QMatrix devices are digital charge-transfer (QT) ICs designed to detect touch using a scanned, passive matrix of electrode sets to achieve a large number of touch keys driven by a single chip.
This configuration leads to a high pin count efficiency in the sensing chip and allows for a small number of connections between...
Published: Jul 23, 2018
In recent years passive intermodulation (PIM) has become a major concern for wireless service providers and those responsible for building and maintaining wireless networks. The increase in awareness around PIM comes with the increasing complexity of how spectrum is utilized.
The push to increase spectral efficiency...
Published: Jul 16, 2018
OMRON is pleased to introduce a new addition to the G6K-RF series: the G6K-2F-RF-V. These new DPDT (2 form C) relays feature a high frequency of 8GHz with high speed differential transmission.
Published: Jul 16, 2018
Analog Devices’ new RF and microwave (MW) switch and attenuator products implemented in advanced silicon process benefit inherent advantages of silicon technology compared to legacy counterparts using gallium-arsenide (GaAs). This paper provides highlights on features and key performance parameters of the new switch...
Published: Jul 19, 2018
Most often capacitor selection to the uniformed seems like a simple choice but the demands, challenges and expectations of modern electronics prove otherwise. As more electronic systems continue to be integrated into our automobiles, the need for capacitor technologies that deliver high reliability, long life, stable performance,...
Published: Jul 26, 2018
For applications requiring high power density and high power, but not requiring electrical isolation, the buck converter has been the workhorse topology for many years. Improvements in buck converters over the past few years have been limited by the power MOSFET’s sedate switching speeds.
In this paperEPC...
Published: Jul 25, 2018
Two methods can be used to re-design loop-gain digitally for the power supply converters: digital redesign method and direct digital design method. In the digital redesign method, the controller is designed in the continuous-time domain, and then discretized into the discrete-time form.
In the direct digital design...
Published: Jul 23, 2018
This white paper focuses on isolated digital interfaces conforming to RS-485, which continues to be the industry’s workhorse standard for data transmission. The paper provides an overview of RS-485’s common-mode voltage range (CMVR) definition, and explains how isolating a transceiver’s signal and...
Published: Jul 17, 2018
Today, R&D engineers face challenging time-to-market goals. Extending the product development schedule and delaying the product launch can prove to be extremely costly in terms of opportunity cost and lost market share. Nearly 50% of products fail EMC compliance the first time.
Every day spent on debugging, isolating...
Published: Jun 04, 2020
The explosive growth in Internet-connected devices, or the Internet of Things (IoT), is driven by the convergence of people, device and data across the web. Future growth will be strongly influenced by wearable technology as products transition from the laptop to the pocket to the body.
Activity trackers are leading...
Published: Jul 20, 2018
Cicoil continues its proud history of innovation, with the company’s automated, state-of-the-art facility in Valencia, California. By implementing the latest lean manufacturing production techniques, Cicoil continues to design and manufacture the highest quality products, with fast, responsive lead times for our...
Published: Jul 18, 2018
When designing links, SI engineers often begin with a specific connector platform and then modify system variables such as trace length, dielectric materials, and equalization settings to achieve acceptable performance.
This paper takes a different approach by setting various system and equalizer parameters to slightly...
Published: Jul 25, 2018
In modern societies, a substantial amount of electrical energy is required for the operation of electronic circuits or controlled electrical drives. The requirement of electrical energy for these applications is fulfilled by power electronic converters.
Double-Pulse testing is a standard test-method used in power...
Published: May 20, 2021
Vector Network Analyzers of Rohde&Schwarz family are able to measure magnitude and phase of complex S-parameters of a device under test (DUT) in the frequency domain. By means of the inverse Fourier transform the measurement results can be transformed to the time domain. Thus, the impulse or step response of the DUT...
Published: Sep 23, 2019
