EDN Magazine February 2013

EDN magazine feb 2013 coverGet your free subscription to EDN magazine (Electrical Design News). Read latest electronics industry news, design idea and tips in February 2013 issue. The February edition of EDN magazine will take a special look at Spread spectrum: safe haven for wireless.

Featured Articles

Spread spectrum: safe haven for wireless
Spectrum spreading appears to “waste” bandwidth, but it increases channel capacity, guards data security, and offers immunity to signal jamming and fading
By Rahul Garg and Prakhar Goyal, Cypress Semiconductor

Characterizing mixed-signal ICs for production
What you don’t test can hurt you
By Robert Seitz, AMS

Forgotten circuits (that should be brought back)
What makes a legacy IC? Here we take a look at some original parts and discuss why it might be a good idea to revisit their use
By Dennis Feucht, Innovatia Laboratories

DESIGN IDEAS

  • Auto pulse generator senses and responds to a probed load
  • Read 10 or more switches using only two I/O pins of a microcontroller
  • Successfully choose complementary bipolar transistors
  • Synchronized regulator produces coherent noise

PULSE

  • Python speeds up GaN models
  • Dreamlining Boeing and batteries
  • TI claims industry’s lowest-phase-noise frequency synthesizer
  • Peel-and-stick solar cells circumvent several design challenges
  • Renesas power MOSFETs deliver 50% lower on-resistance
  • Microsemi expands SiC power-module product family
  • Capturing more of the sun’s energy

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