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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.


Ambient IoT Energy Harvesting Reference Designs

Ambient IoT Energy Harvesting Reference Designs

Access two Ambient IoT Energy Harvesting reference designs from Silicon Labs ideal for asset tracking applications, and review the key hardware and firmware considerations to enable batteryless operation of your IoT device.


Why Enterprise PoE Switches with Aggregation Edge AI Are the Foundation of Smart Building Networks

Why Enterprise PoE Switches with Aggregation Edge AI Are the Foundation of Smart Building Networks

Explore a smarter approach to building networks with enterprise PoE and edge AI.


Poster: Automotive Test Solutions for the Entire Vehicle

Poster: Automotive Test Solutions for the Entire Vehicle

Discover the components and structure of automotive electronic systems and how innovative test products and systems from Rohde & Schwarz address the entire vehicle.


20 GHz Direct Sampling: All in One Nyquist—Part 1: Challenges and Approaches

20 GHz Direct Sampling: All in One Nyquist—Part 1: Challenges and Approaches

Discover how 20 GHz direct sampling enables wideband RF capture in a single Nyquist zone, simplifying receiver design while addressing key performance and architectural challenges.


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.


TVS Diodes: Basics, Function and Applications

TVS Diodes: Basics, Function and Applications

Transient overvoltages can occur unexpectedly in many applications. The consequences range from malfunctions to irreversible destruction of the circuit. TVS diodes protect sensitive circuit components and effectively divert interference currents.


Power Modules Simplify Creepage and Clearance Design Solutions for Electric Vehicles

Power Modules Simplify Creepage and Clearance Design Solutions for Electric Vehicles

Arcing is not a new problem for electrical engineers, but if overlooked it can have tragic consequences. Learn how overmolding is the key to simplifying arcing issues in 48V automotive power systems.


Mastering Power Factor Correction

Mastering Power Factor Correction

Download the eBook to learn how modern PFC architectures, control strategies, and simulation tools enable higher efficiency and performance in today’s power electronics systems.


On Track with EN 50155

On Track with EN 50155

EN 50155 compliance isn't just a checkbox, it's the starting point for reliable railway power design. Bel is keeping you on track with a practical guide to understanding the standard and selecting the right ruggedized power converters for your rolling stock application.


Accelerate Firmware Development in Motion Control Applications

Accelerate Firmware Development in Motion Control Applications

Learn how ADI Trinamic TMC-API simplifies and accelerates motion control firmware development, from setup and code generation to flashing and debugging on evaluation platforms.


Using ADI Trinamic’s IC Software API and Examples

Using ADI Trinamic’s IC Software API and Examples

This application note from Analog Devices explains how to use the Trinamic TMC-API to simplify firmware development for motion control ICs in embedded and industrial systems. It outlines development setup, build, flashing, and debugging workflows using tools such as J-Link and DAPLink, along with integration into evaluation platforms like the LandungsbrueckeV3. The note also introduces PyTrinamic for Python-based scripting and rapid prototyping, enabling scalable and portable motion control firmware development.


Understanding High Speed ADC Testing and Evaluation

Understanding High Speed ADC Testing and Evaluation

High-speed ADCs are critical in communications, data acquisition, and signal processing systems, and require precise testing to ensure low noise, high accuracy, and reliable performance. This application note from Analog Devices explains dynamic and static test methods, including FFT analysis, dither testing, noise power ratio, and full-power bandwidth measurements, while highlighting the use of the HSC-ADC-EVALC platform with VisualAnalog and SPIController software.


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.


Quad HDMI Input Fast Switching Solution with ADV7612

Quad HDMI Input Fast Switching Solution with ADV7612

In this application note from Analog Devices, learn how to implement a quad-input HDMI receiver using dual ADV7612 devices and an ADV7511 transmitter, focusing on fast switching, signal integrity, and reliable I2C control. It details bus management, tri-stating, trace routing, and termination strategies for video, audio, and line-locked clock signals, along with optional CEC and interrupt handling.


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.


HDMI Made Easy: HDMI-to-VGA and VGA-to-HDMI Converters

HDMI Made Easy: HDMI-to-VGA and VGA-to-HDMI Converters

HDMI-to-VGA and VGA-to-HDMI converters enable seamless integration between legacy analog displays and modern digital devices, supporting applications in laptops, projectors, automotive infotainment, and multimedia hubs. In this white paper, learn how these converters manage technical challenges such as EDID communication, DE signal regeneration, and color space conversion while ensuring synchronized audio and video streams. Using integrated solutions like the ADV7513, ADV7611, AD9983A, and SSM2604, the converters provide low-power, scalable, and easy-to-implement designs for diverse HDMI-enabled systems.


DC Energy Metering Applications

DC Energy Metering Applications

Used in electric vehicle charging stations, sustainable microgrids, and high-efficiency data centers, precision DC energy metering is critical for accurate billing and reducing CO2 emissions, but traditional AC-side measurements and technical challenges like shunt self-heating and the Seebeck effect often limit performance. This white paper from Analog Devices details a design utilizing the ADA4528 zero-drift amplifier and AD7779 24-bit ADC to overcome measurement drifts and achieve 0.5% class accuracy across a wide dynamic range.