Test equipment is everywhere. Every trade show has it regardless of the focus. Power is no exception. At APEC 2024, EE World visited several booths displaying test equipment: meters, oscilloscopes, source-measure units (SMUs), bench power supplies, … [Read More...] about APEC 2024: Test equipment
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Today on EE World
- Battery and charging innovations driving electrification
- Choose a 5G base station’s PA bias control circuit
- Gate driver offers programmable control and monitoring for automotive applications
- Intelligent industrial camera with 4K streaming
- Inductor line supports 100 kHz to 600 kHz power switching
- PSMA launches “Global Energy Efficiency Awards” to recognize impactful innovations on Earth Day 2024
- SoCs designed to enable battery-free IoT devices
FAQs
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Battery and charging innovations driving electrification
The urgency of mitigating climate change and reducing greenhouse gas emissions has prompted businesses to adopt more sustainable transportation solutions, particularly electric vehicles … Read about Battery and charging innovations driving electrification
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Choose a 5G base station’s PA bias control circuit
Bias control of PAs is crucial to ensure optimum radio performance under all conditions. Current sensing and temperature sensing provides the feedback needed to control the PA bias. The choice … Read about Choose a 5G base station’s PA bias control circuit
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What is intermodulation, and is it good or bad? Part 2
A mixer can upconvert and downconvert a modulated signal with no loss of baseband information. Part 1 of this series described intermodulation resulting from the combining of two or more … Read about What is intermodulation, and is it good or bad? Part 2
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How to quantify pulse current capability of SiC FETs
Silicon Carbide FETs go beyond silicon to extend reach to high pulse currents in power conversion applications. by Pete Losee, Power Devices, Qorvo Wide bandgap (WBG) semiconductor … Read about How to quantify pulse current capability of SiC FETs
Focus on Analog ICs
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Compact analog front-end provides efficient electrochemical sensing for next-gen devices
onsemi announced the availability of the CEM102, a compact analog front-end (AFE) that enables electrochemical sensing with exceptional accuracy at very low currents. With its small form factor and … [Read More...] about Compact analog front-end provides efficient electrochemical sensing for next-gen devices
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SIM card level translator boasts ESD protection
HMI announced the launch of its HL5301WL01, a SIM card level translator with level shifting and IEC610004-2 electrostatic charge protection for SIM card ports. The HL5301WL01 integrates two … [Read More...] about SIM card level translator boasts ESD protection
Focus on Microcontrollers
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SoCs designed to enable battery-free IoT devices
Silicon Labs has announced a new family of wireless system-on-chip (SoC) products called the xG22E. This new SoC family is designed to operate within the ultra-low power requirements of battery-free, … [Read More...] about SoCs designed to enable battery-free IoT devices
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Industrial motherboard supports DDR5, triple 4K video
ASRock Industrial is thrilled to announce the launch of its latest innovation, the SBC-262M-WT 3.5” SBC Motherboard, a new benchmark in edge computing, powered by the advanced Intel Atom x7433RE … [Read More...] about Industrial motherboard supports DDR5, triple 4K video
Focus on Power Electronics
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Gate driver offers programmable control and monitoring for automotive applications
The L99H92 automotive gate driver from STMicroelectronics provides an SPI port for programming and diagnostics, a charge pump, protective features, and two additional current-sense amplifiers for system monitoring. Containing two high-side and two … [Read More...] about Gate driver offers programmable control and monitoring for automotive applications
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Inductor line supports 100 kHz to 600 kHz power switching
Vanguard Electronic announced the expansion of its CMN and SCMN series Common Mode Choke Inductors with the addition of eight new series: CMN4, CMN6, CMN7, CMN9, SCMN4, SCMN6, SCMN7, and SCMN9. These new series are the latest addition to Vanguard’s … [Read More...] about Inductor line supports 100 kHz to 600 kHz power switching
Focus on 5G
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Choose a 5G base station’s PA bias control circuit
Bias control of PAs is crucial to ensure optimum radio performance under all conditions. Current sensing and temperature sensing provides the feedback needed to control the PA bias. The choice of sensing and biasing circuits brings design … [Read More...] about Choose a 5G base station’s PA bias control circuit
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OFC 2024: It’s AI or die
Today’s data rates are already too slow, and so are tomorrow’s. Expect more complaints about slow networks in 2025. On March 21, 2024, nVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang gave a speech on how AI is changing the world. It has surely changed the attitudes of … [Read More...] about OFC 2024: It’s AI or die
Focus on Test & Measurement
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What is intermodulation, and is it good or bad? Part 2
A mixer can upconvert and downconvert a modulated signal with no loss of baseband information. Part 1 of this series described intermodulation resulting from the combining of two or more sinusoidal signals through a nonlinear device such as the mixer in Figure 1. The mixer’s output is the product of its two inputs, and its […]
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What is intermodulation, and is it good or bad? Part 1
Sinusoidal inputs applied to a nonlinear system produce an output containing different frequencies, and the results can be good, bad, or ugly. According to the dictionary definition, intermodulation is “the production in an electrical device of currents having frequencies equal to the sums and differences of frequencies supplied to the device.” In the literature of […]
Embedded Systems
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Advanced development tools tailored for general-purpose, 32-bit RISC-V MCUs
IAR announced enhancements to its premier development environment to support the first general-purpose 32-bit RISC-V MCUs with Renesas’ internally developed CPU core. This enhanced offering includes advanced debugging capabilities and sophisticated … [Read More...] about Advanced development tools tailored for general-purpose, 32-bit RISC-V MCUs
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Compact SSDs support PCIe Gen 4×4 with enhanced data integrality and i-temp compatibility
Silicon Motion Technology Corporation introduced the new generation FerriSSD NVMe PCIe Gen 4 x4 BGA SSD. This latest solution features support for i-temp and integrates advanced IntelligentSeries technology, delivering robust data integrity in … [Read More...] about Compact SSDs support PCIe Gen 4×4 with enhanced data integrality and i-temp compatibility
Podcasts
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Tescan’s UniTOM HR is focus of Episode 9 of R&D 100 – The Podcast
R&D World editors Paul Heney and Aimee Kalnoskas are back, and this time they’re talking about a lot of news, in addition to the technology of the day. First, they delve into some important updates about the R&D 100 Awards for 2023 — and then dip their toes into the strange new world of AI […]