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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.


Vishay ThermaWick Thermal Jumper Surface Mount Chip | Tech Specs

Vishay ThermaWick Thermal Jumper Surface Mount Chip | Tech Specs

This episode of Tech Specs is part of a video series highlighting the features, applications, and technical specs of newly-released products.


new products Aug 21, 2020 by TTI, Inc
Precisely Capture Servo Motor Position Using a High-Speed Simultaneous Sampling ADC

Precisely Capture Servo Motor Position Using a High-Speed Simultaneous Sampling ADC

Autonomous drones and robots utilize small motors. These fast-spinning mini motors require miniature encoders and IC package sizes. This article shows how an optical sinusoidal encoder provides a higher resolution and increased speeds with a 2x3 mm dual simultaneous-sampling SAR-ADC.


What Is Dynamic Range?

What Is Dynamic Range?

The concept of dynamic range appears frequently in engineering discussions. But what exactly does this term mean? And how does it apply to electronic circuits and systems?


Determining Dynamic Range of CCD Image Sensors

Determining Dynamic Range of CCD Image Sensors

This article explains how CCD construction, operating parameters, and external signal-processing circuitry contribute to the maximum variation in luminance that CCD imaging hardware can capture.


Wolfspeed 650V Silicon Carbide (SiC) Schottky Diode | New Product Brief

Wolfspeed 650V Silicon Carbide (SiC) Schottky Diode | 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.


Analog Devices Inc. High-Speed Operational Amplifiers | Featured Product Spotlight

Analog Devices Inc. High-Speed Operational Amplifiers | Featured Product Spotlight

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


Microchip 12/14-bit ADCs | Featured Product Spotlight

Microchip 12/14-bit ADCs | Featured Product Spotlight

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


Assessing the ADC SNR and SFDR for Communications Systems

Assessing the ADC SNR and SFDR for Communications Systems

In this article, we will see how we can determine the SFDR for an ADC used in a radio receiver. Also, we’ll examine the ADC SNR requirement for this application.


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.
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
STMicroelectronics Introduces High-Dynamic Range Image Sensors for Automotive Driver Monitoring

STMicroelectronics Introduces High-Dynamic Range Image Sensors for Automotive Driver Monitoring

Someday soon, your car may watch you drive. These two new image sensors are designed for computer vision in automotive environments.


News Dec 05, 2018 by Gary Elinoff
How to Use Your Computer as an Arbitrary Waveform Generator

How to Use Your Computer as an Arbitrary Waveform Generator

In this article, we’ll use Scilab to generate numerical signals that can be converted into analog waveforms by a computer’s audio hardware.


How to Perform Frequency Modulation with a Digitized Audio Signal

How to Perform Frequency Modulation with a Digitized Audio Signal

In this article, we’ll use Scilab to create an FM waveform that carries information corresponding to an audio recording.


Introduction to Sinusoidal Signal Processing with Scilab

Introduction to Sinusoidal Signal Processing with Scilab

This article discusses basic signal-processing tasks that can be performed using a free and open source alternative to MATLAB.


How to Build a Class-D Power Amp

How to Build a Class-D Power Amp

Learn how to build your own Class D power amplifier—one of the most efficient ways to listen to music.


Projects Aug 29, 2018 by Cezar Chirila
An ADC for Low-Power Data Acquisition Designs: A DC-to-204 kHz, Configurable ADC from Analog Devices

An ADC for Low-Power Data Acquisition Designs: A DC-to-204 kHz, Configurable ADC from Analog Devices

This article will look at some of the most important features of the AD7768-1, a new ADC from Analog Devices that is intended for low-power data acquisition (DAQ) designs.


News Jul 10, 2018 by Dr. Steve Arar
Developing Voice-Activated Systems: A Low-Power Stereo ADC from Texas Instruments

Developing Voice-Activated Systems: A Low-Power Stereo ADC from Texas Instruments

This article will look at some of the most important features of TLV320ADC3100 which is TI’s newly-released ADC for voice-activated systems.


News Jun 22, 2018 by Dr. Steve Arar
Understanding the Dynamic Range Specification of an ADC

Understanding the Dynamic Range Specification of an ADC

This article will discuss the dynamic range specification of an ADC.


Companding: Logarithmic Laws, Implementation, and Consequences

Companding: Logarithmic Laws, Implementation, and Consequences

This article aims to explain the logarithmic laws of companding and the methods of implementation along with the effects these methods bring into the PCM-based telephone systems.