaN switch streamlines power conversion
Infineon’s CoolGaN 650-V G5 bidirectional switch (BDS) integrates two switches in a single device to actively block current and voltage in both directions. Its monolithic common-drain design with a...
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Field analyzers gain vector functions
Anritsu’s Site Master cable and antenna analyzers are now available with optional vector network analyzer (VNA) and vector voltmeter (VVM) capabilities. These additions extend their use to field...
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SoCs boost smart home interoperability
Qorvo has expanded its QPG6200 portfolio of low-power wireless SoCs supporting Matter over Thread, Zigbee, and Bluetooth LE. Featuring the company’s ConcurrentConnect technology, the devices enable...
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IMU tracks high-G impacts and motion
The LSM6DSV320X inertial measurement unit (IMU) from ST features dual accelerometers for activity tracking up to 16 g and impact detection up to 320 g. To support edge computing, it integrates a...
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Micro-speaker enables slimmer wearables
Sycamore-W, an ultra-thin near-field MEMS speaker from xMEMS, brings premium audio to smartwatches and fitness bands. With dimensions of just 20×4×1.28 mm, it reduces speaker package volume by up to...
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The 200G/lane CPO pushes optical interconnect boundaries
A new co-packaged optics (CPO) solution claims to set the bar for next-generation interconnects serving hyperscale data centers and artificial intelligence (AI) workloads. Broadcom’s third-generation...
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Another PWM controls a switching voltage regulator
A recent Design Idea, “Three discretes suffice to interface PWM to switching regulators,” demonstrated one way to use PWM to control the output of a typical switching voltage regulator. There were some...
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