Contents
February 5, 2004
Cover Story
- The search for the perfect language
The electronics industry is racing to find a solution to system-level design that integrates with the current development methodology.
Design Features
- Design-planning guidelines prevent chip surprises
Sensible floorplanning and power-planning techniques pay off with smooth back-end design flows. - Choosing the perfect TFT display: part one
Understanding TFT trade-offs lets you better match the display and interface to your application. - EDN's 2003 Innovator/Innovation Program
EDN's editors have chosen this year's finalists from the scores of candidates in our annual Innovator and Innovation Program. Now we're calling on you to help select the winners.
Leading Edge
- BER analyzer handles 12.5-Gbps serial data
- FROM EDN EUROPE: Software tracks jitter components to source—to 40 Gbps
- FROM EDN EUROPE: Capture spectral data on pulse waveforms
- RF increasingly gets the passive blocks it needs
- Communications analyzers quantify jitter components in 40-Gbps serial data
- Devices target cost-sensitive motor control
- Tool tackles complex FPGAs
- Storage processor offers complete TOE offload
- Rectifier packs 3A into SMA package
- Tiny trackball meets portable needs
- Even digital TV gets the analog blues; here's help
- Data-acquisition boards slash prices, simplify application development
- Real-time spectrum analyzers catch RF signals that elude conventional instruments
- 90-nm devices increase speed and shrink cost
Departments and Columns
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Innovation casts its own spell; you should cast your votes
- Signal Integrity
Measuring differential skew
- Sightings
The outlook for new technology
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FROM EDN EUROPE: First principles
