Micropower amplifier/comparator combos reduce power and board space 9 May 2001 Two new device families from Texas Instruments offer micropower and integrated amplifier/comparator operation on a single integrated circuit. The TLV230x family is a combination micropower amplifier and ...
Digital frequency synthesis avoids problems with analog 25 April 2001 Analog frequency synthesis has until now been the only viable approach to low-jitter, low-phase-noise solutions - but with it comes all of the attendant problems of analog such as drift, ageing, temperature ...
TCXO ideal for new generation mobile wireless 25 April 2001 High-speed data transmission and the steadily growing number of mobile telecommunication subscribers are creating new challenges for the industry. Epson has taken another step to cope with tighter requirements ...
Gear-tooth module 25 April 2001, Altron Arrow Allegro MicroSystems offers a digital differential gear-tooth sensor module designed to provide repeatability and timing accuracy in automotive transmission applications. The ATS660LSB incorporates self-calibration ...
Analog video front-ends 28 March 2001 The EL4101C and EL4102C integrate common analog video interface components to support latest high-bandwidth video and PC standards. As the display resolution of projectors and flat panel gets higher, ...
High spec op-amp operates on supplies as low as 2,5 V 28 March 2001 Linear Technology's LT1807 dual low noise, 3,5 nV/Square root Hz, rail-to-rail single supply amplifier allows designers to lower a systems supplies without losing precision and bandwidth. The 325 MHz ...
Dual and triple 135 MHz op-amps 14 March 2001, MB Silicon Systems Consuming just 2,4 mA per op-amp, the Micrel MIC915 dual and MIC916 triple op-amps are designed to meet the needs of power-sensitive high-speed applications. Both devices share the same key specifications ...
High voltage PCB-mount power supply 22 November 2000 The A Series of high voltage regulated DC-DC converters from Ultravolt address the needs of the miniature PCB-mount regulated high voltage power supply user. These units feature surface mount technology ...
Dual 800 kHz op-amp 22 November 2000, Altron Arrow Maxim Integrated Products recently introduced the MAX4402 dual, rail-to-rail op-amp in a tiny 8-pin SOT23 package. This device consumes only 320 mA of supply current per amplifier, while achieving an ...
3 V driver amp for WLAN 22 November 2000, RF Design RF Micro Devices has introduced the RF2367 - a low noise CDMA/TDMA/GSM PA driver amplifier it says has a very high dynamic range. The RF2367 has an overall frequency range of 150-2500 MHz and is optimised ...
Low-power, high-speed op-amps 25 October 2000, MB Silicon Systems Two high-speed, low-power operation amplifiers - the MIC911 and MIC914, drawing only 1,25 mA each - have been developed by Micrel Semiconductor to drive very high-capacitance loads. Adding to Micrel's ...
Measure resistances easily, without reference resistor or current source 25 October 2000 The circuit of Figure 1 shows how to use the new LT1168 instrumentation amplifier to achieve a precision resistance-to-voltage conversion as simply as possible. Normally, the resistor across pins 1 and ...
Expanded range for oscillators 25 October 2000 STMicroelectronics' ST72C254 is an 8 bit microcontroller with 8 KB embedded flash memory for home appliance, automotive body electronic and consumer goods applications. It can be reprogrammed up to 100 ...
Miniature PCB relay in polarised, mono - bistable types 15 March 2000 Measuring return loss and tuning antennas for the lowest voltage standing wave ratio (VSWR) can be a difficult and lengthy process. AEA says it is able to offer a line of handheld antenna analysts to ...
Versatile ring tone generator finds usues in motor drivers and amplifiers 16 Feb 2000 The LT1684 provides the tool set to easily implement a digital, pulse width modulated (PWM) signal to DC-coupled voltage converter (at high currents), while providing isolation, switching frequency filtering ...
Short locator shortens the route to solve the problem 16 Feb 2000 A Boksburg-based manufacturer and supplier of telecommunication equipment uses a Polar Toneohm 950 from Spescom MeasureGraph to locate shorts on PCBs.
Spescom Product Specialist Jeroen Dubbelman says ...
NTCS, PAL, SECAM sync/test pattern generator 16 Feb 2000 Microprocessor control and digital synthesis give the 408 and 408NPS from Leader extreme flexibility in test signal programming of both video and RF outputs. Signals available simultaneously include composite ...
An overview of synchronous networks 26 Jan 2000 In-service measurements on SDH and SONET networks are the subject of Application Note 68, available from Wavetek Wandel Goltermann SA. This describes the use of the WWG ANT-20 Advanced Network Tester ...
Extended temperature T1/E1/CEPT telecoms transformers 26 Jan 2000 Linear Technology's LTC1402, a 2,2 MSa/s analog-to-digital converter (ADC) features a high-speed serial interface optimised for today's DSP and serial ports. The 80 MHz sample-and-hold bandwidth combined ...
