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5G Moves Forward and Brings New Test Challenges

5G Moves Forward and Brings New Test Challenges

5G has now become a familiar term to most people through its rollout into the smartphone market. However, what most people do not know is that 5G New Radio (NR) encompasses a broad spectrum of new technologies, applications, and yes, spectrum that will revolutionize multiple industries. This eBook has been developed to provide an accessible introduction to 5G NR for engineers and technologists.


The History and Future of Wi-Fi

The History and Future of Wi-Fi

The next generation of all kinds of devices will rely heavily on new iterations of Wi-Fi technology, which will be more powerful, efficient, and complex than ever before. These developments and advancements will enable more connected homes, offices, and factories.


SoC Verification and Validation on Day 1

SoC Verification and Validation on Day 1

Explore this unified software-enabled verification and validation environment that breaks the dependencies between hardware design groups and software developers.


Automated Post-Processing of DRC Errors Improves Debugging Productivity

Automated Post-Processing of DRC Errors Improves Debugging Productivity

Learn how to quickly and accurately analyze and fix (or waive) a wide range of complex error conditions with automated post-processing DRC debugging flows.


Battery Drain Analysis for Low-Power IoT Devices

Battery Drain Analysis for Low-Power IoT Devices

This application note discusses why accurate battery drain measurements are critical to achieving the long battery life customers expect. It also demonstrates how engineers can get convenient, fast, and accurate results that properly characterize battery drain on IoT devices.


Embedded Analytics: A Platform Approach

Embedded Analytics: A Platform Approach

This paper outlines the multi-dimensional nature of this complexity and the costs and opportunities it generates. It also demonstrates that the key to designers meeting this challenge is the ability to attain system-level visibility: both during the semiconductor development cycle, and subsequently after embedded systems are deployed in the field.


EMI Debugging with Oscilloscopes

EMI Debugging with Oscilloscopes

A simple guideline to help hardware developers analyze EMI problems using near-field probes in conjunction with digital oscilloscopes.


Eaton Provides Reliable Overcurrent Protection in Automotive Applications

Eaton Provides Reliable Overcurrent Protection in Automotive Applications

This use case discusses circuit protection required throughout today’s vehicles as well as reliable overcurrent protection with Eaton Bussmann solutions.


IoT Regulatory Compliance

IoT Regulatory Compliance

Discover deep insights into regulatory compliance tests, why it is important, its test challenges, and the solutions to overcome these obstacles.


5G Voice Over New Radio (VoNR)

5G Voice Over New Radio (VoNR)

In-depth guidance for navigating 5G VoNR in terms of the network deployment and connectivity options to support voice over NR and enable the relevant VoNR data services.


TAIYO YUDEN Provides Reliable Filtering in Small Cell 5G Base Stations

TAIYO YUDEN Provides Reliable Filtering in Small Cell 5G Base Stations

This use case from TAIYO YUDEN takes a closer look at how small cell base stations aid faster 5G adoption, the role of RF filtering in 5G wireless connectivity, and how TAIYO YUDEN solutions help provide seamless connectivity in 5G applications.


Comparing Trench and Planar Schottky Rectifiers

Comparing Trench and Planar Schottky Rectifiers

This white paper offers a closer look at the structure and the benefits of Trench Schottky rectifiers. This resource covers topics such as, why Trench rectifiers are typically the correct choice when a better trade-off between forwarding voltage drop and the leakage current is required, why they should also be selected in high power density applications where the ambient temperature is elevated, and what makes them ideal for applications with switching speeds above 100 kHz.


Rethinking Applications Processing for Ultra-Low Power - i.MX 7ULP

Rethinking Applications Processing for Ultra-Low Power - i.MX 7ULP

This white paper discusses how NXP was able to reduce power without severely compromising features and performance dramatically. It also provides a closer look at how the i.MX 7ULP applications processor brings the benefits of a rich OS to battery-powered devices.


Flexible USB4-based Interface IP Solution for AI at the Edge

Flexible USB4-based Interface IP Solution for AI at the Edge

This white paper describes a flexible USB4-based IP solution for edge AI accelerators and SoCs. The IP solution can be used with multiple types of hosts by supporting legacy PCIe 4.0, USB4, USB 3.x, and USB 2.0 connections.


Supercapacitor Technical Guide

Supercapacitor Technical Guide

Supercapacitors, also known ultracapacitors and electric double layer capacitors (EDLC), are capacitors with capacitance values greater than any other capacitor type available today. Supercapacitors are breakthrough energy storage and delivery devices that offer millions of times more capacitance than traditional capacitors.


Battery Simulation with DC Power Supply R&S®NGM200

Battery Simulation with DC Power Supply R&S®NGM200

This application note is about creating your own battery model for the R&S®NGM200, beyond the standard models provided within the battery simulation option NGM-K106.


Leveraging 3D Layout to Optimize PCB System Designs

Leveraging 3D Layout to Optimize PCB System Designs

Some engineers believe that the 2D design is no longer sufficient for today’s complicated PCB layouts. Flex and rigid-flex designs, and an increasing need for collaboration with MCAD, require advanced 3D layout design capabilities to address today’s challenges fully.


The DDRx Memory Interface is the Most Complicated Modern Bus

The DDRx Memory Interface is the Most Complicated Modern Bus

DDRx memory interfaces are key enablers for the technology that shapes modern life. Servers, computers, smartphones, gaming consoles, and GPS systems are just some of the products that demand high-speed, high-bandwidth, double-data-rate memory. Each generation of DDRx DRAM brings new advantages that allow for faster, higher-capacity, and lower-power-consumption products.


Four Tips for 5G New Radio Signal Analysis

Four Tips for 5G New Radio Signal Analysis

Fast, reliable 5G NR networks require devices that operate at millimeter-wave frequencies and wide bandwidths. This has significantly changed the way these complex, integrated devices are designed and tested.


High Reliability Electronics Enhance 5G Communications

High Reliability Electronics Enhance 5G Communications

The advent of 5G connectivity for vehicles, robotics, and drones creates new markets and applications previously only seen in science fiction movies.