EDN

Power dissipation in portables: Design considerations using low-power CMOS ICs

When a CMOS circuit is in an idle state there is still some static power dissipation–a result of leakage current through nominally off transistors. Both nMOS and pMOS transistors used in CMOS logic ...
Semiconductor Engineering

Designing and Simulating Low-Voltage CMOS Circuits Using Four-Parameter Model

New technical paper titled “Bridging the Gap between Design and Simulation of Low-Voltage CMOS Circuits” from researchers at Federal University of Santa Catarina, Brazil. “This work proposes a truly ...
Electronic Design

CMOS Digital Isolators Enhance Smart Meter Data Integrity/Reliability

Sophisticated smart meters use IC technology to accurately measure and report power consumption. A primary concern in smart meter design is measurement data integrity. The most effective solution to ...
Nature

Low-Power High-Speed CMOS Comparators and Analog-to-Digital Converters

Low-power high-speed CMOS comparators and analog-to-digital converters (ADCs) play a pivotal role in modern electronics, from data-intensive computing systems to precision biomedical instrumentation.
EDN

Understand the digital-output options for high-speed ADCs

With a multitude of ADCchoices available for designers,they must consider whattype of digital-data outputs touse: CMOS (complementarymetal-oxide semiconductor),LVDS (low-voltage differential signaling ...