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How to Simulate a Bidirectional Voltage-Controlled Current Source

How to Simulate a Bidirectional Voltage-Controlled Current Source

Learn about simulating an interesting current source built around an op-amp and an instrumentation amplifier.


High-Voltage DC Power Transmission: Should HVDC Replace AC in Power Systems?

High-Voltage DC Power Transmission: Should HVDC Replace AC in Power Systems?

Is AC energy transmission the most efficient option for the 21st century?


How to Design a Simple, Voltage-Controlled, Bidirectional Current Source

How to Design a Simple, Voltage-Controlled, Bidirectional Current Source

This article presents a high-performance current source that requires only a few readily available components.


Designing a System Monitor 4-MUX LCD Driver Solution

Designing a System Monitor 4-MUX LCD Driver Solution

This application note describes a simple hardware implementation of a 4-Mux LCD driver using time division multiplexing techniques along with system monitoring using a GreenPAK IC.


InnoMux Chipset from Power Integrations Reaches 91% Efficiency

InnoMux Chipset from Power Integrations Reaches 91% Efficiency

Single-stage architecture provides independently-regulated constant voltage and constant current outputs.


News Apr 08, 2019 by Gary Elinoff
Learn Analog Circuits: Types and Applications of Current Mirrors

Learn Analog Circuits: Types and Applications of Current Mirrors

The current mirror is an important analog building block that finds application in such diverse areas as DC biasing and current-mode signal processing.


“Faster, Smaller, Quieter”: Analog Devices Shows Off Silent Switcher 2 Buck Regulator at APEC

“Faster, Smaller, Quieter”: Analog Devices Shows Off Silent Switcher 2 Buck Regulator at APEC

A look at the Analog Devices Silent Switcher 2 buck regulator.


News Mar 25, 2019 by Mark Hughes
Silanna Touts Efficiency and Ease of Design with World’s First Active Clamp Flyback Controller

Silanna Touts Efficiency and Ease of Design with World’s First Active Clamp Flyback Controller

Silanna announces an active clamp flyback controller with built-in UHV components for AC/DC power adapters.


News Mar 20, 2019 by Baker Lawley
What Are the DNL and INL Specifications of a DAC? Non-Linearity in Digital-to-Analog Converters

What Are the DNL and INL Specifications of a DAC? Non-Linearity in Digital-to-Analog Converters

This article looks at the DNL and INL specifications of a digital-to-analog converter (DAC).


New ams Time-to-Digital Converter Aims to Combine High Precision with Small Form Factor

New ams Time-to-Digital Converter Aims to Combine High Precision with Small Form Factor

ams has introduced the AS6500, which can provide high-sampling-rate time-to-digital conversion for optical rangefinder systems in automobiles, robots, and drones.


News Mar 10, 2019 by Robert Keim
New Debouncing Power-Control IC Targets Longer Battery Life

New Debouncing Power-Control IC Targets Longer Battery Life

Maxim has released the MAX16150, a switch-debouncing on/off controller for battery-powered products intended for industrial and consumer applications.


News Mar 08, 2019 by Robert Keim
Is It Possible to Be Truly Wireless? Huawei Implements Dialog Semi SoC in Wireless Headphones

Is It Possible to Be Truly Wireless? Huawei Implements Dialog Semi SoC in Wireless Headphones

Huawei has chosen Dialog Semiconductor's DA14195 SoC for new wireless headphone devices.


News Mar 07, 2019 by Robin Mitchell
New High-Power BJTs from Diodes Incorporated Aim to Improve Thermal Performance

New High-Power BJTs from Diodes Incorporated Aim to Improve Thermal Performance

New BJTs can be used for high-current switching in industrial, consumer, and automotive applications.


News Mar 05, 2019 by Robert Keim
New Isolated IGBT Gate Driver from Analog Devices for Power Supplies and Photovoltaic Inverters

New Isolated IGBT Gate Driver from Analog Devices for Power Supplies and Photovoltaic Inverters

The ADuM4137, which incorporates fault detection and can also drive MOSFETs, is intended for photovoltaic inverters, power-supply circuitry, and motor-control applications.


News Mar 01, 2019 by Robert Keim
The End of the Crystal? TI Introduces Two New Products Using Breakthrough BAW Resonator Technology

The End of the Crystal? TI Introduces Two New Products Using Breakthrough BAW Resonator Technology

TI is introducing the industry's first wireless, crystal-less MCU as well as a BAW-based network synchronizer capable of 400-Gbps.


News Feb 28, 2019 by Baker Lawley
A New Maxim Integrated Low-Power RF Transmitter for Automation, Wireless Sensors, and IoT Devices

A New Maxim Integrated Low-Power RF Transmitter for Automation, Wireless Sensors, and IoT Devices

Maxim has released the MAX41461, a highly integrated ASK transmitter that works in the sub-GHz ISM frequency bands and is intended for a variety of low-cost wireless applications.


News Feb 17, 2019 by Robert Keim
A New Line of Low-Profile, Shielded Inductors for DC/DC Converters

A New Line of Low-Profile, Shielded Inductors for DC/DC Converters

TT Electronics has released the HA74 series of surface-mount inductors, which can help improve efficiency in space- and weight-constrained switching regulators.


News Feb 15, 2019 by Robert Keim
A New DC/DC Converter for Wearables, Sensors, and Low-Power Wireless Devices

A New DC/DC Converter for Wearables, Sensors, and Low-Power Wireless Devices

STMicroelectronics has announced a new power-management IC that provides high efficiency, low quiescent current, and variable output voltage in a (very) small package.


News Feb 11, 2019 by Robert Keim
How to Drive Large Capacitive Loads with an Op-Amp Circuit

How to Drive Large Capacitive Loads with an Op-Amp Circuit

Learn more about capacitive load compensation.


A New 45V Zero-Drift Op-Amp from Microchip, the MCP6V51

A New 45V Zero-Drift Op-Amp from Microchip, the MCP6V51

This article looks at Microchip’s MCP6V51, which is a zero-drift operational amplifier with a wide supply range and enhanced EMI rejection.


News Feb 04, 2019 by Dr. Steve Arar