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TI Touts Solid-state Relays to Enable Safer EVs

TI Touts Solid-state Relays to Enable Safer EVs

With an eye toward improving isolation technology in electric vehicles, Texas Instruments (TI) is rolling out two solid-state relay chips designed to replace traditional automotive mechanical relays.


News May 10, 2022 by Jeff Child
Processing a Piezoelectric Accelerometer Output Using a Charge Amplifier

Processing a Piezoelectric Accelerometer Output Using a Charge Amplifier

Learn about charge amplifiers which are used for charge output conversion of a piezoelectric sensor into a usable voltage signal.


TRACO Power THM 60WI Medical 60W DC/DC Converters | New Product Brief

TRACO Power THM 60WI Medical 60W DC/DC Converters | New Product Brief

This New Product Brief (NPB) is part of a video series highlighting the features, applications, and technical specs of newly-released products.


New Audio Devices Target Next-gen Audio System Designs

New Audio Devices Target Next-gen Audio System Designs

Three semiconductor companies have recently announced devices aimed at next-gen audio. These ICs aim to enable engineers to improve the quality and capabilities of their audio system designs.


News May 03, 2022 by Kristijan Nelkovski
First PCle 6 Clock Buffers and Multiplexer “Silence” the Data Center

First PCle 6 Clock Buffers and Multiplexer “Silence” the Data Center

Locking its sights on data centers and the new PCIe Gen6 standard, Renesas has created the "industry’s first PCIe Gen6 timing solution."


News Apr 22, 2022 by Ikimi .O
Bob Widlar, Silicon Valley’s Earliest Crusader for Analog IC Design

Bob Widlar, Silicon Valley’s Earliest Crusader for Analog IC Design

Bob Widlar was a rebel with a cause—an analog IC design cause.


News Apr 19, 2022 by Jake Hertz
Analog Devices Inc. MAX77540 Dual-Phase Buck Converter | New Product Brief

Analog Devices Inc. MAX77540 Dual-Phase Buck Converter | New Product Brief

This New Product Brief (NPB) is part of a video series highlighting the features, applications, and technical specs of newly-released products.


Evolving TinyML—The First Neuromorphic Analog Signal Processor Beside a Sensor

Evolving TinyML—The First Neuromorphic Analog Signal Processor Beside a Sensor

Israeli Polyn’s neuromorphic IC has been successfully packaged and evaluated, taking TinyML, or tiny machine learning, technology another step to becoming more mainstream.


News Apr 15, 2022 by Jake Hertz
What is it About Audio Distortion? Understanding Nonlinearity

What is it About Audio Distortion? Understanding Nonlinearity

Learn about how system nonlinearity creates distortion in audio signals that impacts the sounds we hear. We will examine sine waves, harmonics, and intermodulation distortion.


Addressing BMS Battery Pack Current and Voltage Measurement Requirements

Addressing BMS Battery Pack Current and Voltage Measurement Requirements

Learn about battery pack current measurement and analog-to-digital converters (ADCs) requirements within battery management systems (BMSs). 


 Modern Motor Drivers Enable a Common Platform for Power Tool Designs

Modern Motor Drivers Enable a Common Platform for Power Tool Designs

With so many power tool options, designing for compatibility can be a struggle. Learn more about this challenge leveraging metal–oxide–semiconductor field-effect transistors (MOSFETs).


Clothing That Can Hear? MIT Researchers Create Acoustic Fabric

Clothing That Can Hear? MIT Researchers Create Acoustic Fabric

Taking inspiration from the biological auditory system, MIT researchers have created a fabric that senses sound signals and converts them to electrical signals, analogous to how a microphone works.


News Mar 25, 2022 by Abdulwaliy Oyekunle
MAXIM INTEGRATED MAX20474 Synchronous Boost Converter | New Product Brief

MAXIM INTEGRATED MAX20474 Synchronous Boost Converter | New Product Brief

This New Product Brief (NPB) is part of a video series highlighting the features, applications, and technical specs of newly-released products.


onsemi Reimagines Bridgeless Totem Pole PFC Design to Boost Efficiency

onsemi Reimagines Bridgeless Totem Pole PFC Design to Boost Efficiency

A system's complexity and cost tend to be two major design considerations. Hoping to ease this stress, a new mixed-signal controller from onsemi aims to achieve high efficiency at low complexity.


News Mar 21, 2022 by Jake Hertz
Alpha and Omega Super-junction MOSFETs Take Aim at the Data Center

Alpha and Omega Super-junction MOSFETs Take Aim at the Data Center

New super-junction metal–oxide–semiconductor field-effect transistors (MOSFETs) from Alpha and Omega are eyeing high efficiency, small form factor data center design.


News Mar 16, 2022 by Jake Hertz
ADI’s Latest Analog Front End Measures Vitals in Its Smallest Package Yet

ADI’s Latest Analog Front End Measures Vitals in Its Smallest Package Yet

Embedded in a wearable system, ADI's new analog front end is designed to level up bioimpedance monitoring—a way to monitor various medical conditions and help doctors come to a more precise diagnosis.


News Mar 16, 2022 by Ikimi .O
ANALOG DEVICES INC. LTC2688 16-Bit Voltage Output DAC | New Product Brief

ANALOG DEVICES INC. LTC2688 16-Bit Voltage Output DAC | New Product Brief

This New Product Brief (NPB) is part of a video series highlighting the features, applications, and technical specs of newly-released products.


MURATA MGJ2 2W Bipolar-Output SMT DC-DC Converter | New Product Brief

MURATA MGJ2 2W Bipolar-Output SMT DC-DC Converter | New Product Brief

This New Product Brief (NPB) is part of a video series highlighting the features, applications, and technical specs of newly-released products.


P-Duke Power MPQ60W NPI Q1 | Digital Datasheet

P-Duke Power MPQ60W NPI Q1 | Digital Datasheet

AAC’s Digital Datasheet video series introduces the specs and applications of components—both new and familiar—straight from their datasheets.


SKYWORKS Band Pass Filter | New Product Brief

SKYWORKS Band Pass Filter | New Product Brief

This New Product Brief (NPB) is part of a video series highlighting the features, applications, and technical specs of newly-released products.