2024’s Top Technical Articles and More
As 2024 comes to an end, we look back on the year's most popular technical articles, industry articles, and projects.
Understanding the Square-Law Modulator for Generating AM Signals
In this article, we explore the foundational concepts of square-law modulators and examine some circuit implementations.
Casting a Light on Dennis Gabor, Inventor of Holography
In a remark that aptly foreshadowed his career, the Hungarian-British electrical engineer and physicist famously said, "The future cannot be predicted, but…
Happy 50th Birthday to Intel 8080, the Microprocessor That Started It All
As we reach the end of 2024, we look back on 50 years of the Intel 8080, the first general-purpose microprocessor that could operate independently.
Tradeshows Help Make This a People Business—A Look Back at Four 2024 Events
Merry Christmas! Never forget that our business is a people business. Enjoy this review of four of the trade shows All About Circuits attended this year, and the…
How Christmas Became Electrified: An Engineer’s Holiday Tale
While the twinkling lights adorning Christmas trees and homes are a familiar sight at this time of year, their earliest iteration looked quite different than our…
Everything Goes Up! Top Trends of 2024
Three hot technologies are leading the way in continuing the Moore’s Law performance increases that can no longer be achieved by transistor scaling alone.
Introduction to the Class F Power Amplifier
This article explores the basic principles of Class F operation and introduces the third-harmonic-peaking Class F amplifier.