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Photonic Chip Design Rethink Could Cut Data Center Energy Use

Photonic Chip Design Rethink Could Cut Data Center Energy Use

Leveraging novel photonic circuit designs, researchers hope to lower electricity consumption in data centers.


News Jun 02, 2023 by Kristijan Nelkovski
Broadcom to Supply Apple’s 5G Components in the US

Broadcom to Supply Apple’s 5G Components in the US

Despite Apple’s internal efforts, the company still needs to rely on third parties for wireless chips.


News May 24, 2023 by Jake Hertz
Digitally-wrapped Analog Subsystems: The Key to Easy Analog Integration?

Digitally-wrapped Analog Subsystems: The Key to Easy Analog Integration?

Agile Analog has developed digitally-wrapped analog IP subsystems to decrease the design and integration effort of SoCs.


News May 01, 2023 by Darshil Patel
Flux Adds AI Design Assistant to Its Browser-based PCB Design Tool

Flux Adds AI Design Assistant to Its Browser-based PCB Design Tool

Flux is launching an integrated AI-powered “chatbot-like” design assistant that’s integrated into its web-based online PCB design tool.


News Apr 27, 2023 by Jeff Child
xMEMS’ All-silicon, Solid-state Fidelity Micro Speakers Now Available

xMEMS’ All-silicon, Solid-state Fidelity Micro Speakers Now Available

These speakers are said to offer higher performance in a smaller size, bringing high-fidelity audio to new applications.


News Apr 25, 2023 by Aaron Carman
SiTime Unveils Precision Timing ICs to Meet In-Car Connectivity Needs

SiTime Unveils Precision Timing ICs to Meet In-Car Connectivity Needs

With car designs getting ever more advanced, timing ICs are playing a big role. SiTime’s new devices aim to meet the special challenges of automotive timing.


News Apr 22, 2023 by Jeff Child
GaN-based Solutions Emerge To Meet Control and Charging Needs

GaN-based Solutions Emerge To Meet Control and Charging Needs

Aiming to bring the benefits of GaN technology into play, power IC vendors are rolling out new devices for control and automotive charging applications.


News Apr 08, 2023 by Ramsha Jawaid
All About Circuits Connections—Industry Jobs for April 4, 2023

All About Circuits Connections—Industry Jobs for April 4, 2023

Join our light-hearted look at the serious topic of job hunting as All About Circuits looks to help connect the great engineers in our audience with the amazing companies in our industry. If you apply for jobs with any of these companies, please tell them All About Circuits sent you!


News Apr 04, 2023 by Dale Wilson
TI’s Active EMI Filters to Slash Size of Power Supply Designs

TI’s Active EMI Filters to Slash Size of Power Supply Designs

New ICs from Texas Instruments use active filtering to mitigate the impact of switched-mode power supply EMI.


News Mar 22, 2023 by Jake Hertz
Silicon Labs Spins Bluetooth SoC and MCU for Small Form-factor Designs

Silicon Labs Spins Bluetooth SoC and MCU for Small Form-factor Designs

With a goal of serving the design needs of small form-factor embedded systems, Silicon Labs is rolling out families of MCUs and wireless SoCs in tiny packages.


News Mar 17, 2023 by Jeff Child
ROHM Boasts ±1% Accuracy in New Current Sense Amplifier ICs

ROHM Boasts ±1% Accuracy in New Current Sense Amplifier ICs

Built for industrial applications, the new IC from ROHM is said to offer high-accuracy current sensing while reducing PCB area.


News Mar 14, 2023 by Jake Hertz
Qorvo Debuts Single-chip Management ICs for 20-cell Battery Systems

Qorvo Debuts Single-chip Management ICs for 20-cell Battery Systems

To enable the move from combustion engines to battery power for lawn equipment, e-mobility, and similar designs, Qorvo has released one-chip battery management ICs for 20-cell battery-powered systems.


News Mar 13, 2023 by Jeff Child
STMicro Rolls All-in-one Motion and Bone-conduction Sensor for Hearables

STMicro Rolls All-in-one Motion and Bone-conduction Sensor for Hearables

With its new sensor IC, STMicroelectronics hopes to enable a new class of hearables for applications like true wireless stereo (TWS).


News Mar 06, 2023 by Jake Hertz
Agile Analog Claims Industry First on Customizable 12-bit ADC

Agile Analog Claims Industry First on Customizable 12-bit ADC

Agile Analog has announced a new SAR ADC that is both process agnostic and customizable.


News Mar 03, 2023 by Jake Hertz
MIT Presents Mobile Receiver Chip to Block Interfering Signals

MIT Presents Mobile Receiver Chip to Block Interfering Signals

MIT’s receiver architecture offers effective harmonic cancellation all in the RF domain.


News Mar 02, 2023 by Aaron Carman
Targeting 6G, “World’s First” Compact Amplifier IC Breaks 100 GHz

Targeting 6G, “World’s First” Compact Amplifier IC Breaks 100 GHz

A new high-frequency amplifier could play a significant role in future high-speed communication networks.


News Feb 28, 2023 by Jake Hertz
PMIC Space Heats up With Design Wins, Acquisitions, and More

PMIC Space Heats up With Design Wins, Acquisitions, and More

Offering compact packaging, BLE functions, and more, today’s power management integrated circuits (PMICs) are meeting the technology needs of a variety of system designs.


News Feb 25, 2023 by Abdulwaliy Oyekunle
Ahead of MWC 2023, AMD Unveils RF SoC Duo for 4G/5G Radio Unit Designs

Ahead of MWC 2023, AMD Unveils RF SoC Duo for 4G/5G Radio Unit Designs

Targeting emerging 4G/5G radio unit markets, AMD has released two new members of its Zynq UltraScale+ RFSoC digital front-end (DFE) family.


News Feb 23, 2023 by Jeff Child
At ISSCC, IMEC Unveils Charge-pump PLL Design for Short Range Radars

At ISSCC, IMEC Unveils Charge-pump PLL Design for Short Range Radars

At this week’s 70th annual ISSCC event, research firm IMEC is presenting a phase-locked loop (PLL) IC design aimed at automotive and industry radar systems.


News Feb 20, 2023 by Jeff Child
Infineon Unveils Tiny MEMS Microphone Touting High SNR, 520 μA Power

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.


News Feb 13, 2023 by Jeff Child