• Circuit protection basics - Part 2: Case study - understanding and using predictive analysis

  David McGirt, V.P. of Engineering, Innovolt, February 7, 2012
  This article discusses a circuit protection technology that guards against damage from 99.5% of power disturbances including an infinite variation of voltage sags, brown outs, over voltages, power outages and damaging current inrushes.  More

• Power MOSFETs continue to evolve, thanks to wafer thinning and innovative packaging

  Margery Conner, Technical Editor, February 2, 2012
  Increases in power-MOSFET performance now come not just from tweaks in the silicon device's structure but also—and more significantly—from innovations in manufacturing processes and packaging.  More

• Exploiting subthreshold MOSFET behavior in analog applications

  Robert Chao, Advanced Linear Devices Inc, February 2, 2012
  You can now spin MOSFETs’ “unusable” leakage current into “gold.”  More

• Balancing GBWP and quiescent current for dissipation optimization

  Namrata Pandya, Microchip Technology Inc, February 2, 2012
  Minimizing power dissipation in analog applications requires a careful balance between GBWP and quiescent current.  More

• Stable pulse generator uses matched transistors in a current mirror

  Bill Morong, Paoli, PA; Edited by Margery Conner and Fran Granville, February 2, 2012
  Inexpensive dual transistors work as well as do legacy matched pairs.  More

• Freescale, Inside Secure team on smart-meter reference design

  R Colin Johnson, EE Times, January 24, 2012
  Freescale Semiconductor has partnered with Inside Secure in a smart-meter reference design that cure security ills associated with near field communication (NFC) technology.  More

• TI ups its smart grid offerings

  Nicolas Mokhoff, EE Times, January 23, 2012
  Texas Instruments claims the industry's first demonstration of a radio frequency system-on-chip that integrates an IEEE 802.15.4 (2.4 GHz) radio, an ARM Cortex-M3 processor, and enough flash and RAM to run the ZigBee IP stack and SE2.0 profile.  More

• Use a switching regulator to power a high-speed ADC

  Thomas Neu, Texas Instruments, January 19, 2012
  A properly designed switching regulator can improve the power efficiency of low-power, high-speed ADCs without significantly sacrificing performance.  More

• Theory and practice

  Kevin C Craig, PhD, January 19, 2012
  We all know about the gap; let’s do something about it.  More

• Vizio VTAB1008 tablet: symbiosis of man and machine

  Patrick Mannion, Director of Content, January 19, 2012
  There’s just something about the 8-in. Vizio VTAB1008 Android tablet: You take it out of the box, turn it on, start using it, and immediately get attached to it.  More

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