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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.


Reducing Second Harmonic Distortion with Symmetrical PCB Layout

Reducing Second Harmonic Distortion with Symmetrical PCB Layout

Need a low-distortion ADC interface? In this article, we'll discuss how to reduce 2nd harmonic distortion by using symmetric PCB layout.


Choosing the Right Redriver or Retimer Device to Extend PCIe Protocol Signal Range

Choosing the Right Redriver or Retimer Device to Extend PCIe Protocol Signal Range

Redriver or retimer devices can extend the Peripheral Component Interface Express (PCIe®) protocol signal range. This article discusses how to select the best one for compute system and NVMe™ storage applications today and into the future.  


Reader Question: Is Analog Engineering a Dying Art?

Reader Question: Is Analog Engineering a Dying Art?

Or, is analog engineering a skill worth pursuing?


News Dec 26, 2020 by Kate Smith
Understanding the Photodiode Equivalent Circuit

Understanding the Photodiode Equivalent Circuit

This article presents a circuit model that helps us to analyze the electrical behavior of a photodiode.


Efficient Orthogonal Variable Optimization Algorithm for Communication Systems

Efficient Orthogonal Variable Optimization Algorithm for Communication Systems

This article discusses an algorithm to find the optimum adjusted point in a two-dimensional space with orthogonal input vectors. The algorithm solves equations for intersecting circles based on measured data points.


Continuous-Time Sigma-Delta ADCs: the “Alias-Free” ADC

Continuous-Time Sigma-Delta ADCs: the “Alias-Free” ADC

In this article, we'll review the basics of sigma-delta ADCs—and continuous-time sigma-delta ADCS in particular—using a recent CTSD from ADI as an example.


News Dec 10, 2020 by Dr. Steve Arar
What Is Mixed-Signal IC Design?

What Is Mixed-Signal IC Design?

This brief gives an overview of the steps in a typical mixed-signal IC design flow.


What Is Analog IC Design?

What Is Analog IC Design?

Learn the basic steps of the analog IC design process and how it compares to digital IC design.


Understanding Digital Filtering with Embedded Microcontrollers

Understanding Digital Filtering with Embedded Microcontrollers

Learn about the widely used methods for filtering and processing data samples in the time domain while taking a closer look at the Dual Biquad IIR engine of the PowerQuad unit in the LPC55S69 MCU. 


Analog Power at the Size of Digital? Edge AI Processor Combines Best of Both Worlds

Analog Power at the Size of Digital? Edge AI Processor Combines Best of Both Worlds

Can analog computation be a viable solution to the many challenges facing edge AI hardware? We spoke with Mike Henry, CEO of Mythic, to see why they think it is.


News Dec 02, 2020 by Jake Hertz
ANALOG DEVICES INC. AD5413 14-Bit Voltage & Current Output DAC | Featured Product Spotlight

ANALOG DEVICES INC. AD5413 14-Bit Voltage & Current Output DAC | Featured Product Spotlight

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


More on Noise-Canceling Headphones: Adaptive Controllers in Active Noise Control Systems

More on Noise-Canceling Headphones: Adaptive Controllers in Active Noise Control Systems

Active noise control is a principle technology in noise-canceling headphones. But there's a nuanced part of the ANC conversation that warrants discussion: adaptive controllers and cancelation paths.


News Nov 17, 2020 by Dr. Steve Arar
What Is a Graphene Field Effect Transistor (GFET)? Construction, Benefits, and Challenges

What Is a Graphene Field Effect Transistor (GFET)? Construction, Benefits, and Challenges

Learn all about graphene field-effect transistors or GFETs. We'll cover their construction, as well as the benefits and challenges of designing with them.


Understanding Active Noise Control Systems—the Tech Underlying Noise-Canceling Headphones

Understanding Active Noise Control Systems—the Tech Underlying Noise-Canceling Headphones

With more people working from home, noise-canceling headphones are ever-more prevalent. What circuitry underlies this popular technology?


News Nov 05, 2020 by Dr. Steve Arar
A New Multimodal Architecture Said to Redefine the Way Transistors Work

A New Multimodal Architecture Said to Redefine the Way Transistors Work

Researchers at the University of Surrey have come up with a new type of transistor that offers linear behavior and huge upside.


News Nov 02, 2020 by Jake Hertz
The Op-Amp Voltage Comparator Circuit

The Op-Amp Voltage Comparator Circuit

In this video, we will discuss circuits that use an operational amplifier to compare the amplitude of one signal to the amplitude of another signal or to a reference voltage.


A Low-Cost Method of Powering a Microcontroller

A Low-Cost Method of Powering a Microcontroller

This article proposes a simple microcontroller power-supply circuit that is worth considering when you’re developing a (very) cost-sensitive system.


ANALOG DEVICES INC. AD5413 14-Bit Voltage & Current Output DAC | New Product Brief

ANALOG DEVICES INC. AD5413 14-Bit Voltage & Current 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.


Simulating an Op-Amp’s Offset Voltage Variation

Simulating an Op-Amp’s Offset Voltage Variation

In this article, we’ll create an LTspice circuit for analyzing the effect of unpredictable offset voltage on the performance of a precision current-source circuit.