CONTENTS October 2006
 
Cover Story 
100Mbps broadband: HOW, WHY, WHEN, AND WHERE?
A triple play of voice, video, and data moves the bandwidth target as consumers adopt HDTV and DVR technologies and demand more content choices.
 
Design Feature 
Low-volume handheld designs: Not for the faint of heart
by Dan Strassberg, Contributing Technical Editor, EDN
Beyond ROHS: THE GREENING OF GLOBAL MARKETS
by Margery Conner, Technical Editor, EDN
 
Special Report 
Easy WiMAX designs with FPGAs
by Brian Jentz and Deepak Boppana, Altera
 
Pulse 
TI's 45nm manufacturing process doubles output
µCool power MOSFETs for portable apps
Real-time MPEG-4 video encoder in single FPGA
Small optical encoders for consumer, office, industrial, and automotive apps
National Semiconductor intros ultra-high-speed ADC
Renesas releases lead-free glass encapsulated diodes
The first member of a family of ARM9-based Flash microcontrollers
STMicro’s 90nm SoC capability for hard disk drives
High-performance, simplified solution for inverter motor designs up to 7.5kW
Single-chip home gateway reduces system chip count up to 60%
Surface mount temperature compensated Zener diode in SOT-363 package
FRAM-enhanced 8051 MCU
 
EDN Asia.Comment 
Designing in the third dimension
by Kirtimaya Varma, Editor-in-Chief
 
Interview 
"The greatest change is the sophistication of criminals"
interview by Kirtimaya Varma, Editor-in-Chief
 
Design Ideas 
Error compensation improves bipolar-current sinks
Christian de Godzinsky, Planmeca Oy, Helsinki, Finland
Phase-sequence indicator uses few passive components
Metodi Iliev, University of California—Berkeley
Microcontroller’s single I/O-port line drives a bar-graph display
R Jayapal, PhD, Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd, Trichy, India
 
New Products 
Boards & Modules
Passives
Semiconductors
Test & Measurement
 
Power Supplement 
Battery recall should put spotlight on safety
Kirtimaya Varma
 
Global Designer 
Module simplifies data acquisition with USB
Graham Prophet EDN Europe
Code verifies AHB designs
Chitra Giridhar EDN Asia
 
Prying Eyes 
MP3 disassembly: Tech for thrifty tune-toters
by Brian Dipert, Senior Technical Editor, EDN
KNOWLEDGE CENTER
Panasonic Key Devices Guide 2008 :
 
Fairchild Semiconductor :
 
Texas Instruments: DaVinci™ Technology
 
Texas Instruments: Safe Bet Series
 
 
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