AI silicon: Package becoming system architecture

The future of advanced packaging is not one universal package. It’s a technology platform capable of placing the right interconnect, material, die, memory stack, optical engine, and thermal structure at the right system boundary. For many…

Op-amp LC oscillator uses tank losses for amplitude stabilization

This proposed design eliminates traditional additional requirements for AGC, AC coupling, and post amplification circuitry. This Design Idea presents a simple op-amp-based sine wave oscillator that directly generates a low-impedance bipolar…

Do we still need schematic diagrams for analog circuits?

As a long-time analog-component and circuit “practitioner,” I view the schematic diagram as the starting point for almost any discussion of a design. It shows the signa flow, the primary ICs, other necessary but often underappreciated passive…

Adapter makes Google’s wireless Android Auto a reality

Bluetooth and Wi-Fi combine to untether smartphone-to-car connections…this time with a Google, versus Apple, angle. Last month, I took apart a third-party adapter that aspires to augment Apple’s CarPlay interface with wireless connectivity…

Measurement basics: A field guide to instrument interfaces

Every engineer’s confidence in measurement rests on more than the instrument—it depends on the interface that ties instruments together into a working system. Standards like GPIB, USB, LXI, PXI, and VXI are not just acronyms; they are the…

Secrets of Oscilloscope Time Measurements

Oscilloscopes utilize both hardware and software tools to enhance the resolution of time measurements. Happily, most of the processing is transparent. The primary display from an oscilloscope is amplitude versus time. Most of the focus when…

Radon: Level detection, risk determination, and as-needed mitigation

Odorless. Colorless. Tasteless. But certainly not harmless. Radon, in both air and ground water, is a health risk whose prevalence should be regularly assessed and, if necessary, dealt with. Beginning last fall and continuing through early summer,…

TI a first mover in CAN XL transceivers

The Controller Area Network (CAN) extended data-field length (XL) specification—which has been standardized for years—now has the first commercially available CAN XL transceiver. Texas Instruments has unveiled the TCAN6062 CAN XL transceiver,…

Made by Google 2026: This limited silicon-supply situation really sucks

AI-driven demand underpins logic foundry and memory fab capacity constraints, leading to cost increases. Add tariffs to the mix, and Google and its competitors (not to mention end users) pay the price. Last year’s Made By Google fall product…

6.5-kV SiC MOSFET reaches 8-kV blocking

NoMIS Power has developed a 6.5-kV large-die SiC MOSFET that has demonstrated over 8 kV of blocking voltage, 90-mΩ on-resistance, and 55-A drain current. Based on the planar SiC technology used in its 3.3-kV devices, the 6.5-kV MOSFET extends…

Memory platform tackles AI bottlenecks

NEO.AI is a memory platform from NEO Semiconductor that overcomes SRAM and DRAM scaling limitations in AI memory systems. As part of the platform launch, NEO Semiconductor is introducing its X-SRAM technology for on-chip memory in GPUs and AI…

eFuse speeds overcurrent detection

The KTS1630 5-A eFuse from Kinetic Technologies protects sensitive electronics against overcurrent, short circuits, and thermal faults. It is designed for consumer and industrial systems operating from 5-V and 12-V power rails, helping improve…