Radio Frequency Integrated Circuit Design
I enjoyed reading this book for a number of reasons. One reason is that itaddresses high-speed analog design in the context of microwave issues. This isan advanced-level book, which should follow courses in basic circuits andtransmission lines. Most analog integrated circuit designers in the past workedon applications at low enough frequency that microwave issues did not arise.As a consequence, they were adept at lumped parameter circuits and often notcomfortable with circuits where waves travel in space. However, in order todesign radio frequency (RF) communications integrated circuits (IC) in thegigahertz range, one must deal with transmission lines at chip interfaces andwhere interconnections on chip are far apart. Also, impedance matching isaddressed, which is a topic that arises most often in microwave circuits. In mycareer, There has been a gap in comprehension between analog low-frequencydesigners and microwave designers. Often, similar issues were dealt with in twodifferent languages. Although this book is more firmly based in lumped-elementanalog circuit design, it is nice to see that microwave knowledge is brought inwhere necessary.Too many analog circuit books in the past have concentrated first on thecircuit side rather than on basic theory behind their application in communications.The circuits usually used have evolved through experience, without asatisfying intellectual theme in describing them. Why a given circuit works bestcan be subtle, and often these circuits are chosen only through experience. Forthis reason, I am happy that the book begins first with topics that require anintellectual approach—noise, linearity and filtering, and technology issues. Iam particularly happy with how linearity is introduced (power series). In Therest of the book it is then shown, with specific circuits and numerical examples,how linearity and noise issues arise.
Calculation of the Differential Impedance of Tracks on FR4 substrates
There is a discrepancy between calculated and measured values of impedance for differential transmission lineson FR4. This is especially noticeable in the case of surface microstrip configurations. The anomaly is shown tobe due to the nature of the substrate material. This needs to be considered as a layered structure of epoxy resinand glass fibre. Calculations, using Boundary Element field methods, show that the distribution of the electricfield within this layered structure determines the apparent dielectric constant and Therefore affects theimpedance. Thus FR4 cannot be considered to be uniform dielectric when calculating differential impedance.
Abstract: There are differences between the operation of low-frequency AC transformers and electronic transformersthat supply current to MR16 lamps, and There are also differences in the current draw for MR16 halogen lamps andMR16 LED lamps. These contrasts typically prevent an MR16 LED lamp from operating with most electronictransformers. This article explains how a high-brightness (HB) LED driver optimized for MR16 lamps will allow LEDlamps to be compatible with most electronic transformers.A similar version of this article appeared on Display Plus, July 7, 2012 and in German in Elektronikpraxis, October 1,2012.
Abstract: There are many things to consider when designing a power supply for a field-programmablegate array (FPGA). These include (but are not limited to) the high number of voltage rails, and thediffering requirements for both sequencing/tracking and the voltage ripple limits. This application noteexplains these and other power-supply considerations that an engineer must think through whendesigning a power supply for an FPGA.
Abstract: As electronic systems take over many of the mechanical functions in a car—ranging from engine timing to steering andbraking—There is a growing concern about fault tolerance. There should not be a single point of failure that would prevent a car fromat least "limping" off the road or making it to the nearest service station. Redundant systems, watchdog timers, and other controlcircuits are used to reroute signals and perform other functions that ensure that a vehicle can safely make it off the road when afailure occurs.
A large group of fiber optic lasers are powered by DCcurrent. Laser drive is supplied by a current source withmodulation added further along the signal path. Thecurrent source, although conceptually simple, constitutesan extraordinarily tricky design problem. There are anumber of practical requirements for a fiber optic currentsource and failure to consider them can cause laser and/or optical component destruction.
In an increasing trend, telecommunications, networking,audio and instrumentation require low noise power supplies.In particular, There is interest in low noise, lowdropout linear regulators (LDO). These components powernoise-sensitive circuitry, circuitry that contains noisesensitiveelements or both. Additionally, to conserve power,particularly in battery driven apparatus such as cellulartelephones, the regulators must operate with low input-tooutputvoltages.1 Devices presently becoming availablemeet these requirements (see separate section, “A Familyof 20mVRMS Noise, Low Dropout Regulators”).
針對盤山路存在的轉彎盲區，即在轉彎時司機無法得知彎路對面是否有車輛通過，設計一種基于C8051F310的山路轉彎預防警示系統。該系統利用一階濾波算法檢測山路轉彎時是否有車輛通過。運用該算法可增強系統檢測的實時性，提高檢測機動車輛的靈敏度，同時大大減少環境溫度對檢測的干擾。試驗表明該系統能夠正確指示出在山路轉彎時是否有車輛通過，目前該系統已安裝在盤山路上，可大大減少事故的發生率。
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Aiming at passing hilly road，There is a turn blind spot.Motormen usually do not know if the passing of vehicles pass the road.So a system of defending accident on hilly road is designed,which is based on MCU C8051F310.The sys-tem uses the first-order filter algorithm to detect whether There are passing vehicles.This algorithm enhances the real-time detection and improves the sensitivity of detection vehicles.Meanwhile,it reduces the detection interference of environmen-tal temperature.The experimental results show that this system can exactly indicate if There are passing vehicles.At present,the system has been successfully applied to hilly road.The system can greatly decrease accident.
介紹一種多功能音樂播放器，它是以AT89S52單片機為核心，并輔有一些外圍器件，采用匯編語言編寫程序，實現多功能音樂播放，歌曲自動循環播放和使用琴鍵自編曲目功能。此外，彩燈顯示歌曲節奏，按鍵跳轉到喜愛曲目，液晶顯示當前播英文曲目。并給出了系統軟硬件設計。
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It introduces a multifunctional music player,taking AT89S52 single-chip microcomputer as hardware control core and using some peripheral elements.Programmes are compiled in assembly language to act as expected.There are two functional modes in this system.One is to make the music play automatically and consecutively,the other is to compose new songs through keys.In addition,lights show the pace of music and the English names can be displayed in the liquid crystal screen.With perfect combination of hardware and software,the music player can meet many music lovers’needs for multifunctional music player.And the hardware and software of the system are given.
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