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  • Emerging Applications Push DC-DC Converter Input Voltages Higher

    Emerging Applications Push DC-DC Converter Input Voltages Higher

    By Tom Curatolo, May 17, 2012

    Vicor's Tom Curatolo describes how to stack dc-dc regulator modules in data centers and other installations that distribute 400-V dc power.

  • Did You Buffer The Buffered Buffer?

    Did You Buffer The Buffered Buffer?

    By Dave Van Ess, May 09, 2012

    Cypress' Dave Van Ess cautions circuit designers about the sloppy overuse of op amps with examples and circuit theory.

  • Don’t Underestimate The Value of Standards

    Don’t Underestimate The Value of Standards

    By Karen Bartleson, March 22, 2012

    In her debut column, Karen Bartleson recaps why standards matter to design engineers and how they serve as a foundation for technology and business. Along the way, she gives shout-outs to some successful standards as well as a few failures.

  • What’s All This Perfection Stuff, Anyhow?

    What’s All This Perfection Stuff, Anyhow?

    By Bob Pease, February 07, 2012

    Whether you're writing a book or designing an amplifier, perfection may be a worthy but unattainable goal. Sooner or later, you have to settle for good enough.

  • What’s All This Spicey Stuff, Anyhow? (Part II)

    What’s All This Spicey Stuff, Anyhow? (Part II)

    By Bob Pease, January 13, 2012

    Bob Pease recalls some of his struggles with Spice, answers some reader questions, proves a point to his marketing exec, and discusses the role of modeling.

  • What’s All This Spicey Stuff, Anyhow? (Part I)

    What’s All This Spicey Stuff, Anyhow? (Part I)

    By Bob Pease, January 13, 2012

    Bob Pease is not a fan of using Spice to design. He prefers to get his hands dirty with some analog computations and breadboards.

  • Tools Enable More Analog Innovation In 2012

    Tools Enable More Analog Innovation In 2012

    By Rob Reeder, January 11, 2012

    Analog Devices' Rob Reeder reviews on-line tools for electronic designers.

  • What’s All This Last Column Stuff, Anyhow?

    What’s All This Last Column Stuff, Anyhow?

    By Bob Pease, November 29, 2011

    The Late Bob Pease' Final Column for Electronic Design

  • What’s All This Profit Stuff, Anyhow?

    What’s All This Profit Stuff, Anyhow?

    By Bob Pease, November 28, 2011

    Back in 1960, Bob Pease observed a top secret project, the first solid-state operational amplifier, at George A. Philbrick Researches.

  • What’s All This Noise Stuff, Anyhow? (Part II)

    What’s All This Noise Stuff, Anyhow? (Part II)

    By Bob Pease, November 14, 2011

    Bob Pease continues his investigation of a high-performance, low-noise transistor project by building his own text fixture to measure its transistor base-current noise.

  • What’s All This Noise Stuff, Anyhow? (Part 1)

    What’s All This Noise Stuff, Anyhow? (Part 1)

    By Bob Pease, November 11, 2011

    Bob Pease investigates a high-performance, low-noise transistor project whose transistors boast noise that's two to four orders of magnitude quiter than conventional transistors.

  • What’s All This Analog Stuff, Anyhow?

    What’s All This Analog Stuff, Anyhow?

    By Bob Pease, November 04, 2011

    Originally published September 13, 1990, this is the first of a series of columns about analog and "linear" circuits by Bob Pease. In this inaugural edition, Bob tackles "analog synthesis" and the "hueristic approach," as explained by a young colleague.