CONTENTS July 2010
 
Cover Story 
Coming soon: 3-D TV
By Brian Dipert, Senior Technical Editor, EDN
The fact that 3-D is a hot ticket in tech may not surprise you. The fact that it's headed soon to consumers' homes, however, may surprise—and dismay—cinema owners.
 
Design Feature 
Complex modulation comes to optical fiber
By Martin Rowe, Senior Technical Editor, Test & Measurement World
Fiber is running out of bandwidth just as dial-up lines did years ago. Complex modulation again solves the problem.
Digital power, without the hype
By Paul Rako, Technical Editor, EDN
Digital power is a decision for the chip company, not the system engineer.
 
Special Report 
Collaboration and the evolving semiconductor supply chain
By Mamoon Rashid, ON Semiconductor
Semiconductor manufacturers must take the lead in evolving the tools and business processes that allow the electronics industry to benefit from the efficiency improvements and risk reduction associated with truly collaborative supply chain management.
 
Pulse 
FPGA expansion board eases development of low-cost security access control applications
By Stephen Las Marias, Editor, EDN Asia
High-performance MOSFET comes in 1.6x1.6mm footprint
By Stephen Las Marias, Editor, EDN Asia
Vitesse zeros in on carrier-Ethernet switch needs
By Ron Wilson, Executive Editor, EDN
3-D holographic images deliver impressive realism, need no glasses
By Margery Conner, Technical Editor, EDN
Single-key capacitive touch controllers target use in portable products
By Graham Prophet, Europe Editor, EDN
Rethinking static-timing analysis
By Ron Wilson, Executive Editor, EDN
Expandable 3.6-, 6-, and 13.5-GHz signal analyzers feature optional built-in generator
By Dan Strassberg, Contributing Technical Editor, EDN
 
EDN Asia.Comment 
Uncertainties abound at 22nm
By Kirtimaya Varma, Editor-in-Chief
 
Interview 
“We’re developing many key products to be launched this year”
 
Design Ideas 
Three-transistor modulator-amplifier circuit works with swept-control frequencies
Horia-Nicolai L. Teodorescu and Victor Cojocaru, Gheorghe Asachi Technical University, Iasi, Romania
A modulator-amplifier circuit works well with swept-control frequencies.
Monitor alarm and indicator display multiple deviation boundaries
William Grill, Riverhead Systems, Lenexa, Kansas
Use a microcontroller and its ADCs to indicate process errors.
Tables ease microcontroller programming
Abel Raynus, Armatron International, Malden, Massachusetts
Look-up tables provide quick access to data.
 
New Products 
DC/DC step-down regulator features RF PA power supply
Step-down regulator supports DDR memory
Switch-mode battery chargers enable up to 750mA charging current
POL DC/DC converter suitable for space environment
SWIFT DC/DC converter rated at 2.5A, 60V
MCUs incorporate CANopen drivers
Phase change memory devices feature 300x faster write speeds, 10x write endurance
Precision isolation amplifiers suited to industrial motor control
All-silicon CMOS oscillators come in die/wafer and package forms
16-bit sensor signal conditioner integrates DSP
Ballast control IC simplifies design for industrial HID lighting
LED driver features dynamic headroom control for high-power applications
 
Prying Eyes 
Taking a hard look at Microsoft’s Xbox 360 hard drive
By Brian Dipert, Senior Technical Editor, EDN
A failed unit provides a tempting motivation to answer several questions about Microsoft's Xbox 360 hard drive.
 
MCU Special 
MCU landscape undergoing transformation
By Shyam Sadasivan, ARM
32-bit MCU for a true single-chip digital audio decoder
By Haakon Skar, Atmel Corp.
Low-cost 8-bit MCUs support easy convergence to energy efficient designs
By Juergen Hoika, Infineon Technologies AG
Enabling next-generation of consumer electronics applications
By Wee Seng Lim, Renesas Electronic Singapore Pte Ltd
Next-gen flexible MCU platforms enable faster time-to-market
By Rosarium Pila, Manoj Kumar, and Vinay Thapliyal, STMicroelectronics
Current MCU market trends in the CE space
Sujeeth Joseph, Wipro Technologies
 
INNOVATIONS AND INNOVATORS 
SSMC to ramp up wafer production, focus on HPMS
By Stephen Las Marias, Editor, EDN Asia
Challenging the future with high technology driver ICs
By Jade Jin, Executive Editor, EDN Korea
Sino-micro increases focus on high-efficiency LED drivers
By Yao Gang, Deputy Chief Editor, EDN China
Setting new benchmarks in surveillance technology
By Gurudas Parwani, President, Smart Guard Systems Pvt Ltd
Reliability comes first in storage devices


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Power Technology E-newsletter 
Power.org Releases Power Architecture 32-bit Application Binary Interface Supplement
EDNA, May 11
POL Regulators Designed for Energy-efficient Computing
EDNA, March 11
Fairchild Revolutionizes Power Savings
EDNA, January 11
Lattice Transforms Board Power and Digital Management
EDNA, November 10
 
Analog E-newsletter 
12V Dual-channel Synchronous Buck Converter Features Integrated FETs
EDNA, February 10
Power MOSFETs features reduced top-side thermal impedanc
EDNA, January 10
 
     
 
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