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Noise in Electronics Engineering: Distribution, Noise RMS and Peak-to-Peak Value, and Power Spectral Density

Noise in Electronics Engineering: Distribution, Noise RMS and Peak-to-Peak Value, and Power Spectral Density

In this article, we’ll first examine an important feature of common noise sources: the relationship between the noise root mean square (RMS) and peak-to-peak value.


TDK Aims to Offer Surge Protection With Smaller Disk Varistors

TDK Aims to Offer Surge Protection With Smaller Disk Varistors

The new varistors feature surge protection of 6kA along with multiple-pulse protection against lower-level threats.


News Nov 18, 2019 by Gary Elinoff
STMicroelectronics Designs Wireless Support for ST8500 Chipset in Smart Meters

STMicroelectronics Designs Wireless Support for ST8500 Chipset in Smart Meters

The ST8500 PLC chipset allows smart meters to communicate wirelessly through existing power cables or RF waves.


News Nov 14, 2019 by Cabe Atwell
Analog Devices Reveals a Low-power PHY Chip for the Industrial Ethernet

Analog Devices Reveals a Low-power PHY Chip for the Industrial Ethernet

The ADIN1300 is a low-latency, single-port Ethernet transceiver for gigabit-speed operation in harsh environments.


News Nov 13, 2019 by Gary Elinoff
What an Electronics Engineer Needs to Know About Noise

What an Electronics Engineer Needs to Know About Noise

In this article, we’ll try to develop insight into some of the most important characteristics of the noise sources that we commonly have to deal with in electronics engineering.


Understanding Collector Current in BJT Beta Variations

Understanding Collector Current in BJT Beta Variations

This article looks at factors that can alter the functionality of a bipolar junction transistor (BJT) by causing variations in its forward current gain.


Integrator Limitations: Active Phase-Error Compensation

Integrator Limitations: Active Phase-Error Compensation

In this article, we will discuss active phase-error compensation and how it can prevent Q enhancement.


How Choosing Oscillators over Crystals Reduces Time to Market and Project Costs

How Choosing Oscillators over Crystals Reduces Time to Market and Project Costs

This article looks at the differences between crystal resonators and oscillators and presents examples that show when choosing crystals over oscillators could increase the total cost of a design.


TI Rolls Out New ADC for Improved Voice Capture in Noisy, Far-field Environments

TI Rolls Out New ADC for Improved Voice Capture in Noisy, Far-field Environments

TI designed the new ADC to capture low-distortion audio recordings from far distances or in noisy environments.


News Nov 05, 2019 by Lisa Boneta.
Use Signal Averaging to Increase the Accuracy of Your Measurements

Use Signal Averaging to Increase the Accuracy of Your Measurements

In this article, we'll discuss the signal averaging method, a noise reduction technique, and how it can help increase the accuracy of your signal measurements.


What Is BJT Beta? Understanding the Current Gain of a Bipolar Junction Transistor

What Is BJT Beta? Understanding the Current Gain of a Bipolar Junction Transistor

If you’ve ever been confused about the different terms related to the gain of a bipolar junction transistor, read on.


Diodes Incorporated Releases Buck Converter Family Designed to Combat EMI

Diodes Incorporated Releases Buck Converter Family Designed to Combat EMI

Diode Incorporated’s 40V, 2.2MHz synchronous buck converters are designed for high efficiency across all loads.


News Oct 31, 2019 by Gary Elinoff
Analog Devices High Side Current & Voltage Sense | New Product Brief

Analog Devices High Side Current & Voltage Sense | 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.


Characterizing LED Performance with a Frequency Response Analyzer and Line Injector

Characterizing LED Performance with a Frequency Response Analyzer and Line Injector

This application note series explores the measurement of the dynamic resistance of an LED and how to create a usable SPICE model from the data.


Maxim Integrated Optical Bio-Sensor | New Product Brief

Maxim Integrated Optical Bio-Sensor | 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.


Integrator Limitations: Magnitude and Phase Errors

Integrator Limitations: Magnitude and Phase Errors

In this article, we will examine the deviation of the actual transfer function H from the ideal \(H_{ideal}\) in finer detail.


Diodes Incorporated Reveals 2A Load Switch Aimed to Improve High-Side Load Switch Reliability

Diodes Incorporated Reveals 2A Load Switch Aimed to Improve High-Side Load Switch Reliability

The AP22913 features slew-rate control and true reverse-current blocking for single-channel load switching.


News Oct 25, 2019 by Gary Elinoff
Learn About SAR ADCs: Architecture, Applications, and Support Circuitry

Learn About SAR ADCs: Architecture, Applications, and Support Circuitry

In this article, we’ll first review the basic architecture of a SAR ADC and then take a look at one of its common applications.


Microchip Curiosity Development Board | New Product Brief

Microchip Curiosity Development Board | 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.


Characterizing the Moog Filter

Characterizing the Moog Filter

This is Part 3 of a series of articles about the Moog ladder filter. In this article, we'll define the characteristics of the Moog filter, including its properties.