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Learn about an impedance-matching technique using transmission line elements.

Learn about an impedance-matching technique using transmission line elements.

Learn about impedance matching stub tuning using a Smith chart, as well as single and double stub tuning, impedance…

Learn about impedance matching stub tuning using a Smith chart, as well as single and double stub tuning, impedance contour, and the "forbidden region" of a Smith chart.

Learn about slot antennas, namely their history, characteristics, and electromagnetic (EM) behavior for low-voltage,…

Learn about slot antennas, namely their history, characteristics, and electromagnetic (EM) behavior for low-voltage, small-form-factor electronic devices.

Learn about l-type impedance matching equations through the quality factor (Q factor) of RC and RL circuits and the…

Learn about l-type impedance matching equations through the quality factor (Q factor) of RC and RL circuits and the series-parallel conversion of these circuits.l-

Learn more about L-sections and impedance matching by designing T and Pi matching networks using a Smith chart.

Learn more about L-sections and impedance matching by designing T and Pi matching networks using a Smith chart.

In this project, learn to create a digitally-controlled oscillator or DCO-based audio synthesizer with an Arduino Nano or…

In this project, learn to create a digitally-controlled oscillator or DCO-based audio synthesizer with an Arduino Nano or an Arduino Uno.

Learn about two-element networks (L-sections or L-networks), how they transform one impedance to another, their frequency…

Learn about two-element networks (L-sections or L-networks), how they transform one impedance to another, their frequency response, estimating their bandwidth, and their limitations leading to T networks.

In addition to explaining the nature of a negative voltage, this article briefly discusses how negative voltages are…

In addition to explaining the nature of a negative voltage, this article briefly discusses how negative voltages are generated and why they are useful in circuit design.

Learn about the immittance Smith chart (ZY Smith chart), the effect of adding series and parallel components, impedance…

Learn about the immittance Smith chart (ZY Smith chart), the effect of adding series and parallel components, impedance matching, and finding a two-element matching network.

Learn the basics of how power-based side-channel attacks work and the different types of power analysis attacks,…

Learn the basics of how power-based side-channel attacks work and the different types of power analysis attacks, including simple power analysis (SPA), differential power analysis (DPA), and correlational power analysis (CPA).

Learn about the admittance Smith chart to analyze a parallel connection of resistors, capacitors, and inductors, and see…

Learn about the admittance Smith chart to analyze a parallel connection of resistors, capacitors, and inductors, and see the circuit's behavior over the swept frequency range.

This article will help you decide when to consider a multiphase approach to step-down, switch-mode voltage regulation.

This article will help you decide when to consider a multiphase approach to step-down, switch-mode voltage regulation.

Learn how a series RLC circuit with arbitrary component values can be represented as a point on the Smith chart and how…

Learn how a series RLC circuit with arbitrary component values can be represented as a point on the Smith chart and how an impedance contour on the Smith chart can be used to describe the circuit's frequency response.

Since photoelectric sensing can be achieved with electrical, electromechanical, and electronic components, learn to…

Since photoelectric sensing can be achieved with electrical, electromechanical, and electronic components, learn to build, test, and implement a prototype photoelectric switch using off-the-shelf components with Arduino OpenPLC.

Go from chaos to clarity by learning how to design programs for embedded systems leveraging the Warnier-Orr diagrams.

Go from chaos to clarity by learning how to design programs for embedded systems leveraging the Warnier-Orr diagrams.

The receiver in a digital PAM system must sample and measure the amplitude of a signal that is affected by the frequency…

The receiver in a digital PAM system must sample and measure the amplitude of a signal that is affected by the frequency response of the transmission channel.

Learn about the history and ins/outs of the Smith chart, as well as how it relates to the reflection coefficient and…

Learn about the history and ins/outs of the Smith chart, as well as how it relates to the reflection coefficient and makes calculating impedance easier.

Learn about the effect of mismatch loss on a lossy line, a method to reduce the mismatch loss through fixed attenuators,…

Learn about the effect of mismatch loss on a lossy line, a method to reduce the mismatch loss through fixed attenuators, and the statistical models of this error.

Learn how dithering can suppress both harmonic and non-harmonic spurs and two different types of dithering systems:…

Learn how dithering can suppress both harmonic and non-harmonic spurs and two different types of dithering systems: subtractive and non-subtractive topologies.