Adaptive resolution ADCs
Adaptive resolution for ADCs
Jun 4, 2025 Articles

Engineers always want to get all they can from their circuits; this holds for analog-to-digital converters. To maximize performance from an ADC, resolution is perhaps the primary spec to focus on...

two-way mirror current mirror that is
A two-way mirror - current mirror that is
Jun 3, 2025 Circuits

One classic set you’ll see in most гvintage mystery movies is an interrogation room with a “two-way” mirror in one wall. This cool gadget lets the witnesses see the suspects from another room while the suspects can see only themselves...

SK hynix develops UFS 4.1 solution
SK hynix develops UFS 4.1 solution based on 321-high NAND
Jun 3, 2025 News

SK hynix Inc. announced that it has developed UFS 4.1 solution product adopting the world’s highest 321-layer 1 Tb triple level cell 4D NAND flash for mobile applications...

Current sensing PCB traces vs. shunt
Current sensing: PCB traces vs. shunt resistors
Jun 2, 2025 Articles

When tasked with a current sensing requirement, designers typically look first to using dedicated resistors designed for this task. Occasionally though there is the temptation to consider sensing current in a printed circuit board (PCB) trace...

Lace Lithography uses atoms go beyond
Lace Lithography uses atoms to go beyond EUVL
Jun 1, 2025 Articles

Lace Lithography AS is developing a form of lithography that uses atoms fired at a surface to define features at resolutions beyond what is possible using extreme ultraviolet lithography...

Precision programmable current sink
Precision programmable current sink
May 29, 2025 Circuits

The TL431 has been around for nearly 50 years. During those decades, while primarily marketed as a precision adjustable shunt regulator, this legacy device also found its way into alternative applications...

12-Bit sup sup 3D linear Hall-effect
12-Bit I2C 3D linear Hall-effect sensor from Diodes Incorporated simplifies rotary motion and proximity detection in automotive applications
May 29, 2025 News

Diodes Incorporated introduces its first automotive-compliant 3D linear Hall effect sensor. The AH4930Q detects the magnetic field in the X, Y, and Z directions, allowing for reliable and high-precision contactless rotary motion and proximity detection...

Seven-octave linear-in-pitch VCO
Seven-octave linear-in-pitch VCO
May 28, 2025 Circuits

Frequent contributor Nick Cornford recently shared design ideas incorporating cool circuits for linear-in-pitch voltage-controlled oscillators...

Revealing infrasonic underworld cheaply. Part Hearing
Revealing the infrasonic underworld cheaply. Part 2 - Hearing the infrasound
May 27, 2025 Circuits

In this second and concluding part, we will improve that circuitry and also add an audio output to allow us to hear the otherwise inaudible...

VS1073 incredibly capable audio codec coprocessor
VS1073 - incredibly capable audio codec coprocessor
May 27, 2025 News

VLSI Solution announces VS1073, the world's most advanced audio codec coprocessor with earphone amplifier...