Communications Design Features

Addressing network time protocol synchronization for IPTV, IMS and Femtocells

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Measuring and understanding oscilloscope update rate

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Modularity provides functional, economical tire-pressure monitoring

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Book excerpt – The art of hardware architecture, part 4

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Controlling network flow with the OpenFlow protocol

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Basics of embedded firewalls - Part 1: Exploding the myths

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In-vehicle networking today and tomorrow

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A short history of spread spectrum

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Test mobile devices by emulating the radio channel

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Testing modern MIMO Wi-Fi and LTE radios

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Technical Papers

RF, Microwave, and Optoelectronic Packaging Die and Wire Bonding Case Studies

Enabling Entry-Level Mobile Innovation

EtherCAT on Sitara AM335x ARM Cortex-A8 Microprocessors

Organic solar cells and OLEDs--A comparison of two competing approaches

Courses and Webinars

Video over LTE—Testing the next step in the end user experience

Frequency Synthesis, Part 1: Phased Locked Loops

From Power Management ICs to High Efficiency Power SoCs – The next Step in Power Management

The RoHS Revision: RoHS 2011/65/EU

Teardowns

FitBit blends wireless, MCUs and MEMS with online interface

BenQ K60 e-reader: Trying to stand on the shoulders of giants

Wide Bluetooth, Wi-Fi adoption seen in handsets

Yukyung marshals army of chip vendors for Viliv tablet

Inside the Samsung Galaxy Tab: Taking on the iPad

Inside Xbox 360's Kinect controller

N8: Solid start for Nokia’s Symbian^3 strategy

CE parts met cockpit avionics in vintage F-15 video camera

Omron home blood pressure monitor taps semiconductor scaling

Innovation at home: Inside a 3-D desktop scanner

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Reference Designs

Quantenna debuts 802.11n 4x4 MIMO wireless video bridge ref design

Quantenna Communications Inc. has debuted a complete reference design based on its QHS600 IEEE 802.11n wireless LAN (WLAN) 4x4 multiple input, multiple output (MIMO) chipset.
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Lattice adds over 90 reference designs for PLDs

Lattice Semiconductor Corp. has released more than 90 reference designs optimized for the MachXO and ispMACH 4000ZE PLDs.
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Products

DC/DC converters simplify design, minimize part count

100-V synchronous buck regulator debuts with integrated MOSFETs

Demodulation software tests next generation Wi-Fi

Waveform analyzer plug-in smokes at 50 GHz/32 Gbps so engineers can stay cool

Analog Devices releases 3.5GHz PLL synthesizers

Commentary

The passion

Brian Fuller

Will the enormous contributions Baby Boom engineers have made to humanity carry forward to new generations?

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What's a good "real engineer" question?

Bill Schweber

There are quick ways to separate the real techies from wannabes

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My favourite test for techs is a simple diagram of 4-20mA loop between two boxes. One containing the ...

Signal Integrity Reference Kit

Brian Bailey

The folks over at Tektronix have created a reference kits about signal integrity containing a primer and webinar…

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Quirky chips

Jack Ganssle

Jack has fun describing some of his favorite quirky chips from the past; some of these are still around.

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I've had the "privilege" of working with many of the quirky devices you mention (plus some others as ...

Rebuilding America: Really? Have we given up?

Junko Yoshida

EE Times editorial team has embarked on a new series of stories focused on “Rebuilding America.” Our premise is simple: Are jobs coming back to the United States?

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