While automated pattern matching is widely used in the digital IC physical verification process, adoption in the analog space has been much slower. In fact, the very nature of customized analog ...

Many times when a custom analog IC design is undertaken, the design has already been realized on a PCB using off-the-shelf components. This is a good thing, but it can also be a bad thing if the ASIC ...

Analog integrated circuits (ICs) are used to control and regulate conditions such as temperature, speed, sound, and electrical current. In analog ICs, voltage and current vary continuously at ...

This article describes a simple technique for using a processors PWM output to produce an analog control voltage that matches the load’s input range, thus maximizing control resolution. Most ...

Linear Technology's Bob Dobkin, Mentor Graphics' Robert Hum, and the Gartner Group's Steve Ohr assess the future of analog chips from different perspectives: process ...