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Is it time to move beyond FR4?
Is your circuit board compromising your circuit? Is it time to consider a change from the standby FR4 board material? With rising operating frequencies and higher data rates, signal fidelity is more...
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Voltage translation: It doesn’t get any easier than this
Today, modern design houses are trying to find smaller devices that use less power, and they want to do this with lower cost for applications like industrial automation, PCs, servers and...
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Get Connected: Differential signaling
Welcome to the second installment of the Get Connected blog series here on Analog Wire! In this post, we explore the benefits of differential signaling and how these benefits can impact your high-speed...
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QAM modulation levels rising: 1024 QAM and beyond
Tremendous growth in smartphone, web, video and audio applications has increased the demand for high-speed systems. As more and more users demand high-speed data, operators require increased capacity...
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Isolation education 101
Are you new to the world of digital isolation? Perhaps you are a seasoned veteran? No matter the level of your expertise we can all use a refresh every so many clock cycles. The subject of digital...
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Going for distance or going for speed on the RS-485 bus?
Network designers know that for robust, reliable communications, the RS-485 standard has a track record that has made it the recommended standard for multipoint, differential data transmission in...
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One part for all: Multi-standard signal conditioners
I’ve been watching the evolution of bus structures since I was a young designer in the early 1980s. From the humble S-100 and AT bus to the blazing speed of PCIe Gen-3, I have seen a few changes, most...
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How to evaluate a transimpedance amplifier (part 2)
In my previous blog on "How to evaluate a transimpedance amplifier, part 1", we looked at the OPA857 performance, but didn’t go in depth in explaining how those measurements were taken. Now that we’ve...
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JESD204B: Is it for you?
If you have anything to do with high-speed data capture designs using an FPGA, you’ve probably heard the new buzz word, ‘JESD204B’. In my role here at TI, I’ve seen a lot of engineers request...
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Get Connected: Jitter
Welcome to the third installment of the Get Connected blog series here on Analog Wire! In this post, we will be discussing jitter from a high level, as this is a very complex topic and could not be...
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What you need to know about using general purpose op amps at low voltage
You need to design a basic op amp circuit at a low supply voltage and are tempted to use that high-voltage, low cost op-amp to save money. But will it work? I’ll show you how to tell.l started with the...
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How Thunderbolt™ 2 enables 4k video resolution
1080p video screen resolution is in almost every home, and like technology does these days, it’s quickly evolving to the next step: 4k video. This presents many challenges for our designer friends,...
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How to optimize clock distribution in PCIe applications
PCI Express® (PCIe®) is an industry leading standard input/output (I/O) technology. It is one of the most commonly used I/O interface in servers, personal computers and other applications. Through the...
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How our high-speed DAC summation block can help you
TI recently unveiled a couple of JESD204B digital-to-analog converters (DACs) that include a first-of-its-kind feature for high-speed, quad-channel DACs: the summation block. Located in the signal...
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Get Connected: Measuring Jitter
Welcome to the fourth installment of the Get Connected blog series here on Analog Wire! In my previous post we explored jitter from a high level examining random jitter (RJ) and the components of...
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What you always wanted to know about TINA-TI but were afraid to ask! (Part 3)
Whether or not you were ever “afraid” to ask about any of the TINA-TI topics we discussed in Part 1 or in Part 2 of this Analog Wire series, I’m hoping that you find my next topic, noise analysis using...
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The need for even more speed: CAN FD
What’s all this CAN FD stuff anyway? Full duplex? Frequency domain? Fire department? No, actually it is the latest development in the CAN world. FD stands for Flexible Data-rate and was introduced...
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Get Connected: LVDS for multipoint applications
Welcome to the fifth installment of the Get Connected blog series here on Analog Wire! In my previous post we explored some techniques for measuring random jitter and the components of deterministic...
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Pitch-perfect little logic saves your assembly
Smaller is better, right? Not always. As our space-constrained, feature-packed applications demand smaller device packaging, all ICs are affected – including little logic. But, what typically happens...
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When to use an RF choke vs an inductor
Most engineers are familiar with inductors as they are a key element in many frequency selective circuits. One application for inductors though that you may not be quite as familiar with is as an RF...
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