Switch enables high-speed digital loopback testing

Menlo Micro’s MM5620 dual DP3T switch operates from DC to 20 GHz, delivering up to 64 Gbps (64 GT/s) while maintaining high data signal integrity. This fully integrated system-in-package (SiP) permits differential loopback testing in high-speed…

SDK targets SDVoE switching applications

Semtech’s SDK helps build keyboard, video, and mouse (KVM) switching applications using its BlueRiver platform for Software Defined Video over Ethernet (SDVoE). BlueRiver AV-over-IP chipsets transport uncompressed, zero-latency Ultra HD/4K…

UMC certifies Cadence 3D-IC reference flow

Speeding time to market, the Cadence 3D-IC reference flow, featuring the Integrity 3D-IC platform, has been certified for UMC’s chip stacking technologies. UMC’s hybrid bonding solutions support the integration across a broad range of nodes…

Diodes unveils portfolio of SiC Schottky diodes

Diodes has released its first silicon carbide (SiC) Schottky barrier diodes, including 11 devices rated at 650 V and 8 devices rated at 1200 V. The 650-V DSCxxA065 series provides current ratings of 4 A, 6 A, 8 A, and 10 A, while the 1200-V…

Sub-6 GHz switches optimize hybrid beamforming

Two sub-6 GHz SP4T switches from pSemi improve the spectral efficiency of hybrid beamforming antennas in 5G infrastructure and massive MIMO systems. According to pSemi, the production-ready PE42443 and PE42444 RF switches deliver fast settling…

The profile of a data-driven IC design verification tool

Each generation of IC design technology introduces new levels of complexity, and logic verification teams face a host of new challenges due to this dramatic rise in IC design complexity. As a result, design closure, knowing engineers have done…

Universal purpose optoelectronic logic elements

The possibility of creating passive and active optoelectronic logic elements simultaneously performing the functions AND, NAND, OR, NOR, XOR, XNOR is considered. Passive logic elements, unlike active ones, do not have their own power sources…

Streaming music reception: implementation differentiation

In the more than a quarter century that I’ve been using and writing about tech devices for EDN (whether because I owned them or just temporarily got my hands on a review unit), a few stand out…in a good way, mind you, versus any of the innumerable…

A look at conical inductors

There comes a time in RF and microwave work when one must introduce DC power into a signal carrying line without degrading the high frequency action of that line. A commonly used device is called a “bias-tee”. The following sketch illustrates…

How PMICs operate in image sensor-based designs

Modern electronic devices often have at least a few analog rails in their power profile. This is especially applicable in consumer electronics, automotive, medicine, and smart home devices. Building an optimized power profile requires devices…

D-band power amplifier ratchets up the power

NEC has developed a GaAs-based power amplifier that achieves what it believes is the world’s highest output power of 10 mW in the 150-GHz band. Built with mass-producible GaAs technology, the device targets mobile access and fronthaul/backhaul…

Simulation tool checks PCB signal integrity

Keysight’s Electrical Performance Scan (EP-Scan) is a digital simulation tool for hardware engineers and PCB designers that performs rapid signal integrity analysis. EP-Scan provides diagnostics to help engineers identify layout issues and…