This week's batch of Design Ideas contains several mixed-signal ideas. First up, Ahmad Ayar, of Maxim Integrated Products in Sunnyvale, CA presents “Linear-brightness controller for LEDs has 64 taps.” ...

DESIGN VIEW is the summary of the complete DESIGN SOLUTION contributed article, which begins on Page 2. There are many ways, and just as many opinions on the best method, to configure grounds for ADCs ...

B2 Spice A/D Version 4 lets you design and simulate analog, digital, and mixed-mode circuits. The simulation engine is based on Berkeley Spice and includes many extensions from XSpice. It features 17 ...

Analog fault simulation in mixed‐signal circuits is a critical tool for ensuring the robustness and reliability of systems that integrate both analogue and digital components. This field addresses the ...

If you simulate circuits that include not only analog, but also digital or switching/PWM aspects, then you know that traditional “AC” or frequency-domain analysis cannot be used for these designs.

The chip market is growing worldwide; it’s projected to nearly double by 2030 to over one trillion dollars. Most of this market is made up of digital functions in the form of logic, microprocessors, ...

A technical paper titled “Neuromorphic analog circuits for robust on-chip always-on learning in spiking neural networks” was published by researchers at Institute of Neuroinformatics, University of ...