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Isolate your interface to communicate safely and better (Part 2 of 2)
Understand how galvanic isolation of signal and power can improve performance and safety of basic interfaces such as RS-485

Analog EDA

Joint Design--Reliability Flows and Advanced Models Address IC-Reliability Issues (Part 3 of 3)
Understand the challenges associated with accurate modeling of aging problems, the tight relation between design and reliability issues, and how state-of-the-art simulation flows can help designers address these issues to create more reliable designs.

Joint Design--Reliability Flows and Advanced Models Address IC-Reliability Issues (Part 2 of 3)
Understand the challenges associated with accurate modeling of aging problems, the tight relation between design and reliability issues, and how state-of-the-art simulation flows can help designers address these issues to create more reliable designs

Book Excerpt: Analog Circuit Design Series--Waveform Processing Circuits (Part 4 of 4)
Analog circuits are a historical and still effective way to develop waveforms and process signals; learn about function-generation, triangle-wave generation, absolute-value, and peak-detector circuits.

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Audio and Video

SIGNAL CHAIN BASICS #38: Single-Supply Precision Rectifiers
Understand how a "simple" circuit can provide near-ideal performance for this essential function, used for absolute value and metering applications (among many others)

SIGNAL CHAIN BASICS (Part 37): LVDS--Low-Voltage Differential Signaling
Understand the basics of this versatile, ubiquitous electrical interface standard

SIGNAL CHAIN BASICS (Part 36): Digital Audio Interfaces -- Part 2
Understand the basic position of USB and Firewire interfaces for audio signals

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Optical/Wireless/RF

Time Domain Modeling and Simulation of Intel QuickPath Interconnect Circuits (Part 1 of 3)
This article explores and explains key issues related to modeling and simulation in this interconnect scheme, but its lessons apply to other designs as well

The elegance of ferrite beads as a circuit design and problem-solving component
Understand how this apparently "simple" passive component can help, or even hurt, your circuit's performance

Understanding Factors Affecting Intel QuickPath Interconnect Signal Integrity (Part 2 of 2)
This article explores and explains key issues related to signal integrity in this interconnect scheme, as well as other parallel and serial differential bus designs

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Power Management

Isolate your interface to communicate safely and better (Part 2 of 2)
Understand how galvanic isolation of signal and power can improve performance and safety of basic interfaces such as RS-485

Isolate your interface to communicate safely and better (Part 1 of 2)
Understand how galvanic isolation of signal and power can improve performance and safety of basic interfaces such as RS-485

Some tips for charging from USB sources (Part 1 of 2)
Understand the subtleties of using the ubiquitous USB port as a charging and power source

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Sensing/Conditioning/Conversion

JFET applications in today's analog world
Understand how this basic device fills a vital circuit function

Book Excerpt: Analog Circuit Design Series--Waveform Processing Circuits (Part 1 of 4)
Analog circuits are a historical and still effective way to develop waveforms and process signals; learn about function-generation, triangle-wave generation, absolute-value, and peak-detector circuits.

Countdown to S-to-Z
In the previous column, Kendall optimised a filter in the analog domain (with the help of Excel, of course!). This time, he looks at what needed to create a digital filter.

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Analog DesignLine's Design Center section delivers tutorials on topics that include analog EDA; Audio and Video; Optical, Wireless and RF; Power Management; Sensing, Conditioning and Conversion, in applications ranging from automotive to medical and industrial electronics.

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