Instead of your trusty old oscilloscope, try using a spectrum analyzer to measure the noise sources that degrade ADC performance Noise from the power supply, linear regulators, and voltage references is a major contributor to the limitations of ...
There are definitely some hefty words in the title but Texas Instruments (TI) has brought something new to the motor control table with its InstaSpin-FOC (field-oriented-control) solution. It is a combination of hardware and software that supports ...
Tiger Zhou, Texas Instruments Remote sensing is widely used in telecommunication applications to meet the demanding accuracy requirements of critical ASICs and processors. This article discusses design considerations for remote sensing, including ...
By Ken Marasco, Analog Devices Smartphones, tablets, digital cameras, navigation systems, medical equipment, and other low-power portable devices often contain multiple integrated circuits manufactured on different semiconductor processes. These ...
Rich Rosen, National Semiconductor Introduction The exponential growth of LED lighting has ushered in a vast selection of integrated circuit devices to provide controlled power to LEDs. No longer acceptable to an energy-conscious world, ...
Harvest Energy from a Single Photovoltaic Cell. Part 1 Nathan Bourgoine, Linear Technology CHOOSING THE MAXIMUM POWER POINT CONTROL VOLTAGE Figure 4 shows a model of the maximum power point control mechanism used by the LTC3105. Figure 3 shows the ...
Nathan Bourgoine, Linear Technology To simplify the distribution of wireless communications for instrumentation, monitoring and control applications, power supply designers strive for device grid-independence. Batteries, the immediately obvious ...
Resettable Circuit Protection for High-Rate-Discharge Li-ion Battery Applications The rapidly expanding market for high-rate-discharge lithium ion (Li-ion) batteries used in applications such as cordless power tools, e-bikes and back-up power ...
Careful device selection and good thermal design practices can help optimize the performance of highly miniaturized dc-dc converters intended for mobile applications. User demands for high functionality in miniaturized devices such as mobile ...
Universal input (90VAC to 265VAC) lets the MAX16841 LED dimmer operate with international dimmer models, which saves design time and costs. Maxim has announced the MAX16841 , an offline LED driver that provides flicker-free dimming from maximum ...