In this article, learn about protecting three major base station systems, the baseband unit, the power supply, and the backup battery system.
March 10, 2022 by Todd Phillips, Littelfuse
This article covers undesired switching events, known as hazards, that can occur when developing combinational logic circuits.
December 30, 2021 by Dale Wilson
Gate-level implementation of logic functions is limited by the gate fan-in. This article examines logic factoring, grouping, and level increases to implement logic functions with limited input gates.
December 29, 2021 by Dale Wilson
In this article, we’ll take a deeper look at how PUFs are classified, the attributes that make a “good” PUF, and design tradeoffs.
July 18, 2021 by Jake Hertz
In this article, we’ll discuss the PUF or physically unclonable function and how it boosts hardware security in ICs.
June 14, 2021 by Jake Hertz
In this series of articles, we’ll discuss one of the fundamental building blocks of analog IC design: the switched-capacitor circuit.
April 21, 2021 by Jake Hertz
Modeling hysteresis in SPICE can be difficult when you're dealing with a multivalued transfer function. In this article, we'll teach you a way to "cheat" to get around this issue.
January 22, 2021 by Kevin Aylward
Assessing the thermal performance of an IC package becomes easier if you understand this common, but often misapplied, parameter known as theta JA.
December 27, 2020 by Dr. Steve Arar
This series will give you foundational information about the concept of integrated circuit (IC) design flows across types of IC.
December 09, 2020 by Jean-Jacques DeLisle
This brief gives an overview of the steps in a typical mixed-signal IC design flow.
December 07, 2020 by Jean-Jacques DeLisle
Learn the high-level steps behind RFIC design.
December 06, 2020 by Jean-Jacques DeLisle
Learn the basic steps of the analog IC design process and how it compares to digital IC design.
December 04, 2020 by Jean-Jacques DeLisle
Learn the high-level overview of digital integrated circuit (IC) design.
December 02, 2020 by Jean-Jacques DeLisle
In this article, we will learn how to find the optimal size of a transistor/logic gate present in a larger circuit to provide the desired performance using the linear delay model.
November 16, 2020 by Tosin Jemilehin
In this article, we'll discuss the Elmore delay model, which provides a simplistic delay analysis that avoids time-consuming numerical integration/differential equations of an RC network.
November 11, 2020 by Tosin Jemilehin
In this article, you'll learn the basics of the CMOS image sensor, including its core components, its block diagram, its strengths and weaknesses, and its applications.
November 09, 2020 by Dr. Steve Arar
In this article, we'll discuss how a single transistor can be sized to properly integrate with other transistors to provide optimal performance in terms of speed and power.
November 02, 2020 by Tosin Jemilehin
Learn about various non-idealities of MOS transistors and the effects they have on VLSI system reliability.
October 06, 2020 by Tosin Jemilehin
This article discusses VLSI (very-large-scale integration) circuits and the sources of non-idealities that affect MOS transistors.
September 29, 2020 by Tosin Jemilehin
This article discusses designing input/output drivers for integrated circuit I2C modules.
August 05, 2020 by Chandana Krishna
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