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Intel Lifts the Curtain on ‘Sapphire Rapids’ Workstation Processors

For years, Intel has been steadily upping the core count for its desktop processors. Now, the company is following suit with its high-end workstation processors.

February 16, 2023 by Hannah DeTavis

Littelfuse NanoT Nano-Sized Tactile Switches | 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 16, 2023 by Mouser Electronics

XP Power LCS150 35- 150W AC-DC Enclosed Power Supplies | 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 16, 2023 by Mouser Electronics

SMD LED Considerations for Lighting and Indicator Applications

When developing lighting and indicator devices, surface mounted diode (SMD) LEDs offer a variety of benefits. Learn the options available—including multi-color SMD LEDs—and the advantages they provide.

February 16, 2023 by Mario Davila and Alan Sanchez, VCC

Littelfuse Xtreme Varistor Radial Leaded Varistors | Tech Explainer

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

February 13, 2023 by Mouser Electronics

Infineon Unveils Tiny MEMS Microphone Touting High SNR, 520 μA Power

Putting its proprietary MEMS technology and clever ASIC design to work, Infineon marries high audio quality and low lower in a tiny microphone device.

February 13, 2023 by Jeff Child

Mismatch Loss and Mismatch Uncertainty in RF Systems

Learn more about RF wave reflection parameters, namely mismatch loss and mismatch uncertainty.

February 10, 2023 by Dr. Steve Arar

Qualcomm Brings Big SoC Upgrade to Samsung Galaxy S23 Series

Samsung's new flagship smartphone is leaving behind in-house Exynos processors in favor of Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 mobile processor.

February 07, 2023 by Jake Hertz

Rambus Spins 6.4 GT/s DDR5 Registering Clock Driver for Speedier Servers

The latest chip from Rambus raises the speed limit for DDR5, giving memory-hungry applications, such as data center servers, more room to run.

February 06, 2023 by Aaron Carman

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

Introduction to Double Date Rate (DDR) Memory

Learn about double date rate (DDR) memory key concepts and applications surrounding this digital communication technique, where two data words are transferred during one clock cycle.

February 03, 2023 by Robert Keim

IEEE RWW Keynotes: Future of RF Looks Rocky and That’s a Good Thing

At IEEE Radio and Wireless Week (RWW), keynote speakers highlighted the trends in RF and wireless technology, and how design engineers must adapt to meet the new challenges head on.

February 02, 2023 by Aaron Carman

XP Power LCS150 150W Convection Cooled AC-DC Power Supplies | 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.

January 31, 2023 by Mouser Electronics

Transmission Line Theory: Observing the Reflection Coefficient and Standing Wave

Learn about radio frequency (RF) wave propagation and reflection via transmission lines, equations, and example waveforms.

January 29, 2023 by Dr. Steve Arar

Investigating Lossless Transmission Line Phase Constant and Infinite Bandwidth

Learn how to derive the wave equations for a lossless transmission line and look at its infinite bandwidth and phase constant.

January 27, 2023 by Dr. Steve Arar

Matter Protocol Multiverse Grows with SoCs, Dev Kits, and Design Wins

Leveraging the Matter 1.0 protocol, companies are rolling out solutions for engineers to build next-gen interoperable smart home and IoT devices.

January 27, 2023 by Abdulwaliy Oyekunle

Learn the Fundamentals of CAM: Manufacturing Your PCB

Computer-aided manufacturing (CAM) is a critical part of modern electronics production. It’s helpful to understand the process and how advanced CAM processing tools enable a smooth transition to the production phase.

January 26, 2023 by Edwin Robledo, Fusion 360 Electronics

Getting the Most Out of USB-C/PD System Designs

USB-C/PD brings significant improvements to the USB connectivity world. In this article, learn how this technology simplifies system designs and the solutions available to implement USB-C/PD.

January 24, 2023 by George Hariman, ROHM Semiconductor

Bluespec Teams Up with Synopsys for RISC-V Core Verification Effort

With their collaboration, the firms hope to enable faster and improved functional verification testing for Bluespec’s RISC-V cores.

January 24, 2023 by Jake Hertz

Error Analysis in Analog-to-digital Converter (ADC) Applications

Through four different examples, learn about analog-to-digital converter (ADC) system error analysis.

January 20, 2023 by Dr. Steve Arar