November 5, 2007

FEATURES COVER STORY/ENGINEERING FEATURE · David Maliniak Stanch The Bleeding Of Leakage Power At 65nm Even as leakage overwhelms their power budgets, IC design teams are finding ways to plug the holes that are costing them dearly at deep-submicron nodes. TECHNOLOGY REPORT · Sam Davis Next-Generation Multifunction Power ICs Help Shrink Mobile Systems To meet size constraints, a single IC functions as a power subsystem-on-a-chip by integrating combinations of linear and switching power sources, battery chargers, and even audio amplifiers. ENGINEERING ESSENTIALS · Klaus G. Schroeter, Nanoident Technologies AG Printed-Electronics Technology Flexes Its Muscle Forget about traditional, stiff silicon. Printed electronics can save costs while opening the door to new applications. DEPARTMENTS LEAPFROG: FIRST LOOK · Louis E. Frenzel Test System Pushes MIMO Wireless Standards Into The Spotlight DESIGN SOLUTION · Thomas Kugelstadt, Texas Instruments Move Over Iso Amp—Make The Switch To Digital Isolation IDEAS FOR DESIGN Twisted Pair Accurately Reads Digital Temperature Sensor At 1000 m · Alfredo Saab and Tina Alikahi, Maxim Integrated Products Tuning A Quadrature Encoder By Ear · Michael Covington, University of Georgia CLASSIC IDEAS FOR DESIGN AC Motor Driver Features PC Programmability · Massimo Gottardi, Instituto per la Ricerca Scientifica Tecnologia Embedded In Electronic Design · William Wong Freeing Communications 1-2-3-4, What Do We Need More Cores For? Autos Getting The Most From MOST150 Linux At Home In Mobile Phones USB Module Supports Low-Cost FPGA Development
TECHVIEW THE INDUSTRY · Richard Gawel Tesla's Tests Confirm Roadster's 245-Mile Range ANALOG & POWER · Don Tuite Codec And System Power Management Share A Die Multiple Modes Flatten Flyback Efficiency Curves DIGITAL · Daniel Harris Wireless Technologies Work Together To Cheat Death COMMUNICATIONS · Louis E. Frenzel Ethernet Transceiver First To Include IEEE-1588 Precision Time Protocol Quad Equalizer Lets You Go Faster And Longer With High-Speed Serial Channels Serial-To-Wi-Fi Module Enables Wireless M2M Without Programming EDA · David Maliniak Design-For-Test Tool Eliminates Need For Gate-Level Scan COLUMNSSPONSORED EDITORIAL EDITORIAL · Joe Desposito Engineering Bridges Isn't Just Civil Anymore PEASE PORRIDGE · Bob Pease What's All This Stability Stuff, Anyhow? POINT OF VIEW · Gary Drossel, SiliconSystems Inc. The Five Myths Of Solid-State Storage: Why It’s Not As Expensive As You Think BASICS OF DESIGN · Louis E. Frenzel For The Best Receiver Testing, Record And Play Back Real-World RF Signals