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TI’s Active EMI Filters to Slash Size of Power Supply Designs

New ICs from Texas Instruments use active filtering to mitigate the impact of switched-mode power supply EMI.

March 22, 2023 by Jake Hertz

Seeing the Big Picture of Vehicle Electrification with Texas Instrument’s Fern Yoon

Fern Yoon has always loved the big picture. This focus serves her well in her current role as Director of Automotive Systems Engineering and Marketing at Texas Instruments, as she brings together customer and company initiatives to solve big challenges.

March 21, 2023 by Daniel Bogdanoff

Multiphase DC-DC Converter Pros and Cons

This article will help you decide when to consider a multiphase approach to step-down, switch-mode voltage regulation.

March 19, 2023 by Robert Keim

Sensirion and STMicroelectronics Join Forces To Improve Environmental Sensing

Sensirion’s Director of Product Management speaks with All About Circuits about the new partnership between Sensirion and STMicroelectronics to provide improved humidity and temperature sensing systems.

March 16, 2023 by Dale Wilson

NXP Rolls MCU, NFC, and Security Together Into a One-chip Solution

At Embedded World 2023, NXP unveils a chip that integrates a microcontroller, an NFC front end, and security into a single IC.

March 16, 2023 by Jeff Child

Designing Firmware for Embedded Systems Using Warnier-Orr Diagrams

Go from chaos to clarity by learning how to design programs for embedded systems leveraging the Warnier-Orr diagrams.

March 10, 2023 by Nthatisi Hlapisi

NXP Semiconductors S32K312EVB-Q172 Evaluation Board | Featured Product Spotlight

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

March 07, 2023 by Mouser Electronics

Analog Devices LTC7803 | Tech Explainer

This Tech Explainer is part of a video series that details specific products and technologies and their applications.

March 07, 2023 by Mouser Electronics

Engineering, Inspiration, and Advice—Intel VP Deepali Trehan’s Journey

Deepali Trehan’s story is a human story, an underdog story, that happens to involve engineering. In this Season 6 kickoff episode of Moore’s Lobby, we visit with the VP and GM of Intel’s Programmable Solutions Group about FPGAs, AI, chiplets, and more.

March 07, 2023 by Daniel Bogdanoff

ISSCC Papers from Renesas Tackle Wireless Charging and Car Gateway SoCs

In a pair of papers presented at last week’s 70th annual ISSCC event, Reneas engineers detailed IC designs for wireless power charging and nex-gen automotive gateways.

March 01, 2023 by Jeff Child

Infineon AIROC™ | Product Sociable

The Infineon AIROC™ Wi-Fi 6/6E and Bluetooth® 5.2 device is the industry’s first SoC with this next-generation wireless combination.

February 22, 2023 by Infineon Technologies

Amid an Uncertain US Fab Market, TI Announces 300mm Wafer Fab in Utah

Texas Instruments has announced a second 300-millimeter semiconductor wafer fab in Lehi, Utah, to meet expected growth in IC demand.

February 21, 2023 by Dale Wilson

In a Series of Agreements, GlobalFoundries Buoys Chip Supply From Home

Tracking the goals of the CHIPS+ Act, GlobalFoundries is strengthening the U.S. semiconductor ecosystem with several partnerships and acquisitions.

February 21, 2023 by Biljana Ognenova

At ISSCC, IMEC Unveils Charge-pump PLL Design for Short Range Radars

At this week’s 70th annual ISSCC event, research firm IMEC is presenting a phase-locked loop (PLL) IC design aimed at automotive and industry radar systems.

February 20, 2023 by Jeff Child

Exploring the Basics of Bluetooth Low Energy: A Beginners Guide To BLE

Learn about the Bluetooth low energy (BLE) wireless communication protocol, namely its features, protocol stack, and how it communicates with devices.

February 19, 2023 by Nthatisi Hlapisi

Kyocera SLD Laser LaserLight SMDs | 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.

February 13, 2023 by Mouser Electronics

Power ICs Debut as High-side and Low-side Smart Switch Solutions

A slew of high-side and low-side smart switch chips have emerged, offering interesting alternatives for a variety of automotive and industrial use cases.

February 10, 2023 by Jake Hertz

Introduction to Multiphase DC-DC Converters

This article explores step-down switching power supplies that divide output current among multiple regulation subcircuits operating in parallel.

February 07, 2023 by Robert Keim

Infineon BTN9970LV MOTIX™ | Product Sociable

Part of the NovalithIC™ family, the BTN99x0LV motor driver IC provides a complete low-ohmic-protected half-bridge in a single package.

February 06, 2023 by Infineon Technologies

RF Design Basics: VSWR, Return Loss, and Mismatch Loss

Learn about voltage standing wave ratio (VSWR), return loss, and mismatch loss, which helps characterize the wave reflections in a radio frequency (RF) design.

February 05, 2023 by Dr. Steve Arar