Level-Setting DAC Calibration for ATE Pin Electronics

Minhaaz Shaik, Product Applications Engineer Comments Off on Level-Setting DAC Calibration for ATE Pin Electronics

Abstract This article provides the methodology to calibrate digital-to-analog converters (DACs) specifically for pin electronic drivers, comparators, load, PMU, and DPS. DACs have nonlinear properties such as differential nonlinearity (DNL)... Read More

4-Switch Buck-Boost Controller Layout for Low Emissions—Single Hot Loop vs. Dual Hot Loop

4-Switch Buck-Boost Controller Layout for Low Emissions—Single Hot Loop vs. Dual Hot Loop

Yonghwan Cho, Applications Engineer and Keith Szolusha, Applications Director Comments Off on 4-Switch Buck-Boost Controller Layout for Low Emissions—Single Hot Loop vs. Dual Hot Loop

Automotive application circuits must meet strict EMI standards to avoid interfering with broadcast and mobile service frequency bands. In many cases, Silent Switcher® and Silent Switcher 2 solutions can make... Read More

Medical Vision Systems

Medical Vision Systems Comments Off on Medical Vision Systems

In order to provide medical care, it is important to understand what is happening inside a patient’s body. The latest generation of vision systems is allowing doctors to create accurate imaging.... Read More

2022 ELECTRONICS AND SEMICONDUCTOR OUTLOOK

Alan Porter, Vice President of Electronics and Semiconductor Industry Strategy, Siemens Comments Off on 2022 ELECTRONICS AND SEMICONDUCTOR OUTLOOK

Growth in both the electronics and semiconductor industries has been accelerated by the global pandemic and greatly challenged by global chip shortages. When the pandemic took hold, remote work became the... Read More

The promise of hybrid graphene/metal structures for advanced interconnects

Swati Achra, Inge Asselberghs, Zsolt Tokei, IMEC Comments Off on The promise of hybrid graphene/metal structures for advanced interconnects

Advancing the chip’s back-end-of-line While chipmakers continue to make advancements with transistor technologies in the front-end-of-line (FEOL), the interconnects within the chip’s back-end-of-line (BEOL) are challenged to keep pace. This... Read More

Enabling Smart Robotics with Single-Board Computing

New-Tech Magazine Group Ltd. Comments Off on Enabling Smart Robotics with Single-Board Computing

Nearly 100 years have passed since the word “robot” was used for the first time in a play called R.U.R., short for Rossum’s Universal Robots. R.U.R. was about mechanical men... Read More

Accelerating Innovation at the Edge with Adaptive System-on-Modules

Evan Leal, Director, Product Marketing - Boards & Kits at Xilinx Comments Off on Accelerating Innovation at the Edge with Adaptive System-on-Modules

AI-enabled applications are increasingly being deployed at the edge and endpoint. High-performance AI inference is enabling smarter cities and highly automated smart factories. Even the retail experience is becoming more... Read More