January 6, 2025 - Electronic Design Today

For Designers: Logic Nets in Transistor Cans (ED article from 1961)

Jan. 6, 2025

Here’s a blast from the past as we reprint our news from NYC’s 1961 IRE show—the first integrated logic circuits in TO-5 and TO-18 cans are being announced.

Nonlinearities

So...The CMOS Circuits in Our Texts Go Back to 1963?

Jan. 6, 2025

Mostly-Analog editor Andy Turudic takes a look at the original 1963 ISSCC paper that described the world’s first CMOS process with planar P- and N-type MOSFETs.

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Power

PWM Controller Tailored for AI Server and Graphics Cards Based on Blackwell GPUs

Jan. 6, 2025

The four-phase PWM controller pairing with Alpha and Omega’s benchmark DrMOS exhibits the best system efficiency for NVIDIA’s Blackwell GPU platforms.

Power

Configurable Three-Output PMIC Steers Toward Automotive MCUs

Jan. 3, 2025

Featuring three independent outputs, automotive-grade protection and reliability, on-chip NVM, and embedded diagnostics, this device can support almost any type of control module...

Blackberry QNX’s OS Safety and Security Survey Results

Software

Security and Safety Top the List of OS Selection Criteria

Jan. 3, 2025

BlackBerry QNX’s developer survey results put security and safety front and center.

Automotive

Thermal Imaging Helps Automakers Meet 2029 Nighttime AEB Safety Standards

Dec. 27, 2024

Teledyne FLIR, in collaboration with VSI Labs, released its testing plan methodology and the results of its FMVSS standard No. 127 pedestrian automatic emergency braking (PAEB...

Microprocessors

Chiplets Extend Automotive SoC AI and GPU Capability

Dec. 27, 2024

Renesas’ R-Car X5H SoC, which meets ASIL B/D, provides scalable automotive compute.

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Power

Die-Attach Process Dramatically Improves Waste-Heat Removal in Power Electronics

Dec. 23, 2024

A new die-attach process promises to cool power devices up to 15X more efficiently while reducing failure-inducing stresses caused by conventional sintering techniques.

The Briefing

Cadence Rolls Out System Chiplet to Reorganize the SoC

Dec. 18, 2024

Learn more about the motivations behind Cadence’s new Arm-based system chiplet in the latest installment of The Briefing.

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Industry Insights

Freelance Engineering 101: The Power, Job Market, and Money

Dec. 18, 2024

Significant numbers of engineers are going the freelance route, both contract and part-time. What does this mean?

Power

Two Universities Unveil V2G-Capable OBC Designs Leveraging WBG Tech

Dec. 18, 2024

Industry and academia team to create designs for compact, cost-effective, V2G-capable onboard chargers for EVs.

Industry Insights

Salaries Trend Up for Electrical and Electronics Engineers in 2024

Dec. 13, 2024

In a tight labor market, skilled engineers continue to have leverage when negotiating salaries and pushing for bonuses and other perks.

Test & Measurement

How Much Power is Needed to Charge My Battery Cell?

Dec. 13, 2024

Specification of lithium-ion battery testers must take into account that the actual power consumed varies with time, and that there will be losses. This article takes a deep dive...

Power

A Starting Point for Selecting EMI Filters

Dec. 11, 2024

Electromagnetic interference is becoming a bigger disturbance in power electronics and other systems. Explore the many different types of EMI filters that can cut through the ...