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Switching noise jitter (SNJ) is an important concept to digest and a tricky problem to manage. Learn the background of…

Switching noise jitter (SNJ) is an important concept to digest and a tricky problem to manage. Learn the background of SNJ and how employing innovative filtering technology can smooth the way.

Learn about battery pack current measurement and analog-to-digital converters (ADCs) requirements within battery…

Learn about battery pack current measurement and analog-to-digital converters (ADCs) requirements within battery management systems (BMSs). 

In this installation of the "Protect Your Ports! Top Design Tips to Keep Your Communications Connected" series, we'll…

In this installation of the "Protect Your Ports! Top Design Tips to Keep Your Communications Connected" series, we'll discuss low-speed interfaces and power supply circuits—including audio/video ports, DC power supplies, and more—as well as various methods of how to protect them.

This article is the first in the "Protect Your Ports! Top Design Tips to Keep Your Communications Connected" series from…

This article is the first in the "Protect Your Ports! Top Design Tips to Keep Your Communications Connected" series from Littelfuse.

This article explores using PSpice for TI to simulate potential causes for parasitic effects in a motor-drive design and…

This article explores using PSpice for TI to simulate potential causes for parasitic effects in a motor-drive design and offers design tips to mitigate the negative effects common with high-power motor-drive systems.

This article provides designers with recommendations for protection and low-power control components for power outlet…

This article provides designers with recommendations for protection and low-power control components for power outlet design that both prevent overloads from damaging sensitive circuitry and maximize device efficiency.

Redriver or retimer devices can extend the Peripheral Component Interface Express (PCIe®) protocol signal range. This…

Redriver or retimer devices can extend the Peripheral Component Interface Express (PCIe®) protocol signal range. This article discusses how to select the best one for compute system and NVMe™ storage applications today and into the future.  

This article discusses an algorithm to find the optimum adjusted point in a two-dimensional space with orthogonal input…

This article discusses an algorithm to find the optimum adjusted point in a two-dimensional space with orthogonal input vectors. The algorithm solves equations for intersecting circles based on measured data points.

Learn about the widely used methods for filtering and processing data samples in the time domain while taking a closer…

Learn about the widely used methods for filtering and processing data samples in the time domain while taking a closer look at the Dual Biquad IIR engine of the PowerQuad unit in the LPC55S69 MCU. 

This article looks at semiconductor technologies that are driving EV chargers, including high-voltage semiconductor…

This article looks at semiconductor technologies that are driving EV chargers, including high-voltage semiconductor switches, power converters, and multi-level complex power stages.

This article compares the noise performance of two different amplifiers and optimizes noise performance through the use…

This article compares the noise performance of two different amplifiers and optimizes noise performance through the use of passive filtering.

Autonomous drones and robots utilize small motors. These fast-spinning mini motors require miniature encoders and IC…

Autonomous drones and robots utilize small motors. These fast-spinning mini motors require miniature encoders and IC package sizes. This article shows how an optical sinusoidal encoder provides a higher resolution and increased speeds with a 2x3 mm dual simultaneous-sampling SAR-ADC.

This article looks ahead to what needs to be next for SiC, where it might be applied, and how it could become the…

This article looks ahead to what needs to be next for SiC, where it might be applied, and how it could become the dominant force in power.

In part 12 of Resolving the Signal, we look at a power-supply noise design example to discuss which supplies are most…

In part 12 of Resolving the Signal, we look at a power-supply noise design example to discuss which supplies are most critical when trying to increase a system's PSR. From that example, we offer best practices to maintain low power-supply noise and debugging tips for a system's overall noise performance.

Part 11 of the Resolving the Signal series explores how power supplies contribute to unwanted noise, how to measure and…

Part 11 of the Resolving the Signal series explores how power supplies contribute to unwanted noise, how to measure and quantify that noise, and how noise ends up impacting system performance.

Part 10 of the Resolving the Signal series covers how clocks affect precision ADCs, touching on clock jitter, clock…

Part 10 of the Resolving the Signal series covers how clocks affect precision ADCs, touching on clock jitter, clock intermodulation and best PCB layout practices for clocking.

Part 9 of the Resolving the Signal series analyzes several different methods for reducing reference noise's effect in…

Part 9 of the Resolving the Signal series analyzes several different methods for reducing reference noise's effect in systems and examines the difference of reference noise's impact on low- and high-resolution ADCs.

Part 8 of the Resolving the Signal series dives further into how different noise sources impact precision delta-sigma…

Part 8 of the Resolving the Signal series dives further into how different noise sources impact precision delta-sigma ADCs by focusing on reference noise and ADC noise, and how gain affects reference noise.

This article shows how to implement an analog PID controller, including adjusting of the angular position of a DC motor…

This article shows how to implement an analog PID controller, including adjusting of the angular position of a DC motor shaft, editing the design to control its speed, and tuning PID parameters for reliable performance.