Electronic Design

Richard F. Zarr

Richard Zarr is a technologist at Texas Instruments focused on high-speed signal and data path technology. He has more than 30 years of practical engineering experience and has published numerous papers and articles worldwide. He is a member of the IEEE and holds a BSEE from the University of South Florida as well as several patents in LED lighting and cryptography.

Articles by Richard F. Zarr

Industrial Environments Require Rugged Design

Industrial environments are some of the most inhospitable places on earth. And as technology has evolved, electronics have played an ever-increasing role in powering, controlling, and monitoring some of the most complex systems ever conceived by man.

LEDs Line Up To Replace Residential Incandescent Bulbs 11

As other market forces beyond efficiency drive the selection of next-generation residential light sources, LEDs are standing their ground.

Automotive Communications Demand A Robust Infrastructure

Today's automobiles use up to a hundred microprocessors that control every aspect of their performance. Large amounts of data must be moved over inexpensive wire in a harsh environment, presenting many challenges.

The Quest For Zero Power Logic

Quantum cellular automate (QCA) shows great promise in succeeding CMOS for logic used to fabricate digital integrated circuits. By 2025, it may be the primary means used to fabricate the engines of our electronic devices.

Will PCI Express Become The Standard For Enterprise Interconnects?

Find out about the International Committee on Information Technology Standards (INCITS) SATA-IO working group's SATA Express interface.

SiGe BiCMOS Vs. CMOS For Signal Conditioning

Texas Instrument's Richard Zarr reviews the differences between Silicon-Germanium BiCMOS and small-geometry CMOS when it comes to driving high-speed data transmission lines.

Improve Your Jitter Performance In Communications Systems 1

Texas Instruments' Rick Zarr reviews sources of jitter in communications and mixed-signal environments and suggests corrective measures.

The Enterprise Prepares For Life Beyond 100 Gbits/s (Part 3)

Low BER and power efficiency are winning over speed. Is multi-level coding on the way?

The Enterprise Prepares For Life Beyond 100 Gbits/s (Part 2)

This contribution explores the use and need for 10 Gb/s Ethernet connections and beyond to meet growing mobile growth and data speeds.

The Enterprise Prepares For Life Beyond 100 Gbits/s (Part 1)

Examining how the push for greater Internet access speed has expedited the development of today's 10 Gb/s fiber systems to the forthcoming 100 Gb/s fiber systems.

Digital Convergences Will Drive Analog Semiconductor Technology

National Semi's Rick Zarr contributes a sidebar to the 2011 analog forecast in which he considers a host of factors related to high bandwidth drivers for communications ICs.

Then, Now, And Beyond—System Design In The 21st Century

I remember the day it arrived. All of our design engineers gathered around the lab bench waiting for our technician to unpack the box. As it was slowly lifted from the protective cardboard packing and set on the bench, we all looked on in a

Protect Code Distribution For Flash-Based Microcontrollers

Full article begins on Page 2 Because it's fairly ubiquitous and accessible, the Internet is a great way to provide code up-dates to customers. But it's an open medium, so it's subject to attacks or theft. By encrypting machine code and...