Making oscillator selection crystal clear By Paul Rako, Technical Editor
Silicon and MEMS oscillators are joining venerable quartz crystals and ceramic resonators in the highly diverse oscillator market. You don't need a crystal ball to select the right device for your application, but some pertinent facts will help.
Suppressing nonstationary noise in mobile handsets By Lloyd Watts, Audience
Mobile carriers are intimately aware of the role that voice quality plays in customer retention. One of the primary factors affecting voice quality is environmental noise, so any means of suppressing noise provides a potential differentiator for handset manufacturers.
PCIe clock distribution in embedded systems By Ian Dobson and Jim Holbrook, Integrated Device Technology Inc
As PCIe rapidly becomes the I/O interface of choice for high-performance systems, clock-distribution and jitter-reduction requirements create challenges for the embedded-system-design team.
