New high-density power module technology for FPGAs, SoCs, and ASICs simplifies design. As semiconductor technology shrinks, it’s becoming increasingly difficult to meet the power demands of integrated circuits (ICs) in…
Why are the analog and digital portions of an IC design so different? Since the creation of the first transistor, the complexity of integrated circuit (IC) design has increased massively,…
Current surge protection, voltage level translation, and debouncing—what’s not to love? Deep in the mists of time when I wore a younger man’s clothes—circa the late 1970s—I was studying for…
Advanced capacitors can have a significant impact on system size, performance, and reliability. Passive components have experienced a massive evolution in recent years, and the rate at which these technologies…
System efficient ESD design (SEED) is a modelling methodology aiming to predict the ESD robustness of a system, evaluating transient currents and voltages during an ESD event. According to the…