CONTENTS September 2006
 
Cover Story 
FPGAs balance lower power, smaller nodes drip by drip
by Michael Santarini, Senior Editor, EDN
The FPGA industry faces the endless and unavailing task of addressing demand for low-power operation, even as vendors face the lure of performance, density, and price-per-gate advantages of the 65nm process node.
 
Design Feature 
Capacitive TOUCH sensors gain fans
by David Marsh, Contributing Technical Editor, EDN
Capacitive proximity sensors embody an old concept that today’s IC technologies promise to deliver. Vendors vie to win over new markets in the automotive, consumer, and industrial markets using methods that combine traditional analog with the best of contemporary digital techniques.
Making vehicles safer by making them smarter
by Robert Cravotta, Technical Editor, EDN
New features must be smarter to add value without distracting the driver and increasing the risk of accidents.
 
Special Report 
Input capacitor considerations
by John Bottrill, Senior Application Engineer, Texas Instruments
Functions that require different features are not always compatible on a single capacitor.
 
Pulse 
High-speed buffer and multiplexer family sets signal integrity benchmark
Dual-tuner DVB-T ExpressCard 54 reference design for notebooks
Second gen low-cost GSM single-chip
Radio transmitter IC consumes 30% less power
Mass-producible polymeric UWB antenna
Improved material for 256Mbit FeRAM using 65nm technology
Small, low-noise, high-linearity LNAs for 2.2GHz cellular infrastructure
UXGA resolution RGB amplifier eliminates negative supply
ESD protection for automotive engine-control systems
"Industry’s first" Fast-mode Plus devices
Step-down circuit with I2C interface extends battery life
 
EDN Asia.Comment 
The interconnect issue
by Kirtimaya Varma, Editor-in-Chief
 
Interview 
"Moving from 90 to 65nm brings significant benefits to the customer"
by Denice Cabel, Editor, EDNAsia Online
 
Design Ideas 
Microcontroller, JFET form low-cost, two-digit millivoltmeter
Noureddine Benabadji, University of Sciences and Technology, Oran, Algeria
Inexpensive envelope tracker handles wide signal variations
Hartley oscillator requires no coupled inductors
Jim McLucas, Longmont, CO
 
New Products 
Embedded
Passives
Test & Measurement
Semiconductors
 
India Supplement 
New opportunities opening up
Kirtimaya Varma
 
Global Designer 
Japanese power-supply vendors see engineers as competitive advantages
Margery Conner Technical Editor, EDN
WiMax transceiver matches client to band
Maury Wright, Editor-in-Chief, EDN
Germanium boosts thermophotovoltaic efficiency
Maury Wright, Editor in Chief, EDN
 
Prying Eyes 
Dropped call: Breaking down a broken cellphone
by Brian Dipert, Senior Technical Editor, EDN


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