EDN

ITC tutorials span DFT basics to RF test

The 2006 International Test Conference is scheduled for the week of October 22 in Santa Clara, CA. For more on this year’s ITC, read our interview with program chair Anne Gattiker. Semiconductor test ...
Electronic Design

Delta-Sigma Rocks RF, As ADC Designers Jump On Jitter

One significant development in the world of analog-to-digital converters (ADCs) has nothing to do with how they're built and everything to do with how they're supported. Companies now recognize that ...
EDN

ADC/DAC IPs and the changing face of RF designs

Analog-to-digital (ADC) and digital-to-analog (DAC) converter IPs are becoming a staple in RF system-on-chips (SoCs), and it’s reshaping the wireless design landscape. These silicon-proven IP cores ...
Electronic Design

High-Speed RF Sampling ADC Boosts Bandwidth, Dynamic Range

This file type includes high-resolution graphics and schematics when applicable. Modern telecommunications applications like 4G Long Term Evolution (LTE) systems as well as forthcoming 5G systems use ...
Design-Reuse

The Challenges and Benefits of Analog/Mixed-Signal and RF System Verification above the Transistor Level

Abstract— Today’s on-chip Analog/Mixed-Signal and RF (A/RF) systems have reached a limit of size and complexity where transistor-level SPICE and FastSPICE simulation approaches cannot deliver a ...