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Improving Electronic Design Collaboration by Shifting Left and Right

Improving Electronic Design Collaboration by Shifting Left and Right

Listen in as Ananth Avva, SVP and GM at Altium, explains how new tools and a change in corporate culture allow non-electronics participants to participate and positively influence circuit and PCB design.


Moving Data Through an LTspice Parallel-Load Shift Register

Moving Data Through an LTspice Parallel-Load Shift Register

This article demonstrates the operation of an LTspice shift register and discusses details of its schematic and timing relationships.


Creating a Parallel-Load Shift Register in LTspice

Creating a Parallel-Load Shift Register in LTspice

We explore the design and functionality of a digital shift register intended for use in mixed-signal circuit simulations.


EDA Companies Unite With Samsung for AI and 3D IC Technology

EDA Companies Unite With Samsung for AI and 3D IC Technology

At DAC 2024, leading EDA companies partnered with Samsung to help realize its AI technology roadmap led by process nodes SF2Z and SF4U.


News Jun 28, 2024 by Arjun Nijhawan
Crafting a Silicon Lifecycle Management Strategy for HPC and Data Centers

Crafting a Silicon Lifecycle Management Strategy for HPC and Data Centers

As data center computing and HPC advances, the stakes for ensuring reliability are high. Learn how to develop a silicon lifecycle management (SLM) strategy that ensures a successful future for your designs.


Top EDA Vendors Reveal Plans to Support Intel Foundry

Top EDA Vendors Reveal Plans to Support Intel Foundry

It's DAC 2024 week, and Intel Foundry, the "world’s first systems foundry for the AI era," is getting a boost from top EDA vendors Ansys, Siemens, Cadence, and Synopsys.


News Jun 27, 2024 by Duane Benson
Siemens Launches Thermal Analysis Software for the 3D IC Design Era

Siemens Launches Thermal Analysis Software for the 3D IC Design Era

The new EDA tool supports the industry’s growing transition toward 3D integrated circuits.


News Jun 24, 2024 by Jake Hertz
Modifying the Operation of Digital Components in LTspice

Modifying the Operation of Digital Components in LTspice

Customizing the device parameters of LTspice's logic gates and flip-flops can help you more accurately simulate these components. This article walks through the specification process and provides some helpful tips.


An Introduction to Using Logic Gates in LTspice

An Introduction to Using Logic Gates in LTspice

This article explains how to successfully integrate logic gates into an LTspice simulation.


Six Steps for Designing a Custom 3D Printed Electronics Enclosure

Six Steps for Designing a Custom 3D Printed Electronics Enclosure

Rich resources are available today for crafting an enclosure using 3D printing. But where to begin? In this article, learn—step by step—how to design your own custom 3D printed electronics enclosure.


Synopsys Claims Industry’s First PCI Express 7.0 IP Set

Synopsys Claims Industry’s First PCI Express 7.0 IP Set

Armed with key functions available in separate blocks, designers can get a headstart on PCIe Gen 7 with Synopsys’s newest IP.


News Jun 11, 2024 by Aaron Carman
Simulating MOSFET Current-Voltage Characteristics Using Advanced SPICE Models

Simulating MOSFET Current-Voltage Characteristics Using Advanced SPICE Models

In this article, we use a SPICE model for 90 nm CMOS to plot key electrical relationships of an NMOS transistor.


Efabless Welcomes Weebit Nano’s ReRAM to Its Custom Chip Design Platform

Efabless Welcomes Weebit Nano’s ReRAM to Its Custom Chip Design Platform

Weebit Nano and Efabless are teaming up to make it easier for chip designers to prototype intelligent devices using Weebit's advanced memory technology.


News Jun 05, 2024 by Arjun Nijhawan
Using Advanced SPICE models to Characterize an NMOS Transistor

Using Advanced SPICE models to Characterize an NMOS Transistor

SPICE models designed for specific CMOS process nodes can enhance simulations of integrated-circuit transistors. Learn where to find these models and how to use them.


Using Clever Techniques to Convert a Passive Audio Filter Into an Active Filter

Using Clever Techniques to Convert a Passive Audio Filter Into an Active Filter

This project covers two fascinating and useful circuit design techniques—the Burton Transform and Dualling—that allow us to transform a passive network into an active network while building an audio noise filter.


Projects Jun 02, 2024 by John Woodgate
Simulating the Short-Circuit Power Dissipation of a CMOS Inverter

Simulating the Short-Circuit Power Dissipation of a CMOS Inverter

Current briefly flows through both transistors during logic-level transitions. This article explores the resulting power dissipation and provides some helpful LTspice tips for measuring current and power.


Simulating the Switching Power Dissipation of a CMOS Inverter

Simulating the Switching Power Dissipation of a CMOS Inverter

When a CMOS inverter switches logic states, power is consumed due to its charging and discharging currents. Learn how to simulate these currents in LTspice.


New Proposals Vie for CHIPS Act Funds for Fabs and Digital Twin R&D

New Proposals Vie for CHIPS Act Funds for Fabs and Digital Twin R&D

Micron, Polar Semiconductor, and digital twin proposals are slated to receive CHIPS Act funding to help secure the U.S. semiconductor supply chain.


News May 15, 2024 by Aaron Carman
TSMC Certifies a Host of Top EDA Tools for New Process Nodes

TSMC Certifies a Host of Top EDA Tools for New Process Nodes

With TSMC scaling down to 2 nm and lower, the semiconductor giant is working with Cadence, Siemens, and Synopsys to bring updated EDA tools to IC designers.


News May 08, 2024 by Jake Hertz
Freeing EEs to Design Like Tony Stark

Freeing EEs to Design Like Tony Stark

Tomide Adesanmi, co-founder and CEO of Circuit Mind, aims to release engineers from the tyranny of reading datasheets, building spreadsheets, and drawing circuit symbols so they can focus on design innovation and circuit optimization.