Advanced Converters Enable Battery-Powered Medical Instrumentation
Low power precision components have enabled the rapid growth of portable and wireless medical instruments. However, unlike many other applications,…
Noise analysis of precision data acquisition signal chain
In many applications, the analog front end takes either a single-ended or differential signal and performs gain or attenuation, antialiasing…
A Fully Integrated 3.5GHz Single Chip GaN Doherty PA for sub-6GHz 5G
This paper describes the development of a fully-integrated packaged Doherty amplifier monolithic microwave integrated circuit (MMIC), fabricated on a 0.4…
High Efficiency, High Density PSM μModule Regulator with Programmable Compensation
FPGA boards, as well as prototype, testing, and measurement applications demand versatile and high density power solutions. The LTM4678…
Why ‘first time’ prototype builds can be a very frustrating stop-start and time consuming process!
One of the biggest issues for a manufacturer with any new prototype product build is the limited numbers of PCB’s…
High Efficiency, 20 A, Monolithic Silent Switcher 2 Regulator for SoC and Microprocessor Applications
Power budgets continually rise for advanced SoC solutions used in industrial and automotive systems. Each successive SoC generation adds power…
Designing with reed relays – Beyond the datasheet
For many switching applications, reed relays remain the superior solution; their small size, high isolation resistance, hermetically sealed contact surfaces…
Broadband (2-18GHz) GaN PA Design
GaN technology can be used to realise broadband microwave power amplifiers with output power levels of around 5 times those…
Laser diodes: How smartphones and self-driving cars see the world
Tiny infrared lasers offer 3D sensing functionality for consumer electronics like smartphones and robots like self-driving cars. In this article,…
Reliable structures and wearable systems call for multiphysics simulation
Engineers at STMicroelectronics use numerical simulation to optimize their semiconductor solutions for a wide range of applications.