News stories, in-depth tutorial feature articles, and Design Ideas published in EDN.com's Analog Design Center. en-us http://www.edn.com/community/47038/Analog+Design.html Copyright 2009 Reed Business Information. Subject to its Terms of Use (http://www.edn.com/index.asp?layout=page&module=terms) Sun, 29 Nov 2009 13:39:56 PDT http://www.edn.com/article/CA6707795.html?rssid=233 Tim Draper, managing director of venture capital at Draper Fisher Jurvestson and chairman of Bizworld, recently spoke to EDN about his thoughts on regulation, free trade, and encouraging entrepreneurship. Thu, 26 Nov 2009 00:00:00 PDT http://www.edn.com/article/CA6707779.html?rssid=233 From the CMR (common-mode rejection) perspective, instrumentation amplifiers are systems in which various parts contribute to the CMR error at different system gains. Thu, 26 Nov 2009 00:00:00 PDT http://www.edn.com/article/CA6705257.html?rssid=233 There are many ways to make properly shaped signal edges, but they are each equivalent to some linear filtering operation. Thu, 12 Nov 2009 00:00:00 PDT http://www.edn.com/article/CA6706294.html?rssid=233 Maxim’s new MAX16064 monitoring-and-control chip supervises four analog switching power converters. Tue, 10 Nov 2009 00:00:00 PDT http://www.edn.com/article/CA6706291.html?rssid=233 Targeting applications in wireless-communications, defense, and test-and-measurement equipment, Texas Instruments recently announced the 12-bit, 1G-sample/sec ADS5400 ADC with 2.1-GHz input bandwidth. Tue, 10 Nov 2009 00:00:00 PDT http://www.edn.com/article/CA6705379.html?rssid=233 National Semiconductor has made significant improvements to its free Webench online-design tool, which operates with most popular Web browsers. Mon, 09 Nov 2009 00:00:00 PDT http://www.edn.com/article/CA6705308.html?rssid=233 Analog Devices’ new AD9269 family of 20M-, 40M-, 65M-, and 80M-sample/sec pipeline ADCs takes 16-bit samples. Wed, 04 Nov 2009 00:00:00 PDT http://www.edn.com/article/CA6704254.html?rssid=233 Linear Technology Corp’s new LTC5541 downconverting mixer operates at frequencies of 1.3 to 2.3 GHz, and the company plans to later introduce pin-compatible parts that will operate at 0.6 to 4 GHz. Wed, 28 Oct 2009 00:00:00 PDT http://www.edn.com/article/CA6702277.html?rssid=233 Learn the thermal considerations so you don't get burned. Thu, 22 Oct 2009 00:00:00 PDT http://www.edn.com/article/CA6702268.html?rssid=233 You can create a 12-bit system using a 24-bit converter and eliminate the need for analog gain and level-shifting circuits. Thu, 22 Oct 2009 00:00:00 PDT http://www.edn.com/article/CA6703242.html?rssid=233 Various serial data standards require different clock specifications. Wed, 21 Oct 2009 00:00:00 PDT http://www.edn.com/article/CA6703183.html?rssid=233 Altium’s new NanoBoard 3000 embedded-system-development platform includes a board with an FPGA chip, an IR (infrared) remote control, and a 12-month license for Altium Designer schematic and FPGA software. Wed, 21 Oct 2009 00:00:00 PDT http://www.edn.com/article/CA6702709.html?rssid=233 Exar Corp’s new 5A XRP7704 and 16A XRP7740 quad-PWM (pulse-width-modulation)-controller chips include gate-driver circuitry that drives external FETs. Mon, 19 Oct 2009 00:00:00 PDT http://www.edn.com/article/CA6701649.html?rssid=233 Targeting LAN (local-area networks) and SAN (storage-area networks), Epson Toyocom recently announced the highly stable EG-4101/4121CA SAW (surface-acoustic-wave) resonator. Tue, 13 Oct 2009 00:00:00 PDT http://www.edn.com/article/CA6701497.html?rssid=233 Cissoid has introduced the Magma switching-power-supply PWM (pulse-width-modulator)-controller chip, which operates with 6 to 30V inputs and provides duty cycles up to 90%. Mon, 12 Oct 2009 00:00:00 PDT http://www.edn.com/article/CA6699737.html?rssid=233 The piecewise-linear step starts with a jerk, mindlessly follows a perfectly uniform ramp, and smacks hard into its upper limit. Real signals don't do that. Thu, 08 Oct 2009 00:00:00 PDT http://www.edn.com/article/CA6699732.html?rssid=233 Simple in concept, voltage comparators have myriad specifications that complicate their application. Thu, 08 Oct 2009 00:00:00 PDT http://www.edn.com/article/CA6698688.html?rssid=233 New design equations let you pick equal capacitor values and solve for the resistors to achieve any desired gain in one stage. Thu, 01 Oct 2009 00:00:00 PDT