The market for RF power transistors has been dominated by mobile communications infrastructure applications for many years but advancement in LDMOS-based transistors and packaging technologies are helping drive innovation in a number of markets. One of these m...

Insights | By Rob Hoeben | 13-01-2016

As we launch into a new year of technology the Internet is already getting its fair share of pundits proclaiming what will be the top electronic technologies of 2016. In an attempt to either educate us or, for those corporately attached experts, to wax lyrical...

Articles | By Paul Whytock | 08-01-2016

As we launch into a new year of technology the Internet is already getting its fair share of pundits proclaiming what will be the top electronic technologies of 2016. In an attempt to either educate us or, for those corporately attached experts, to wax lyrical...

Insights | By Paul Whytock | 08-01-2016

The Bluetooth communication protocol is gaining massive popularity because of the diverse variety of apps that it can support. But despite its prolific use concerns over a lack of personal data security still cause serious concern. Some of those risks range fr...

Articles | By Paul Whytock | 05-01-2016

The Bluetooth communication protocol is gaining massive popularity because of the diverse variety of apps that it can support. But despite its prolific use concerns over a lack of personal data security still cause serious concern. Some of those risks range fr...

Insights | By Paul Whytock | 05-01-2016

High-performance GSPS ADCs are bringing the DDC function onboard in a design solution based on Xilinx FPGAs, writes Analog Devices’ Ian Beavers.  Wideband gigasample-per-second (GSPS) analog-to-digital converters offer many performance benefits to high-speed a...

By Ian Beavers | 05-01-2016

Will market and political pressures spell New Year misery for the memory makers? The straight forward answer is yes and whereas extreme market fluctuations in the DRAM market are nothing new there is now the added dimension of political pressures in the form o...

Articles | By Paul Whytock | 22-12-2015

Will market and political pressures spell New Year misery for the memory makers? The straight forward answer is yes and whereas extreme market fluctuations in the DRAM market are nothing new there is now the added dimension of political pressures in the form o...

Insights | By Paul Whytock | 22-12-2015

Three design imperatives when it comes to creating wearable devices for consumers are low power consumption, compact size and a list of functions that will unnerve competitors. In a new development American chip maker Lattice Semiconductor has created an FPGA-...

Articles | By Paul Whytock | 21-12-2015

Three design imperatives when it comes to creating wearable devices for consumers are low power consumption, compact size and a list of functions that will unnerve competitors. In a new development American chip maker Lattice Semiconductor has created an FPGA-...

Insights | By Paul Whytock | 21-12-2015

The body is the enemy of wearable devices Wearable devices such as smart watches, smart glasses and fitness monitors present a specific set of challenges for antennas. Firstly, they are by definition held very close to the body at all times, which poses a prob...

Articles | By Marco Enge | 18-12-2015

The body is the enemy of wearable devices Wearable devices such as smart watches, smart glasses and fitness monitors present a specific set of challenges for antennas. Firstly, they are by definition held very close to the body at all times, which poses a prob...

Insights | By Marco Enge | 18-12-2015