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Designers sometimes need to analyze the spectrum of a modulated carrier. Although they can do this by down-converting and then digitizing and signal processing in the digital domain, the high-speed analog-to-digital converter and the processor power required will reduce battery life...

The ISO1644, ISO1640 and ISO1641 (ISO164x) devices, released by Texas Instruments are hot swappable, low-power, bidirectional isolators that are compatible with I2C interfaces...

Vishay Intertechnology introduced a new series of HI-TMP® surface-mount wet tantalum capacitors with high operating temperatures to +200 °C in the compact C case code...

Because of internal circuit-breaker delay and limited MOS-gate pulldown current, many hot-swap controllers do not limit current during the first 10 to 50 µsec following a shorted output. The result can be a brief flow of several hundred amperes ...

Maxim Integrated Products unveiled the MAX98396 Class D/G speaker amplifier with the industry’s lowest noise and lowest quiescent power consumption, which is nearly five times lower power than similar amplifiers...

With eight selectable fixed-output voltages, diagnostic features for functional safety, and high thermal performance, STMicroelectronics’ L99VR01 AEC-Q100 qualified low-dropout linear voltage regulators simplify system design and ease inventory management for multiple automotive applications...

Nordic Semiconductor announces the launch of its first power management IC, the ‘nPM1100’. The nPM1100 combines a USB compatible input regulator with overvoltage protection, 400 mA battery charger and 150 mA DC/DC...

Using impulse radios as an example, we'll examine the advantages of ultra-wideband (UWB) technology compared to other short-range wireless communication technologies...

Expanding its portfolio of advanced power management ICs  for energy harvesting applications, E-peas has announced two new devices capable of further pushing the performance envelope...

Minimizing noise is a common challenge for engineers designing a power supply for noise-sensitive systems for test and measurement and radio applications, such as clocks, data converters or amplifiers...