Current briefly flows through both transistors during logic-level transitions. This article explores the resulting power dissipation and provides some helpful…
Current briefly flows through both transistors during logic-level transitions. This article explores the resulting power dissipation and provides some helpful LTspice tips for measuring current and power.
Learn how surface-mount adapter evaluation modules (EVMs) help ease the transition to analog ICs with advanced package types.
Learn how surface-mount adapter evaluation modules (EVMs) help ease the transition to analog ICs with advanced package types.
This article will help you optimize your switch-mode regulator and driver circuits by explaining important sources of…
This article will help you optimize your switch-mode regulator and driver circuits by explaining important sources of MOSFET power dissipation.
To avoid distortion and slow transitions in an operational amplifier's output signal, it's important to understand slew…
To avoid distortion and slow transitions in an operational amplifier's output signal, it's important to understand slew rate. In this article, we examine its causes and effects.
Learn about the characteristics and limitations of an operational amplifier’s output voltage range.
Learn about the characteristics and limitations of an operational amplifier’s output voltage range.
This article, the first in a two-part series on op amp signal swing, explains the characteristics and limitations of an…
This article, the first in a two-part series on op amp signal swing, explains the characteristics and limitations of an operational amplifier’s input voltages.
In this article, we learn about the frequency response of the MOSFET common-source amplifier by examining its s-domain…
In this article, we learn about the frequency response of the MOSFET common-source amplifier by examining its s-domain transfer function.
Three new op amps bring low offset, low drift, and wide gain bandwidth for industrial designers.
Three new op amps bring low offset, low drift, and wide gain bandwidth for industrial designers.
In this article, we cover the basic behavior of the MOSFET common-source amplifier with different types of load.
In this article, we cover the basic behavior of the MOSFET common-source amplifier with different types of load.
Learn about the balun, a special type of transformer used in mixers, amplifiers, and signaling.
Learn about the balun, a special type of transformer used in mixers, amplifiers, and signaling.
Learn how a push-pull Class B amplifier functions, how to calculate its efficiency, and how its performance compares to…
Learn how a push-pull Class B amplifier functions, how to calculate its efficiency, and how its performance compares to the inductively-loaded Class A design.
The small-signal characteristics of MOSFETs play an important role in analog IC design. In this article, we learn how to…
The small-signal characteristics of MOSFETs play an important role in analog IC design. In this article, we learn how to model MOS transistors' small-signal behaviors.
How does a Class B power amplifier work? What makes it more efficient than a Class A power amplifier? Learn the answers…
How does a Class B power amplifier work? What makes it more efficient than a Class A power amplifier? Learn the answers in this article.
Looking back on the year, here’s a review of the most popular News articles on All About Circuits.
Looking back on the year, here’s a review of the most popular News articles on All About Circuits.
Learn how an inductively-loaded common-emitter stage can function as a power amplifier.
Learn how an inductively-loaded common-emitter stage can function as a power amplifier.
On this Christmas day, let’s remember that this is a people business. Enjoy this round up of 2023 articles about people…
On this Christmas day, let’s remember that this is a people business. Enjoy this round up of 2023 articles about people that performed extraordinary engineering work throughout history.
RF amplifier design is a challenging task, involving trade-offs between linearity, efficiency, gain, and output power.…
RF amplifier design is a challenging task, involving trade-offs between linearity, efficiency, gain, and output power. Here, we examine how a common-emitter circuit can, or can't, function as a power amplifier.
Learn how the available power gain concept can help us solve the problem of designing a bilateral RF amplifier for a…
Learn how the available power gain concept can help us solve the problem of designing a bilateral RF amplifier for a specified gain and noise figure.
In this article, we learn about noise parameters and use Smith charts to design a unilateral low-noise amplifier (LNA)…
In this article, we learn about noise parameters and use Smith charts to design a unilateral low-noise amplifier (LNA) for a specified gain.
This project will cover the design, construction, and testing of an analog filter meeting the ITU-R BS.468-4…
This project will cover the design, construction, and testing of an analog filter meeting the ITU-R BS.468-4 specification, which aims to evaluate the disturbing effects of noise on audio broadcast signals.