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Understanding the Leakage Current Components in Short Channel MOS Transistors

Understanding the Leakage Current Components in Short Channel MOS Transistors

This article covers the basics of MOS transistors with a view towards better understanding the leakage current that can occur in such transistors.


TE CONNECTIVITY Antennas for 5G, NB-IoT & LTE-M | Featured Product Spotlight

TE CONNECTIVITY Antennas for 5G, NB-IoT & LTE-M | Featured Product Spotlight

This Featured Product Spotlight is part of a video series exploring the specifications, applications, and market context of new products.


When EVs are “Too Quiet,” Active Noise-Canceling Sensors Can Mute Road Noise

When EVs are “Too Quiet,” Active Noise-Canceling Sensors Can Mute Road Noise

When traditional combustion engines aren't drowning out typical road sounds, outside noise pollution can become a nuissance—or even dangerous—for EV occupants. ANC sensors, commonly used in noise-canceling headphones, can be a useful solution.


News Jan 28, 2021 by Jake Hertz
Developers Double Down on the Machine Learning Basics Moving Into the New Year

Developers Double Down on the Machine Learning Basics Moving Into the New Year

Machine learning had a powerful impact on 2020 when it came to processing the mass amounts of COVID-19 data. To progress ML in 2021, developers are doubling down on features like on-device AI, low-power architecture, and framework compatibility.


News Jan 28, 2021 by Maya Jeyendran
Introduction to Photosensitive Integrated Circuits

Introduction to Photosensitive Integrated Circuits

This article continues our introductory discussion of light-sensitive components that produce higher output-current amplitude than photodiodes.


Kirchhoff’s Laws: Laying EE Foundations in Voltage, Current, and Spectroscopy

Kirchhoff’s Laws: Laying EE Foundations in Voltage, Current, and Spectroscopy

While most EEs are familiar with Kirchhoff’s Laws of Current and Voltage, Kirchoff's research may have an even deeper impact on modern circuit analysis—and even quantum mechanics—than some may realize.


News Jan 27, 2021 by Kimber Wymore
Micron Unveils 1α DRAM Process Node—the Highest-Density DRAM to Date

Micron Unveils 1α DRAM Process Node—the Highest-Density DRAM to Date

Micron claims to have broken the glass ceiling of the 1z DRAM node with a new process that improves memory density by 40%.


News Jan 27, 2021 by Jake Hertz
Introduction to Phototransistors

Introduction to Phototransistors

In this series of articles, we’ll explore higher-output-current alternatives to photodiodes.


5G Processor Standoff: Qualcomm, Samsung, and MediaTek Go Head to Head in Q1

5G Processor Standoff: Qualcomm, Samsung, and MediaTek Go Head to Head in Q1

Just this month, three major companies have released 5G-compatible chips. How do these new processors size up with one another?


News Jan 26, 2021 by Jake Hertz
5G Plus GNSS? u-blox Aims for the Best of Both Worlds in a Small SiP

5G Plus GNSS? u-blox Aims for the Best of Both Worlds in a Small SiP

u-blox’s newest technology integrates both GNSS and 5G onto the same package. We had the chance to sit down with Senior Product Manager Samuele Falcomer to get the details.


News Jan 26, 2021 by Jake Hertz
Designing Safety and Reliability into Intelligent Power Outlets for Smart Homes

Designing Safety and Reliability into Intelligent Power Outlets for Smart Homes

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.


Startup by Key Apple and Google Chip Designers Catches Qualcomm’s Eye

Startup by Key Apple and Google Chip Designers Catches Qualcomm’s Eye

In a $1.4 billion deal, Qualcomm recently announced that it will acquire NUVIA, an Arm-based startup led by three of Apple and Google’s foremost chip designers.


News Jan 25, 2021 by Luke James
On a Single Chip, ST Integrates ESD Protection and Network Matching for GNSS

On a Single Chip, ST Integrates ESD Protection and Network Matching for GNSS

While impedance-matching and electrostatic-discharge protection usually fall on the shoulders of discrete components, a new chipset is said to integrate both features in the same IC package.


News Jan 25, 2021 by Adrian Gibbons
Reducing Distortion in Tape Recordings with Hysteresis in SPICE

Reducing Distortion in Tape Recordings with Hysteresis in SPICE

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French Researchers Exploit Non-Idealities of Memristors to Bring AI to the Edge

French Researchers Exploit Non-Idealities of Memristors to Bring AI to the Edge

Keeping with the trend to depart from von Neumann architectures, French researchers have overcome non-ideal properties of memristors to bring Bayesian networks to the edge.


News Jan 23, 2021 by Jake Hertz
Modeling Hysteresis in SPICE

Modeling Hysteresis in SPICE

Modeling hysteresis in SPICE can be difficult when you're dealing with a multivalued transfer function. In this article, we'll teach you a way to "cheat" to get around this issue.


Ongoing Chip Shortages Lead U.S. Automakers to Ask for Government Intervention

Ongoing Chip Shortages Lead U.S. Automakers to Ask for Government Intervention

As a chip shortage batters the global automotive industry, U.S. automakers plead for government intervention.


News Jan 22, 2021 by Luke James
MIT Devises Custom Hardware Acceleration to Spur Real-Time Robotic Response

MIT Devises Custom Hardware Acceleration to Spur Real-Time Robotic Response

To push real-time robotic response into reality, MIT researchers have turned to their own in-house technique called "robomorphic computing."


News Jan 22, 2021 by Jake Hertz
As Data Centers Expand, How are Engineers Upping AC/DC Conversion Efficiency?

As Data Centers Expand, How are Engineers Upping AC/DC Conversion Efficiency?

The demand for data center efficiency is only expanding in 2021. Here are some methods that EEs use to increase A/C/ power conversion efficiency—including a new option of GaN-powered AC/DC power supplies.


News Jan 21, 2021 by Jake Hertz
New Image Sensors Find Use in Brain Imaging, Security Cameras, and Even Selfies

New Image Sensors Find Use in Brain Imaging, Security Cameras, and Even Selfies

A new crop of image sensors shows how device makers have been thinking out of the box with on-chip hardware "re-mosaic," curved image sensors, and more.


News Jan 21, 2021 by Nicholas St. John