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Overcoming Common Planar Phased Array Circuit Design Challenges

Overcoming Common Planar Phased Array Circuit Design Challenges

Explore practical techniques for improving performance, integration, and scalability in planar phased array circuit architectures.


Optimizing Intermediate Bus Converter Performance for High Power Systems

Optimizing Intermediate Bus Converter Performance for High Power Systems

Learn how a 48 V quarter-brick intermediate bus converter achieves high efficiency, strong transient performance, and 2 kW output power.


Powering Tomorrow: The Rising Power Demands of Modern Data Centers

Powering Tomorrow: The Rising Power Demands of Modern Data Centers

As AI data centers race to meet exploding power demands, traditional sensing and power delivery methods are hitting their limits — learn how advanced magnetic current sensors and high-voltage gate drivers are enabling the efficiency, protection, and power density that next-generation architectures require.


Maximizing Power Density in Automotive DC/DC Converters: Advanced Current Sensors and Isolated Gate Driver Solutions

Maximizing Power Density in Automotive DC/DC Converters: Advanced Current Sensors and Isolated Gate Driver Solutions

Boost automotive DC/DC converter performance with coordinated current sensing and gate driving—enabling higher power density, faster switching, and improved efficiency.


How to Select the Best ADC for Radar Phased Array Applications

How to Select the Best ADC for Radar Phased Array Applications

Learn how to choose the right ADC for radar phased arrays by balancing resolution, sample rate, noise, and power for stronger overall system performance.


Smart Monitoring Improves Distribution-Grid Reliability

Smart Monitoring Improves Distribution-Grid Reliability

In this application note, learn how smart powerline monitors help utilities improve distribution-grid reliability by measuring voltage, current, power, and power factor across all phases, while addressing challenges like aging equipment, nonlinear loads, EV adoption, and distributed generation. Using high-accuracy ADCs and mixed-signal ICs, these monitors enable real-time calculations, predictive maintenance, and edge-of-grid monitoring for faster problem detection and response.


Simplify Design and Enhance Performance with Precision Signal Chain μModule Solutions

Simplify Design and Enhance Performance with Precision Signal Chain μModule Solutions

In this white paper, learn how precision signal chain μModule solutions from Analog Devices integrate amplification, filtering, data conversion, and power management into compact system-in-package devices for communications, industrial, and automotive applications. By leveraging heterogeneous integration and iPassives technology, these solutions reduce footprint, minimize parasitics, improve dynamic range and noise performance, and shorten development time.


SIMO Switching Regulators: Extending Battery Life for Hearables and Wearables

SIMO Switching Regulators: Extending Battery Life for Hearables and Wearables

Used in hearables and wearables, single-inductor multiple-output (SIMO) switching regulators extend battery life by replacing multi-inductor and LDO-based power architectures with a compact, high-efficiency buck-boost design. This white paper from Maxim Integrated (now a part of Analog Devices) explains how SIMO technology time-multiplexes energy across multiple outputs, reduces component count, lowers quiescent current, and optimizes inductor utilization for space-constrained devices.


Meeting Biasing Requirements of Externally Biased RF/Microwave Amplifiers

Meeting Biasing Requirements of Externally Biased RF/Microwave Amplifiers

Externally biased RF and microwave amplifiers require precise biasing and power sequencing to ensure optimal performance, including high gain, linearity, and efficiency, while minimizing part-to-part variation. Analog Devices’ active bias controllers, such as the HMC980LP4E, HMC981LP3E, and HMC920LP5E, maintain constant drain current, generate negative gate voltages, and simplify system design for single- and multi-stage amplifiers. This application note details circuit implementation, VGATE and VNEG adjustments, daisy-chain operation, and protection features, enabling reliable, consistent amplifier performance with reduced external components.


MHO/DHO5000 Series Digital Oscilloscope Application Guide for Bode Plot Function

MHO/DHO5000 Series Digital Oscilloscope Application Guide for Bode Plot Function

Download the application guide to master Bode plot analysis and optimize the stability of your switching power supply designs.


The Electrical Engineer’s Desk Guide

The Electrical Engineer’s Desk Guide

Bridge the gap between PCB manufacturing and real-world electronics design with Summit Interconnect’s Electrical Engineering Desk Guide, covering fabrication, stack-up, EMI, power delivery, and regulation fundamentals that drive manufacturable, high-performance hardware.


Efficiency and Reliability with Silicon Carbide JFETs: A Practical Guide for Power Engineers

Efficiency and Reliability with Silicon Carbide JFETs: A Practical Guide for Power Engineers

This white paper explores how SiC JFETs are stepping into future-proof applications from data centers and renewable energy to advanced protection circuits.


Digital Predistortion for Improved EVM Performance

Digital Predistortion for Improved EVM Performance

This document provides a comprehensive guide on how signal and spectrum analyzers can be used to create a Hammerstein model for the vector signal generator's output stage, and subsequently addresses the inherent non-linearities characteristics.


Electronics in Medical Equipment: Component Choices Driven by Forces of Regulation, Miniaturization and Data Sharing

Electronics in Medical Equipment: Component Choices Driven by Forces of Regulation, Miniaturization and Data Sharing

Access Panasonic’s whitepaper to optimize your component choices and build a stronger foundation for the future of medtech.


From Footfall to Foresight: Revolutionizing Retail Analytics with Real-Time Edge AI

From Footfall to Foresight: Revolutionizing Retail Analytics with Real-Time Edge AI

Download the white paper to discover how real-time edge AI is transforming retail analytics with privacy-first, scalable insights.


Selecting the Right Embedded Hardware – A Guide for Developers

Selecting the Right Embedded Hardware – A Guide for Developers

Discover how to choose the right embedded platform using this white paper from NXP.


MOSFET with Copper Clip

MOSFET with Copper Clip

This article discusses how Rohm has balanced these two parameters without compromising efficiency or performance, as evidenced by the RS6xxxx/RH6xxxx power MOSFET series, utilizing copper clip technology.


Gen 6 250V MOSFET

Gen 6 250V MOSFET

This article explores the difference between sixth-generation MOSFETs and more traditional approaches to power MOSFETs. Following, is a discussion about their performance compared to similar MOSFETs—additionally delving into how they are used and the product lineup.


System Solution Guide: 48V-12V DC-DC Converters

System Solution Guide: 48V-12V DC-DC Converters

With the auto industry migrating to 48V, it’s important to have the right DC-DC conversion technology in place. The current standard for Mild Hybrid Electric Vehicles (MHEV) is to have two batteries, with a 48V - 12V DC-DC converter linking the 48V and 12V batteries. This solution guide provides comprehensive resources on power stage topologies, power module choices, MOSFET devices, eFuses, and more.


Understanding Power, Performance, and Area Tradeoffs for Analog IC Designs

Understanding Power, Performance, and Area Tradeoffs for Analog IC Designs

Learn about three key indicators of semiconductor process technology: power, performance, and area (PPA). We will discuss the trade-offs between these indicators and how the PPA metric supports the comparison of analog capabilities across different processes. Finally, using the PPA figure of merit, it is shown that the onsemi 65 nm BCD Treo platform provides at least a 5x integral improvement on average over older 180 nm technologies.