Designing PCBs
29 July, 2015Designing and manufacturing PCBs is a complex process that involves many steps and considerations. This is the first article in a three-part series on designing PCB. This article details the types of PCBs and explains why it's important for designers to understand manufacturers' capability statements.
Future quantum technology
29 July, 2015Researchers have discovered a new type of photonic channels, where back and forth are not equal distances. Such a system has been a missing component for building quantum photonic circuits on a large scale.
Synthesising graphene in silicon microelectronics
23 July, 2015 by American Institute of PhysicsKorean researchers have developed a microelectronics-compatible method to grow 4″ diameter, high-quality, multilayer graphene on desired silicon substrates.
Analog Devices ADALM1000 active learning module
26 May, 2015Analog Devices has launched the ADALM1000, a learning ecosystem for mixed-signal circuit designs. The product is suitable for teachers, students, electronic design engineers, hobbyists and makers that can benefit from a portable source measure unit that works by streaming to a desktop computer or laptop.
Toshiba TB9051FTG small-sized driver IC for DC brushed motor
19 May, 2015Toshiba has launched the TB9051FTG, a small-sized motor driver IC for DC brushed motors intended for automotive electronic throttle control.
Digi-Key and Silicon Labs announce IoT design contest
25 March, 2015Silicon Labs and Digi-Key have launched an IoT design contest for developers who want to create connected 'things' that will help make the world a smarter, more connected and energy-friendly place.
Low-power radio chip for the IoT
24 February, 2015 by Larry Hardesty, MIT News OfficeMIT engineers have developed a new transmitter design that reduces off-state leakage 100-fold. At the same time, it provides adequate power for Bluetooth transmission, or for the even longer-range 802.15.4 wireless-communication protocol.
Allegro MicroSystems position sensor ICs
21 December, 2014Allegro MicroSystems has developed a line of fully integrated Hall-effect digital position sensor ICs that detect changes in magnetic flux density, allowing them to distinguish movement and position.
What's an FPGA and why do you need one?
20 November, 2014 by Lauren DavisField-programmable gate arrays (FPGAs) have been growing in functionality and use over the years, yet according to a recent survey by UBM, many system designers avoid the devices due to perceived difficulty, expense or simple unfamiliarity.
ON Semiconductor Struix system-in-package for precision sensing in portable medical devices
26 September, 2014ON Semiconductor has introduced Struix, a semi-customisable system-in-package (SiP) for precision sensing and monitoring in a variety of mobile medical electronics including glucose monitors, heart rate monitors and electrocardiogram analysers.
Toshiba SP12T RF antenna switch ICs for smartphones
17 September, 2014Responding to requirements for antenna switch ICs, Toshiba has developed TaRF6, a TarfSOI (Toshiba advanced RF SOI) process using silicon-on-insulator (SOI) technology. With the TaRF6 process, MOSFETs customised for RF switch applications have been developed and used in the company's SP12T RF antenna switch ICs for smartphones.
Analog Devices ADE7978 three-phase metrology IC for polyphase shunt meters
08 July, 2014The Analog Devices ADE7978 is a three-phase electrical energy measurement IC with serial interfaces and three flexible pulse outputs. The product can interface with up to four ADE7933/ADE7932 devices.
Melexis MLX80002/4 LIN transceiver IC
30 May, 2014To address the need for multi-LIN transceiver systems, Melexis has introduced its 2- and 4-channel LIN transceiver IC. The MLX80002/4 is said to reduce system costs of the LIN physical layer by 20% compared to multiple single transceiver ICs found in a body control module (BCM).
Maxim Integrated MAX3956 10GBASE-LR SFP+ optical transceiver IC
12 March, 2014Engineers can achieve high performance in optical modules with low power consumption using the highly integrated MAX3956 10GBASE-LR SFP+ optical transceiver IC from Maxim Integrated. The company says the product delivers better than 50% transmit mask margin performance (1 k waveforms, zero mask hits) with <0.8 W total SFP+ module power dissipation.
Super-lens with seven times the strength of a standard microscope
07 March, 2014Researchers at University of Cincinnati are discovering ways to manipulate light to better view the world's tiniest objects through a super-lens, as well as hide an object in plain sight.
