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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.


Switching Losses in Bipolar Junction Transistors

Switching Losses in Bipolar Junction Transistors

With the help of SPICE simulations, we examine two types of power dissipation that occur when BJTs are used as switches.


Altera Infuses AI Into New Mid-Range FPGAs

Altera Infuses AI Into New Mid-Range FPGAs

Barely a month after its creation (or re-creation), FGPA company Altera hit the stage at Embedded World 2024 in Nuremberg to highlight new AI-focused Agilex 5 FPGAs.


News Apr 10, 2024 by Dale Wilson
Exclusive Interview—Flux Partners With Ultra Librarian to Tap Its Ecosystem

Exclusive Interview—Flux Partners With Ultra Librarian to Tap Its Ecosystem

We talked with Flux’s co-founders about their new partnership—announced today—with online electronic parts ecosystem firm Ultra Librarian.


News Mar 06, 2024 by Jeff Child
Siemens Unveils 3-Piece Emulation and Prototyping Solution

Siemens Unveils 3-Piece Emulation and Prototyping Solution

The new hardware-assisted verification and validation system marks a first for the EDA industry.


News Feb 21, 2024 by Jake Hertz
Nexperia Announces Energy Balance Calculator to Extend Battery Life

Nexperia Announces Energy Balance Calculator to Extend Battery Life

Engineers can now easily visualize what is consumed and what is harvested in an energy-harvesting system that uses Nexperia solutions.


News Feb 19, 2024 by Jake Hertz
Siemens Rolls Out Multi-Discipline Simulation Tool for EV Designs

Siemens Rolls Out Multi-Discipline Simulation Tool for EV Designs

The new software solution can predict e-machine performance, including that of axial flux electric drive units.


News Feb 13, 2024 by Jake Hertz
The 10 Most Common EMC Challenges in a PCB Design

The 10 Most Common EMC Challenges in a PCB Design

Improve your PCB designs and avoid costly respins due to EMC test failures by learning some basic design techniques and applying modern EMC analysis software.