Rochester Institute of Technology

Study details how analog computing solves signal processing challenges faster

Ali Miri details how electromagnetic waves can improve computing matrix operations for advanced computing systems.
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 ...
Electronic Design

The ABCs of Analog Signal-Path Design—and Coping with Today’s Challenges

How analog signal engineering is performed, in broad strokes. What are the component-selection considerations for new designs? What are VFAs and how are they used? Analog signal engineers specialize ...
Automation World

Convert analog signals to an industry standard Modbus output

A great many industrial sensors — flow, level, temperature, pressure, pH, and the list goes on — produce a 4-20 mA output, but today's factories increasingly need digital inputs via standard field ...
EDN

Analog Devices Design Tools: Frequency Folding Tool, A ‘Complex’ Example

I’ve now discussed the basics of the frequency folding tool from Analog Devices in two previous blog posts this year, Analog Devices Design Tools: ADISimADC Frequency Folding Tool and Analog Devices ...
EDN

Mixed-Signal PCB Design: What Is It?

What differentiates a mixed-signal printed circuit board design from a purely analog board or a purely digital system? What differentiates a mixed-signal printed circuit board design from a purely ...
Electronic Design

Analog: Still Alive and Well

Today it seems that everything electronic is digital—a reasonable assumption considering it’s hard to find a turnable knob anywhere and values are displayed in digits everywhere. The underlying ...