Latest Solid State Industry White Papers

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.

Jitter Budgeting for Clock Distribution Networks in High-Speed PHYs and SerDes

High speed PHYs, such as industry’s recent DDR5/LPDDR5 operating at 6400 Mbps and high-speed SerDes, heavily rely on on-die clock distribution networks for clock and data transmission.

Ensuring Uninterrupted Power in Server Applications Devices

In today’s hyper-connected world, transmitting and receiving information between different locations has become commonplace. The internet has provided access to unlimited streams of information accessible on mobile phones, personal computers, gaming consoles, wearables, and more.

System Level Verification and Debug of DDR3/4 Memory Designs

Benefits of Adding Computational Storage to Traditional Devices and Systems

Gate Drive Measurement Considerations

This white paper provides guidelines for choosing the right probe and optimizing the probing technique for gate driver measurement.

AI Technologies Transform Industrial Control Automation

AI-enabled industrial control automation creates fresh opportunities to innovate and adapt manufacturing processes, building on a foundation of digital transformation and network advances across the intelligent 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

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.

ON Semiconductor Gen 1 1200 V SiC MOSFETs & Modules: Characteristics and Driving Recommendations

This paper provides an overview of the key characteristics of ON Semiconductor Gen 1 1200 V SiC MOSFETs and how they can be influenced by the driving conditions. This resource also provides a guideline on the usage of the NCP51705 an isolated gate driver for SiC MOSFETs.

Intelligent Locations Case Study: RSL10 SIP Enables Smart Healthcare Beacons

This case study provides a detailed look at how the RSL10 Bluetooth Low Energy enabled MCU improved RF power and battery performance in a small form factor. It also describes how the ON Semiconductor RSL10 solution more than doubled battery life to a minimum of five years in deployment in the Intelligent Locations application.

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.

Power Integrity - Pocket eGuide

Clean and stable power rail voltages are the basis for proper performance of any electronic design. The continuing demand for higher performance, higher level of integration and lower power consumption drives supply voltages down, making voltage tolerances tighter and power rail qualification a challenging task.

dB or not dB? Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Decibels But Were Afraid to Ask…

%, dB, dBm and dB (µV/m) are important concepts that every engineer should understand in his (or her) sleep. Because if he does not, he is bound to be at a disadvantage in his work.

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.

Improving T/R Module Test Accuracy and Throughput

Phased arrays have been used in radar applications for many decades. Recent trends are driving their adoption into other applications such as electronic warfare (EW), satellite systems and even 5G communications.

Effective Return Loss: A New Metric for SerDes Channel or Package Characterization

A new metric for SerDes channel and package characterization is emerging. Effective Return Loss (ERL) is replacing the traditional frequency-domain Return Loss (RL) metric as a more effective means of characterizing SerDes channels.

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.

Mentor, AMD, and Microsoft Collaborate on EDA in the Cloud

Moving some or all of your electronic design automation (EDA) computing to the cloud enables your company to reduce time-to-market and innovate faster, simply by taking advantage of flexible resources and economies of scale.

The Fundamentals of Power Inductors

Exploring the fundamentals of power inductors is critical for both newer engineers and savvy veterans as they attempt to obtain performance data critical to their design. For various applications, inductor efficiency is often a major consideration in the design process. 

Battery Recycling: Making Electromobility Sustainable

It’s no doubt that sustainability is at the forefront of many engineers’ minds as the latest vehicle innovations and technologies demand more eco-friendly designs. However, with this demand for sustainable manufacturing in electromobility comes significant challenges.

Addressing Thermal Management Challenges With Silicon-Based Solutions

When designing electronic systems, it is very easy to forget about real-world limitations and effects that would not otherwise affect a circuit. For example, a circuit that works in theory (i.e., mathematically) may not work in reality due to inherent resistance in components, capacitance from PCB traces, and interference from the environment.

Spartan-7 SP701 FPGA Evaluation Kit Demonstration Project

Developing cost-effective industrial image processing systems requires high-performance cameras and flexible image-processing systems capable of adaption.

Xilinx Healthcare Solutions Selector Guide

Identifying the right medical solutions for imaging, diagnostics, and clinical equipment is not easy. The growing needs of scalable healthcare platforms with heterogeneous multi-processing, I/O flexibility, hardware-based deterministic controls, and comprehensive solutions in healthcare artificial intelligence (AI), medical imaging, and safety & security add quite a bit of complexity to the decision process.

Supercapacitors Ensure Reliable Power Delivery in Automotive Applications

Road rage, distracted driving, speeding, adverse weather conditions, and drunk driving are a few of the leading causes of car accidents every year. According to US governmental research, one motor-related injury occurs every ten seconds in the United States.