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Question: Wave reflections—why are they important to understand in RF designs?

Question: What is the right frequency generation component for my application?

Question: How do I choose the right RF amplifier and what are their differences?

Question: Why should I consider using CTSD ADCs to improve my signal chain design?

Question: Is there an easy way to select the external components for power converters?

Question: How can I take the DC bias effect of multi-layer ceramic capacitors (MLCCs) into account in circuit simulations?

Question: Why use point-of-load (POL) power supplies where the DC-to-DC converter is as close as possible to the load?

Question: Is there a building block that allows me to take a tiny transducer output signal directly to an ADC input voltage?

Question: How could I design a microcontroller-controlled isolated 16-bit output module?

Question: What is a four-quadrant power supply?

Question: How can I reduce electromagnetic interference when using LED drivers in lighting design?

Question: What is a good solution for generating a tiny dc supply voltage of a few hundred millivolts?

Question: How could I use a digital potentiometer to generate an adjustable voltage output?

Question: Can I use a simple energy calculation when selecting a supercapacitor for a backup system?

Question: Are there overvoltage and undervoltage protection devices available, especially for automotive applications?

Question: Should I use units of root mean square (rms) power to specify or describe the ac power associated with my signal, system, or device?

Question: Can I produce a compact, ultralow noise, phantom power supply (48 V) from a 5 V, 12 V, or 24 V input?

Question: Can you utilize stereo data and encrypt voice messages with LTspice audio WAV files?

Question: Why is my design noisier at higher frequencies?

Question: Can I improve the LTspice® model of an analog switch in case my analog design contains switches and muxes?

Question: Can I access a nonstandard SPI interface with my MCU?

Question: Is it possible to increase the gain of a fixed-gain difference amplifier?

Question: How do you measure inductor current?

Question: How can I make an analog measurement if I only have a single GPIO left on the FPGA/microprocessor for my system?

Mitigation strategies for tricky FM band conducted EMI

Question: How do I suppress tricky conducted FM band emissions from switching power supplies?

Adding a flexible current limit

Question: Could I easily and precisely limit a current to my load?

Three compact solutions for high step-down voltage ratios

Question: What are some methods for achieving a compact design under high step-down voltage ratios?

Why AMR sensors are a great option for high precision position measurements

Question: What is the best type of sensor to measure the position of moving and rotating elements?

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RF demystified – understanding wave reflections

Question: Wave reflections—why are they important to understand in RF designs?

How to easily select the right frequency generation component

Question: What is the right frequency generation component for my application?

A guide for choosing the right RF amplifier for your application

Question: How do I choose the right RF amplifier and what are their differences?

A new, better way to optimize a signal chain with a continuous-time sigma-delta converter

Question: Why should I consider using CTSD ADCs to improve my signal chain design?

Three options to optimize the control loop of power converters

Question: Is there an easy way to select the external components for power converters?

How to use LTspice simulations to account for the effect of voltage dependence

Question: How can I take the DC bias effect of multi-layer ceramic capacitors (MLCCs) into account in circuit simulations?

Point-of-Load DC-to-DC converters solve voltage accuracy, efficiency, and latency issues

Question: Why use point-of-load (POL) power supplies where the DC-to-DC converter is as close as possible to the load?

The Perilous Path from the Transducer to the ADC: What’s an Engineer to Do?

Question: Is there a building block that allows me to take a tiny transducer output signal directly to an ADC input voltage?

How a 16-Bit Output Module with Voltage and Current Outputs Can Be Controlled with Full Isolation

Question: How could I design a microcontroller-controlled isolated 16-bit output module?

Voltage Conversion in Four Quadrants

Question: What is a four-quadrant power supply?

Keeping EMI from LED drivers under control

Question: How can I reduce electromagnetic interference when using LED drivers in lighting design?

Generating very low voltages with standard regulators

Question: What is a good solution for generating a tiny dc supply voltage of a few hundred millivolts?

Design of an adjustable voltage output using a push-button digital potentiometer

Question: How could I use a digital potentiometer to generate an adjustable voltage output?

Energy storage using supercapacitors: How big is big enough?

Question: Can I use a simple energy calculation when selecting a supercapacitor for a backup system?

Wide voltage range automotive circuit protector

Question: Are there overvoltage and undervoltage protection devices available, especially for automotive applications?

RMS Power vs. Average Power

Question: Should I use units of root mean square (rms) power to specify or describe the ac power associated with my signal, system, or device?

Ultralow noise, 48V, phantom microphone power supply using a tiny DC-to-DC boost converter

Question: Can I produce a compact, ultralow noise, phantom power supply (48 V) from a 5 V, 12 V, or 24 V input?

LTspice Audio WAV Files: Using Stereo and Encrypting Voice Messages

Question: Can you utilize stereo data and encrypt voice messages with LTspice audio WAV files?

Current Noise in FET Input Amps

Question: Why is my design noisier at higher frequencies?

On building physically accurate analog switch macromodels

Question: Can I improve the LTspice® model of an analog switch in case my analog design contains switches and muxes?

Manipulating MCU SPI interface to access a non-standard SPI ADC

Question: Can I access a nonstandard SPI interface with my MCU?

Adjusting the gain of a fixed-gain difference amplifier

Question: Is it possible to increase the gain of a fixed-gain difference amplifier?

Inductor current measurement in switched power supplies

Question: How do you measure inductor current?

A simple way to measure temperature using one GPIO digital interface

Question: How can I make an analog measurement if I only have a single GPIO left on the FPGA/microprocessor for my system?

Bootstrapping a low voltage Op Amp to operate with high voltage signals and supplies

Question: Can I bootstrap a low voltage amplifier to get a high voltage buffer?

When smaller is better

Question: How does a μModule® regulator fit into such a small space?

How to convert light intensity into an electrical quantity

Question: How could I measure the light intensity of different light sources?

Guidelines for placing the inductor on a switch mode power supply printed circuit board

Question: Where Should the Coil Go?