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Analog Power at the Size of Digital? Edge AI Processor Combines Best of Both Worlds

Can analog computation be a viable solution to the many challenges facing edge AI hardware? We spoke with Mike Henry, CEO of Mythic, to see why they think it is.

2 days ago by Jake Hertz

More on Noise-Canceling Headphones: Adaptive Controllers in Active Noise Control Systems

Active noise control is a principle technology in noise-canceling headphones. But there's a nuanced part of the ANC conversation that warrants discussion: adaptive controllers and cancelation paths.

November 17, 2020 by Steve Arar

Understanding Active Noise Control Systems—the Tech Underlying Noise-Canceling Headphones

With more people working from home, noise-canceling headphones are ever-more prevalent. What circuitry underlies this popular technology?

November 05, 2020 by Steve Arar

A New Multimodal Architecture Said to Redefine the Way Transistors Work

Researchers at the University of Surrey have come up with a new type of transistor that offers linear behavior and huge upside.

November 02, 2020 by Jake Hertz

Nexperia Creates a New FET Category: the Application-Specific FET (ASFET)

FETs and MOSFETs don't always cut it for dynamic applications. Nexperia says it has created a new flavor of FETs designed to rise to the challenge.

October 26, 2020 by Antonio Anzaldua Jr.

Why Choose High-Precision Voltage Clamping for Low-Voltage Applications?

ALD recently announced a low-power, high-precision clamping solution that targets low-voltage electronic systems. Why do we turn to voltage clamping in such systems in the first place?

October 09, 2020 by Steve Arar

What is DrMOS—the IC Powering Next-Gen Processors?

Integrated powertrain devices go back at least as far as 2004 when Intel wrote the specification for DrMOS, a high-efficiency high-current IC for powering next-gen processors.

September 30, 2020 by Adrian Gibbons

A Closer Look at MARSIS, the Radar that Discovered Lakes on Mars

This week, the European Space Agency discovered underground lakes of liquid water on Mars. What circuit-level hardware made this discovery possible?

September 30, 2020 by Jake Hertz

Can TI’s New DC-DC Converter Really Extend Battery by 50 Percent?

This week, Texas Instruments released a buck-boost converter with two heavy-hitter claims: that it extends battery life by 50% and that it offers the lowest IQ in the industry.

September 05, 2020 by Jake Hertz

Intel and Analog Devices Link Up to Streamline 5G Network Design

The two RF powerhouses have teamed up to create a flexible radio platform that addresses 5G network design challenges.

August 05, 2020 by Jake Hertz

What Vishay’s New Power Stage Teaches Us About Reverse Recovery

Modern power devices rely on small on-state resistance and fast reverse recovery. What's behind the power stages driving these two key characteristics?

July 20, 2020 by Steve Arar

Behind Elon Musk’s Neuralink, the Company Developing Brain-Machine Interfaces

What's going on at the silicon level of Elon Musk's human brain-machine interface?

July 20, 2020 by Adrian Gibbons

Wi-Fi Is a Power Guzzler. New Multi-Protocol Modules May Change the Game of Battery-Based IoT

Wi-Fi's high power consumption represents a serious challenge to battery-powered IoT products. But this may no longer be a problem with the digitally-dominant advanced radio architecture of two new modules from Innophase.

June 09, 2020 by Steve Arar

ADI Makes Big Swing for Industry 4.0 with First Software-Configurable Industrial I/Os

Two new I/O solutions bring remote programmability to building control and industrial automation.

May 29, 2020 by Gary Elinoff

Smart Speakers Digitize All Input, Zap Battery. A New ML Analog Chip Has “Selective Hearing”

Always-on devices zap battery when digital processors analyze 100% of input. A machine-learning analog chip can save power by only activating for selective input.

May 15, 2020 by Gary Elinoff

The Virtues of PWM Combined With a Power MOSFET

Pulse Width Modulation is a method commonly used to generate an analog signal output from digital input. But how is this feature enhanced when combined with a power MOSFET in a single device?

May 06, 2020 by John Koon

Historical Engineers: Harry Nyquist, a Trail Blazer in Digital Communications

Nyquist’s contributions were the intellectual building blocks essential to the birth of modern information theory

April 06, 2020 by Gary Elinoff

Power Engineering Catchup: Here’s What Would Have Been Presented at APEC

APEC was canceled less than a week before the event. What did we miss? Is there still a way for us to stay up to date on power electronic trends?

March 26, 2020 by Kayla Matthews

Cypress Semi Announces USB-C Controllers to Shrink Design Footprint of USB-Enabled Devices

Cypress Semiconductor recently announced its latest USB-C controllers that are designed to improve next-generation PCs and notebooks.

March 22, 2020 by Luke James

Silicon vs. Silicon Carbide: Schottky Barrier Diode Edition

How does a silicon carbide Schottky barrier diode compare to its silicon counterparts? Let's look to a few examples.

March 17, 2020 by Gary Elinoff