The most-viewed Planet Analog items of 2006

Perhaps you've seen what the general EE Times audience clicked on the most in 2006 (click here), what the Automotive DesignLine audience went for (click here), the top stories at Mobile Handset DesignLine (click here), the top items at the Digital TV DesignLine (click here), or the most clicked-on stories at Embedded.com (click here).

But if you missed what engineers who live in or follow the analog world and its design uniqueness clicked on, here are the top 10 features, and the top Under the Hood Teardown. They reflect the wide span of reader interests: capacitive sensing, connecting headphones, using S-parameters, MOSFETs, Spice models, power supplies, filters, audio amplifiers, and noise. Just click on the title to hot-link directly to the story:

1. "The art of capacitive touch sensing"
Mark Lee, Cypress Semiconductor Corp.

2. "Using S-parameter data effectively"
Wilfredo Rivas-Torres, Agilent Technologies

3. "Driving mobile headphones require attention to new details"
Yan Goh, Wolfson Microelectronics

4. "An introduction to depletion-mode MOSFETs"
Linden Harrison, Advanced Linear Devices, Inc.

5. "A Designer's Guide to CMOS RF Models"
Clyde Washburn, Integre Technologies, LLC

6. "Tutorial: Basics of choosing and designing the best filter for an effective data-acquisition system"

Bonnie C. Baker, Texas Instruments, Inc.
7. "Designing high-power Class D audio power amplifiers"
Jun Honda, International Rectifier Corp.

8. "Use PSpice models to estimate amplifier noise"
Hooman Hashemi, National Semiconductor Corp.

9. "No need to fear: SEPIC outperforms the flyback"
John Betten and Robert Kollman, Texas Instruments Inc.

10. "Strategies for minimizing resistor-generated noise"
Yuval Hernik, Vishay Intertechnology

And the top Under The Hood teardown:

"Sharp Aquos 45-inch LCD TV is analog goldmine"
David Carey, Portelligent

Let's see what gets the most attention in 2007!