CONTENTS September 2004
 
Cover Story 
From the ashes : The next stage of EDA
by Gabe Moretti, Technical Editor
Moore's Law is not dead, and the EDA industry is challenged with keeping it profitable. This task requires a change in focus from designing silicon structures to producing systems.
 
Design Feature 
A new embedded architecture: Bigger better boards
by Warren Webb, Technical Editor
After several years of declining business activity, leading telecom-equipment manufacturers are backing a new, open-system architecture in the hope of returning their industry to profitability.
When, where, and WiMax
by Matthew Miller, Special Projects Editor
A realistic look at an emerging wireless-broadband technology.
 
Special Report 
Sources and remedies of analog circuit noise
by Bonnie C. Baker, Microchip Technology Inc.
Reducing system noise does not have to be frustrating, time consuming or expensive. Knowing what to do and when are key factors.
 
Pulse 
Single-chip 1394a link & PHY for audio/video data connectivity
Edited by Robin Lange, Managing Editor
Good avalanche ruggedness for IH applications
MOSFET driver enables multiphase notebook PC supplies
Bill Schweber
Express technology extended for automated instrumentation and real-time systems
MAX II CPLD family reduces cost and power consumption
Smart card readers incorporate biometric electronics
N.S. Manjunath
GPS chipset offers better performance
Mike Pan
ASK/FSK receiver with integrated image rejection
Converter exceeds 1000 W/in3, suits Power-over-Ethernet (PoE) applications
N.S. Manjunath
Delta-Sigma ADCs for low cost multiplexed applications
Supply inductor also functions as a current-sense resistor
Bill Schweber
Higher performance for cable modems
 
EDN Asia.Comment 
Flexible architectures need new design ideas
By Kirtimaya Varma, Editor-in-Chief
 
Interview 
"Not many semiconductor makers will qualify to go to 90nm"
By Kirtimaya Varma, Editor-in-Chief
The race towards 90nm node has begun in right earnest in the programmable logic segment, even as basic problems at this node are still being grappled with.
 
Design Ideas 
Transformerless dc/dc converter produces bipolar outputs
David Kim, Linear Technology Corp, Milpitas, CA
Isolated MOSFET driver has wide duty-cycle range
Jesus Doval-Gandoy and Moises Pereira Martinez, ETSI Industriales, Vigo, Spain
Optoelectronic position control simplifies motor movements
Marie Rivera, Apex Microtechnology Corp, Tucson, AZ
White-LED driver provides 64-step logarithmic dimming
William Hadden, Maxim Integrated Products, Sunnyvale
Edited by Bill Travis
 
 
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