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Consider the Discrete JFET When You Have a Priority Performance Objective
Description: Though not as well known as the bipolar transistor or op amp, this long-established transistor still excels in where you need to optimize circuit behavior, such as for lowest noise. Many engineers are ...
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Adding Class D Audio to 32-bit Embedded Systems in an Unconventional Way
From: Silicon LabsDescription: Class D amplifiers can reach very high efficiency levels, resulting in significant power savings. However, the translation from the input signal to PWM and the PWM quantization itself can cause more ...
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Determination of the Oscillation Safety Factor (OSF)
Description: To ensure a reliable operation of a crystal oscillator circuit, the oscillation safety factor (OSF) is worth to take a closer look at. The oscillation safety factor (OSF) shows the feedback gain ...
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MSK5059RH and MSK5032 Evaluation Board User's Guide
From: M.S. Kennedy Corp.Description: The evaluation board provides a platform from which to evaluate new designs with ample real estate to make changes and evaluate results. Evaluation early in the design phase reduces the likelihood of ...
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Startup Voltage Tracking With MSK5910RH and 5922RH Low Dropout Radiation Hardened Regulators
From: M.S. Kennedy Corp.Description: The MSK5910RH and MSK5922RH are 5A, radiation hardened, low dropout regulators with input to output voltage tracking capability. Many FPGAs require a logic power supply that is greater than the core ...
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New GaN FETs, Amplifiers and Switches Offer System Engineers a Way to Reduce RF Board Space and System Prime Power
Description: Ever-increasing demands for faster product launch times, higher performance, lower part counts and reduced costs create RF system design challenges. This paper focuses on how the latest gallium ...
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Implement High-Performance Floating-Point Processing on FPGAs
From: Altera CorporationDescription: Floating-point processing utilizes a format defined in IEEE 754, and is supported by microprocessor architectures. However, the IEEE 754 format is inefficient to implement in hardware, and ...
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Guide to Voltage Translation With TXS-Type Translators
Description: Modern trends are driving the need for lower supply voltages across many system-level designs. As most processor voltage levels continue to decrease in the interest of achieving the lowest possible ...
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Temperature Compensation of a Tuning Fork Crystal Based on MCP79410
Description: An increasing number of applications that involve time measurement are requiring a Real-Time Clock device. The MCP79410 is a feature-rich RTCC that incorporates EEPROM, SRAM, unique ID and time-stamp. ...
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Using Single Supply Operational Amplifiers in Embedded Systems
Description: Beyond the primitive transistor, the operational amplifier (op amp) is the most basic building block for analog applications. Fundamental functions such as gain, load isolation, signal inversion, ...
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Video Playback and Streaming Solutions Using the PIC® MCU
Description: The required bandwidth for data access from off-chip components can be a bottleneck in the system performance for microcontroller (MCU) video applications. This restriction translates into limiting ...
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High Reliability Guide
Description: The Texas Instruments (TI) High Reliability (HiRel) Guide features the five segments that are capable of increasing system-level reliability in applications subjected to unusually demanding and harsh ...
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Standard Linear Guide
Description: TI's Standard Linear guide showcases a wide range of standard analog products with features such as small packaging, performance and cost-savings, all designed to satisfy an extensive range of ...
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A Simple Alternative to Analog Isolation Amplifiers
From: Silicon LabsDescription: Many analog circuits require linear (analog) signal isolation for safety, signal level shifting, and/or ground loop elimination. Linear signal isolation is typically difficult to implement, costly, ...
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Using Fully Differential Op Amps as Attenuators, Part 1 (.pdf)
Description: In this article, we consider a balanced, differential bipolar input signal and propose an architecture utilizing a fully differential operational amplifier (FDA) to accomplish the task. ...
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Using Fully Differential Op Amps as Attenuators, Part 2 (.pdf)
Description: In this article, we will show how to adapt the circuits presented in Part 1 to a high-voltage, single-ended (SE) bipolar input. ...
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Using Fully Differential Op Amps as Attenuators, Part 3 (.pdf)
Description: In this article, we will show how to adapt the circuits presented in Parts 1 and 2 to the more complex case where the input signal is a high-voltage, SE unipolar input with arbitrary common-mode ...
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Avago Technologies: Automotive Isolation Amplifier for Voltage Sensing (.pdf)
From: NewarkDescription: The introduction of electric and hybrid electric vehicles have added high voltage electric modules into the car. The battery stack in a hybrid can be in excess of 150V, higher for the inverter driving ...
