It is well-known that, during system development, critical signal-integrity and EMI (electromagnetic-interference) simulations are difficult, time-consuming, and error-prone due to their reliance on hard-to-predict ....
A challenge that often confronts IC designers and support engineers is creating realistic data-channel models and accurately simulating signal transmission through them. Spice models of connectors, vias, ....
Video op amps have improved significantly since their debut in the early 1990s. The first versions operated from ±15V supplies, featured bandwidths of 50 MHz, and delivered slew rates in the low hundreds ....
Every process generation brings new design challenges, but, for the 40-nm node, both the difficulty and the risks are exceptional. Increased complexity, size, and design costs dictate that designers adopt ....
Buck-boost converter topologies fit into a wide range of applications. Whether you are charging a battery from a battery, powering a string of LEDs, or running a handheld device from a single cell, the ....
Measuring the signal quality of USB (Universal Serial Bus) interfaces requires that designers meet the stringent constraints of the USB-IF (USB Implementers Forum, www.usb.org) specification. Nothing ....
Cell phones use modern modulation schemes that require linear amplification of the RF signal. A typical way to achieve this linearity is to burn more power in the output stage. This approach reduces efficiency, ....
In a conventional diode-rectified flyback converter, the output diode rectifier is a substantial power-loss contributor. The average current in the output diode is equal to the dc output current, and ....
Advances in server-processing power have coupled with increasing demands on workloads to drive up data-center power consumption in the United States. Currently, data centers, or server “farms,” account ....
Memory devices are evolving to match the needs of applications that are in continuous demand, such as high-performance communications, networking, and DSP systems. Specialized memory products that optimize ....
