Mixed Signal/Analog

An EMI filter in a switch mode power supply (SMPS) avoids disturbances in power lines. Designing and optimising the input filter is an important task in the development process, says Marcus Sonst, responsible for application development at Rohde & Schwarz.

Antenova Ltd, the UK-based manufacturer of antennas and RF antenna modules for M2M and the IoT, launches a new low-profile antenna displaying strong performance on both Europe’s 868MHz bands and the US 915MHz bands.

Bosch is expanding its expertise in MEMS (micro-electro-mechanical systems) micro speakers and strengthening its market position as a provider of sensing solutions for consumer electronics with an acquisition.

Agile Analog will establish an engineering team in Edinburgh, increasing the company’s design capabilities and allowing the business to reach more customers.

Spectrum Instrumentation now offers driver support for the NVIDIA Clara AGX, a universal computing architecture for the next generation of AI medical instruments. The new drivers enable scientists and developers to choose from 64 different Spectrum Digitisers, Arbitrary Waveform Generators (AWGs) and Digital I/O cards, letting the NVIDIA Clara AGX kit perform high-speed electronic signal acquisition and generation for analog and digital signals.&...

SABIC, of the chemical industry, introduced LNP THERMOCOMP OFC08V compound, a material well suited for 5G base station dipole antennas and other electrical/electronic applications.

Renesas has introduced its clock buffers and multiplexers that meet stringent PCIe Gen6 specifications.

Smart speakers are a relatively new class of consumer audio device with unique characteristics that make testing their audio performance difficult. In this application note, Joe Begin, Director of Applications & Technical Support at Audio Precision provides an overview of smart speaker acoustic measurements with a focus on frequency response – the most important objective measurement of a device’s audio quality.

The DuM642xA family from Analog Devices are quad-channel digital isolators with an isoPower, integrated, isolated dc-to-dc converter.

The SGX1000 series of 3/6/18GHz RF Signal Generators from Saelig combines technology to provide high performance CW and swept signal generation