Moving beyond IR remote controls
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2009-09-11 |
| Do you have a TV in your bedroom that you have to reach at odd-angles from your bed to control with your line-of-sight IR remote control? Enter the RF-based remote controls |
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| Power grid analysis on IR drop and electromigration
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2004-02-16 |
| IC designers can no longer assume that their Vdd and Vss grids have been designed correctly. They must perform analysis to understand how robust their power distribution methodology really is. |
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| Home entertainment RCs: Infrared vs. RF
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2009-07-10 |
| Know how RF-based remote controls overcome three major limitations of infrared technologies. |
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| Advances in 3D-IC testing
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2012-02-03 |
| Read about the design-for-3D-test architecture and implementation flow developed by researchers at Industrial Technology Research Institute based on the Synopsys test solution. |
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| CCD, CMOS cameras assist autos
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2009-07-29 |
| CCD and CMOS cameras complement each other in driver assistance systems. |
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| Achieve automotive infotainment flexibility (Part 2)
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2011-03-07 |
| Here's an in depth discussion on audio distribution systems in vehicles. Part 2 focuses on back channel communication and technology choices. |
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| Take your pick of technology for smart home nets
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2009-11-11 |
| This article explores various home network techniques and the application possibilities with an implementation example. |
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| Pulse-CO oximeter takes blood analysis out of lab
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2010-03-12 |
| Few disciplines can turn the cold science of metrology into pure art as quickly as medical diagnostics. Here's a teardown of the Masimo's Radical-7 Signal Extraction Pulse-CO Oximeter. |
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| Harnessing solar cell for image sensor design
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2008-03-03 |
| Rohm Co. Ltd and National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST) have developed an image sensor using CuInGaSe2 (CIGS). Developed by combining the polycrystalline CIGS solar cell technology with the conventional crystalline Si (c-Si) CMOS image sensor technology, the new device has a higher sensitivity and a wider spectral range. |
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| Deep signal and design integrity assured in SoCs
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2000-12-01 |
| This technology news article describes the issues related to SoC designs and the corresponding solution to each. |
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| Silicon prototyping verifies IP functions
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2001-06-01 |
| SoC designers are confronting several important tasks in optimizing next-generation products. New systematic approaches are needed to ensure that IP can be transferred from one process geometry to the next. |
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| Formulating an EDA solution to ESI
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2007-11-01 |
| The growing demand for cheap consumer wireless applications calls for unprecedented levels of integration. Among all the challenges to address ESI impact on analog and RF victims, modeling noise generation and injection is particularly tricky. The issue is to collect the power supply and substrate currents in both time and frequency domains. |
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| Designing 3D-ICs (Part 2)
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2011-12-08 |
| Here's the second instalment of this series that tackles the tools that can be used to handle a complete backend flow, and enable true 3D design partitioning, synthesis, placement, and routing. |
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| Employing SoC for cost-effective 3D designs
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2011-10-01 |
| Here's a look at the current 3D active shutter architectures vis-à-vis the next generation solutions now available. |
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| Correcting IC power-grid problems before tape out
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1999-12-01 |
| Power-grid voltage drop can adversely effect the reliability and performance of your IC designs. Given that even current signoff processes are unable to account for UDSM effects on a chip's power-grid, incorporating the Power Grid Signoff (PGS) methodology into your sign-off procedure can help you avoid needless over-design or costly respins. |
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| Integrating passive RF technology with cryptographic communications protocols
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2000-09-27 |
| This paper discusses the new "state-of-art" semiconductor RF "crypto-chip" combining passive RF and encryption/decryption technology. |
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| A technology primer on wireless LANs
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2000-07-01 |
| Wireless LANs use infrared and RF transmission media to offer speeds of up to 11Mbps. The article highlights the status of IEEE 803.11 standard, basic building blocks and performance parameters such as mobility and security. |
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| Home networking with Zigbee
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2005-06-16 |
| As remote-controlled devices in the home increase, they will need to put under a single standardized control interface |
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| Latest Bluetooth developments and technology trends
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2000-09-27 |
| This paper explains the latest developments in the Bluetooth open standard. |
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| Thermal characterization techniques for GaAs FETs
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2001-10-01 |
| This technical article deals with the proper modeling techniques that can simultaneously handle high-mesh transitions and temperature-dependent and anisotropic thermal properties for GaAs FET applications. |
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| Developing automated test process for digital pens
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2004-10-18 |
| Take a look at how digital pens use real-time image processing in converting ordinary handwriting into digital format. |
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| A review of PCB-level power delivery system
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2006-05-16 |
| Improve power delivery system performance by understanding the fundamental issues in design, and doing extensive modeling and simulation of the entire PDS. |
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