CONTENTS June 2010
 
Cover Story 
Swimming in the channel
By Paul Rako, Technical Editor, EDN
Signal-integrity problems can come back to bite you if you're not careful. Specialized software keeps the sharks away.
 
Design Feature 
Precisely measure settling time to 1ppm
By Jim Williams, Linear Technology Corp.
Intense, extensive, and protracted effort yields a measurement circuit with 20-bit resolution.
 
Special Report 
Global MEMS applications and its market
By Kevin Khua, Technical Support Engineer, Premier Farnell Asia Pacific
Reinforced DC/DC transformer isolation
By Steve Roberts, Recom Electronic
 
Pulse 
DaVinci SoC integrates multiple video functionalities in one chip
By Stephen Las Marias, Editor, EDN Asia
PLX delivers differentiation through evolution
By Brian Dipert, Senior Technical Editor, EDN
100-mm graphene wafers target next-generation electronics
By Suzanne Deffree, Managing Editor, EDN
Smart power-meter-IC family offers alternative to current transformers
By Margery Conner, Technical Editor, EDN
One-step graphene doping could enable graphene CMOS transistors
By Suzanne Deffree, Managing Editor, EDN
Calypto to power-management experts: Have it your way
By Ron Wilson, Executive Editor, EDN
Simulink PLC Coder generates IEC 61131 structured text for industrial control systems
By Stephen Las Marias, Editor, EDN Asia
 
EDN Asia.Comment 
Virtualization design-stage mistakes
By Kirtimaya Varma, Editor-in-Chief
 
Interview 
Battery management systems top electric vehicle issues
By Stephen Las Marias, Editor, EDN Asia
 
Design Ideas 
Strategy processes video in RAM
By Yu-Chieh Chen and Tai-Shan Liao, National Applied Research Laboratories, Hsinchu, Taiwan
How you process images in RAM can eliminate problems with different image sizes.
Battery simulator has variable ESR response
By Barry Galvin, Grae LLC, Simi Valley, California
This active circuit represents many battery types.
Add hysteresis to a voltage comparator
By Luca Bruno, ITIS Hensemberger Monza, Lissone, Italy
 
New Products 
TDR/TDT sampling oscilloscope capable to 12GHz
Analyzer plug-in module increases throughput, reduces transceiver cost of test
Portable positional simulator designed for GPS/Galileo receivers
Signal generator performs closed-loop tests in real-time on LTE base station receivers
Tool speeds development, testing of 802.11n devices operating in 5Ghz bands
 
Power Supplement 
Power management challenges in portability
By Ramprasad Ananthaswamy, Texas Instruments India
Integrated power ICs for mobile MPUs: Not just for portables
By Sam Nork, Jeff Marvin, and Steve Knoth, Linear Technology Corp.
3-level NPC topology design challenges and techniques
By Zhang Xi, Uwe Jansen, and Holger Ruething, Infineon Technologies AG
A different perspective
By Stephen Las Marias, Editor, EDN Asia
Less integrated PMIC decreases design complexity, increases reliability and flexibility
By Jacques Lavernhe, ON Semiconductor
Power management solutions improve operating time in mobile handsets
By Wayne Seto, Fairchild Semiconductor
 
Prying Eyes 
The Black and Decker GH1000 Type 2 string trimmer
By Paul Rako, Technical Editor, EDN
A peek inside a Black and Decker string trimmer to determine why the string won't spin provides a good reason to look at its overall design.
 
INNOVATIONS AND INNOVATORS 
EEPROM combines serial, RF interfaces in one package
By Stephen Las Marias, Editor, EDN Asia
Electrifying innovations for SmartGrid
By S. Uma Mahesh, Indrion Technologies
SAMSUNG Electro-Mechanics MLCCs achieve “carbon reduction level” certification
By Jade Jin, Executive Editor, EDN Korea
First-ever PCB design tool comes in traditional and simplified Chinese
By Mike Pan, Bureau Chief, Taiwan
Quartics brings “beyond HD” video experience
By Yao Gang, Deputy Chief Editor, EDN China


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