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New Class D Amplifiers and a DSP for Your Audio Applications

New Class D Amplifiers and a DSP for Your Audio Applications

In this article we’ll look at three new components for amplifying and processing audio signals.


News Mar 10, 2017 by Robert Keim
Analyzing and Managing the Impact of Supply Noise and Clock Jitter on High Speed DAC Phase Noise

Analyzing and Managing the Impact of Supply Noise and Clock Jitter on High Speed DAC Phase Noise

Out of all device properties, noise can be an especially challenging topic to grasp and design for.


New Semiconductor Products for the Receive Chain in Your RF Designs

New Semiconductor Products for the Receive Chain in Your RF Designs

In this article we’ll take a look at three new semiconductor products to keep in mind for your next wireless system.


News Feb 17, 2017 by Robert Keim
What’s Up With Digital Downconverters

What’s Up With Digital Downconverters

Radio architectures can contain more downconversion stages than ever. Here are some tips to keep up.


Build Your Own LED Photography Ring Light

Build Your Own LED Photography Ring Light

LED ring flashes and lights can be a valuable tool for photographers. In this tutorial, we are going to build our own ring light out of LEDs!


Projects Jan 26, 2017 by Alex Udanis
Phase Response in Active Filters: The Band-Pass Response

Phase Response in Active Filters: The Band-Pass Response

While filters are designed primarily for their amplitude response, the phase response can be important in some applications.


Understanding Current-Voltage Curves of Non-Linear Devices

Understanding Current-Voltage Curves of Non-Linear Devices

This article discusses the I-V curves of passive non-linear devices such as diodes, transistors, and thyristors.


Ferrite Beads Demystified

Ferrite Beads Demystified

Learn how to get the most out of ferrite beads in your designs.


Designing for Low Noise Feedback Control with MEMS Gyroscopes

Designing for Low Noise Feedback Control with MEMS Gyroscopes

Learn about noise behaviors in MEMS gyroscopes.


Practical Filter Design Challenges and Considerations for Precision ADCs

Practical Filter Design Challenges and Considerations for Precision ADCs

Precision analog-to-digital converters can be tricky. Here are some pointers to get the most out of them.


Focusing on Phase: The All-Pass Filter

Focusing on Phase: The All-Pass Filter

How do you design a filter that (ideally) has the same gain for all frequencies? And, furthermore, why would you want to do this?


One-Nanometer Transistor Keeps Moore’s Law Relevant Another Year

One-Nanometer Transistor Keeps Moore’s Law Relevant Another Year

Researchers at the Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory have created the world's first 1nm gate.


News Nov 04, 2016 by Zabrel Holsman
Many Functions, One Tool: The Analog Discovery 2 from Digilent

Many Functions, One Tool: The Analog Discovery 2 from Digilent

An introduction to the Analog Discovery 2 by Digilent.


Understanding Linear-Phase Filters

Understanding Linear-Phase Filters

Linear phase response, also known as constant group delay, is an important property in some filter applications.


Understanding Complex-Conjugate Poles in Filter Theory

Understanding Complex-Conjugate Poles in Filter Theory

This technical brief explains the importance of complex-conjugate poles and second-order stages in optimizing filter performance.


The CMOS Transmission Gate

The CMOS Transmission Gate

This technical brief presents a simple MOSFET configuration that can be used as a voltage-controlled switch.


MOSFET Channel-Length Modulation

MOSFET Channel-Length Modulation

This technical brief describes channel-length modulation and how it affects MOSFET current–voltage characteristics.


Signal Conditioning for Pyroelectric Passive Infrared (PIR) Sensors

Signal Conditioning for Pyroelectric Passive Infrared (PIR) Sensors

Learn about the basics, signal conditioning, digital output, and hardware specs of passive infrared sensors.


Understanding the Delta-Sigma ADC

Understanding the Delta-Sigma ADC

ADCs (analog-to-digital converters) can be described as either Nyquist-rate or oversampled converters. The Delta-Sigma ADC belongs to the oversampled family of converters. It relies upon oversampling and noise shaping to achieve high-resolution conversions.


The Actively Loaded MOSFET Differential Pair: Measuring Lambda, Predicting Gain

The Actively Loaded MOSFET Differential Pair: Measuring Lambda, Predicting Gain

In this article, we’ll look at the equation for differential gain and use LTspice to find the value of the channel-length-modulation parameter referred to as lambda (λ).