CONTENTS September 2010
 
Cover Story 
Altering the SOC-design Flow
By Ronald Wilson, Executive Editor, EDN
Powerful forces are at work, resculpting SOC-design methods into new shapes.
 
Design Feature 
Low Power: A Chip and System-design Primer
By Mike Salas, Silicon Labs
Parsing through the conflicting power-consumption claims of various microcontroller vendors can be challenging. For most applications, a duty-cycle-determined fundamental power-consumption equation can easily cut through the clutter.
Power Management for Optimal Power Design
By Prasad Subramaniam, eSilicon Corp.
A holistic approach to power management, from transistors to full-chip techniques, is necessary for meeting today's power-management goals.
 
Special Report 
High-performance Chips Pave the Way for Electric Bikes
By Juergen Hoika, Infineon Technologies
 
Pulse 
Premier Farnell Helps Engineers Reduce Design Cycle Times
By Stephen Las Marias, Editor, EDN Asia
Power Manager Software Simplifies UPS and ePDU Supervision
Three-channel PMIC Targeted at Embedded Camera Modules
By Stephen Las Marias, Editor, EDN Asia
Freescale Launches Most Scalable ARM Cortex-M4-based MCU
By Stephen Las Marias, Editor, EDN Asia
Isolated POL Converter Combines Best of Two Power-bus Architectures
By Margery Conner, Technical Editor, EDN
Signal Generator Family Reaches 70GHz with Low Phase Noise
By Rick Nelson, Editor-in-Chief, EDN
Platform Manages Computing Cloud
By Margery Conner, Technical Editor, EDN
Tiny PSIP delivers 113W/in²
By Margery Conner, Technical Editor, EDN
 
EDN Asia.Comment 
Japan Coalition to Take on Intel
By Kirtimaya Varma, Editor-in-Chief, EDN Asia
 
Interview 
“With Design Integration, Model-based Designs are Becoming Popular”
By Kirtimaya Varma, Editor-in-Chief
 
Design Ideas 
Switched-capacitor Voltage Multiplier Achieves 95% Efficiency
By Marián Štofka, Slovak University of Technology, Bratislava, Slovakia
You can use low-on-resistance analog switches to improve efficiency.
Isolated FET Pulse Driver Increases Power Rate and Duty Cycle
By Jaime Castelló, José M Espí, and Rafael García-Gil, University of Valencia, Spain
Control power transistors with duty cycles from 2 percent to 98 percent.
Bootstrap Circuit Speeds Solenoid Actuation
By Ralf Kelz, Seefeld, Germany
Bootstrap circuit speeds operation or reduces dc power.
 
New Products 
Power Inlet Module Integrates an EMI Filter
Humidity Sensor Now Qualified to AEC-Q100
Standard Series of Transformers for DSL Splitters
Thick-film Chip Fuses Come in 0603 Case Size
SAR ADC has Intelligent System Power Management
Converters Boost Voltages as Low as 0.7V
Mic Interface Chip Supports Diverse Audio-enabled Apps
High-density, Rad-hard FPGA Designed for Space Applications
Schmitt Trigger Operates to 225°C
Schottky Diodes Come in SOT-963 Package
DC/DC Regulator Features Tracking, Phase-Lockable Frequency Synchronization
Measurement IC Boosts Power Inverter Performance
Tool Simplifies Bluetooth/WLAN Module Testing
Protocol Analysis Platform Targets 8G Fibre Channel Market
DAQ Platform Delivers Distributed Sensor Measurements
RF Diagnostic Chamber Provides Free-Space Conditions
 
Prying Eyes 
The Titan 15000 Laser Level
By Paul Rako, Technical Editor, EDN
Investigating a shaky laser uncovers a plethora of design shortcomings.
 
INNOVATIONS AND INNOVATORS 
DSP-based MCU Integrates 96-channel Touch Sensors
By Jade Jin, Executive Editor, EDN Korea
Innovation Drives Growth for Agilent
By Stephen Las Marias, Editor, EDN Asia
GalaxyCore Targets More than Half of China’s CIS Market
By Yao Gang, Deputy Chief Editor, EDN China
Device Integrates Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and FM in One Solution


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Power Technology E-newsletter 
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