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Fast Screening for Next-Gen Memory Chips: A Look at Intermolecular, a Silicon Valley Fab Company

Fast Screening for Next-Gen Memory Chips: A Look at Intermolecular, a Silicon Valley Fab Company

Here is the profile of a fab that provides composition screening and stack engineering services for new materials used in the next-generation memory devices.


News Dec 10, 2018 by Majeed Ahmad
Phoenix Contact TDPT Twin Design Terminal Blocks | Tech Specs

Phoenix Contact TDPT Twin Design Terminal Blocks | Tech Specs

Phoenix Contact’s TDPT Twin Design PCB Terminal Blocks are available with identical sizing, pinning, and PCB footprint with push-in spring connections or screw connections.


new products Dec 04, 2018 by TTI, Inc
Vicor Cool-Power ZVS PI3740 Evaluation Board | New Product Brief

Vicor Cool-Power ZVS PI3740 Evaluation Board | New Product Brief

Vicor’s Cool-Power ZVS PI3740 evaluation board provides designers many convenient features to simplify evaluating the PI3740 buck-boost regulator.


Supercapacitor Auto Balancing PCB from Advanced Linear Devices Expands to Six Channels

Supercapacitor Auto Balancing PCB from Advanced Linear Devices Expands to Six Channels

Auto-balancing gets complicated when handling more than two supercapacitor cells. The new board can balance up to six supercapacitors of any size.


News Nov 28, 2018 by Majeed Ahmad
Molex Micro-Lock Plus Connectors | Featured Product Spotlight

Molex Micro-Lock Plus Connectors | Featured Product Spotlight

Molex Micro-Lock Plus Wire-to-Board Connectors are high-reliability connectors designed for use in high temperature and rugged applications and meet the requirements for many types of consumer goods and other industry requirements.


Microchip Technology Introduces Tiny, Low-Power MEMS Clock Generator to Save Board Space

Microchip Technology Introduces Tiny, Low-Power MEMS Clock Generator to Save Board Space

Microchip Technology Introduces a Tiny, Versatile Clock Generator to Save Board Space and Power


News Nov 27, 2018 by Gary Elinoff
Phoenix Contact PCB Connectors with SKEDD Technology | Tech Specs

Phoenix Contact PCB Connectors with SKEDD Technology | Tech Specs

Phoenix Contact’s SDC 2.5 and SDDC 1.5 PCB connectors with SKEDD plug-in technology plug directly into the PCB.


new products Nov 15, 2018 by TTI, Inc
ON Semiconductor Launches Power Modules for Solar Energy, Uninterruptible Power Supples

ON Semiconductor Launches Power Modules for Solar Energy, Uninterruptible Power Supples

ON Semiconductor has launched two new Power Integrated Modules to be demoed at electronica 2018 alongside an Intelligent Power Module for EV charging.


News Nov 09, 2018 by Gary Elinoff
Which Via Should I Choose? A Guide to Vias in PCB Design

Which Via Should I Choose? A Guide to Vias in PCB Design

How much do you really know about vias, one of the building blocks of PCB design?


Resolving the Signal Part 10: How Clock Signals Affect Precision ADCs

Resolving the Signal Part 10: How Clock Signals Affect Precision ADCs

Part 10 of the Resolving the Signal series covers how clocks affect precision ADCs, touching on clock jitter, clock intermodulation and best PCB layout practices for clocking.


What Is Inductance and How Does It Apply to Ground Bounce?

What Is Inductance and How Does It Apply to Ground Bounce?

Why you should care about even small amounts of inductance.


Historical Engineers: Michael Faraday, a Founding Father of Electrical Science

Historical Engineers: Michael Faraday, a Founding Father of Electrical Science

Who was Michael Faraday? What did he contribute to the field of electrical engineering?


News Nov 05, 2018 by Gary Elinoff
Schematic Symbols for Electronic Components: Transistors

Schematic Symbols for Electronic Components: Transistors

This two-article series presents an overview of circuit symbols and also provides some information on the components themselves.


Harwin EMC Shielding | Tech Specs

Harwin EMC Shielding | Tech Specs

Harwin offers a complete line of EMC shielding and related products, from clips and cans to surface mount spring contacts for grounding and antenna connections.


new products Nov 01, 2018 by TTI, Inc
Electrical Symbols for Electronic Components: Passive Components

Electrical Symbols for Electronic Components: Passive Components

This two-article series provides an overview of circuit symbols, along with some information on the components that they represent.


How to Reduce Ground Bounce: Mitigating Noise with PCB Design Best Practices

How to Reduce Ground Bounce: Mitigating Noise with PCB Design Best Practices

Learn what ground bounce is and how you can avoid it with design decisions from PCB layout to programming.


The Path of Least Impedance: How to Use Return Paths for Better PCB Design

The Path of Least Impedance: How to Use Return Paths for Better PCB Design

High-speed signals don't follow the path of least resistance; they follow the path of least impedance.


Amphenol RF HD-EFI Series Micro-Miniature Interface Connectors | New Product Brief

Amphenol RF HD-EFI Series Micro-Miniature Interface Connectors | New Product Brief

Amphenol RF HD-EFI Series Micro-Miniature Interface Connectors is a three-piece interconnect system for board-to-board connections with large board tolerances, blind mating, and multiple RF connections.


Use It Or Lose It? What Should You Do with Non-Functional Pads?

Use It Or Lose It? What Should You Do with Non-Functional Pads?

Circuit board stacks of four or more layers often have through vias that attach to pads on layers where there is no electrical connection. Should those non-function pads stay, or should they go? This article presents the problem and provides resources.


News Brief: Microchip Releases AVR-IoT WG Development Board

News Brief: Microchip Releases AVR-IoT WG Development Board

Creating IoT projects can be an exhaustive process involving RTOS and complex frameworks. Yesterday, Microchip announced an IoT development board that aims to streamline IoT device development.


News Oct 11, 2018 by Robin Mitchell