EDN

Universal analog-to-digital multiplexer-demultiplexer

As is known, a multiplexer and a demultiplexer is an electronic device designed for selective signal transmission from one of several inputs to one output, or, on the contrary, signal transmission ...
Electronic Design

Power Multiplexer Prevents Cross-Current Conduction

Many systems require a power multiplexer to select between two different power sources. For example, a PCI-based board needs to be able to select between Scot Lester, Applications Engineer, Portable ...
Design-Reuse

Automated Transistor-Level Optimization in Standard-Cell Based Digital Design

As feature sizes continue to shrink at a breakneck pace, transistor-level analysis and optimization in digital design is becoming a necessity for achieving a solution with the unique combination of ...
Design-Reuse

The Challenges and Benefits of Analog/Mixed-Signal and RF System Verification above the Transistor Level

Abstract— Today’s on-chip Analog/Mixed-Signal and RF (A/RF) systems have reached a limit of size and complexity where transistor-level SPICE and FastSPICE simulation approaches cannot deliver a ...
EDN

Simple circuit forms multichannel temperature monitor

You can use an ADT7461 single-channel temperature monitor, an ADG708 low-voltage, low-leakage CMOS 8-to-1 multiplexer, and three standard 2N3906 pnp transistors to measure the temperatures of three ...