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You've made EN-Genius Network's technical notes among the most-read of any online engineering resource. Regular contributor Dennis Feucht spearheads this comprehensive ZONE.

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acquisitionZONE

• Avoiding Performance Pitfalls for the Pulse Response of High-Speed Op Amps: Part 2  
(Michael Steffes - March 31, 2008)
• Avoiding Performance Pitfalls for the Pulse Response of High-Speed Op Amps: Part 1  
(Michael Steffes - February 4, 2008)
• Choose A Digitally-Controlled Potentiometer Instead Of A DAC?  
(Tamara Schmitz and Heather Babcock, Intersil Corporation - October 8, 2007)
• Operational Amplifier Stability: Part 10 of 15  
(Tim Green, Linear Applications Engineering Manager, Burr-Brown Products from Texas Instruments - September 24, 2007)
• Boost Your Bandwidth with a Little Extra Microstrip  
(Navid Mostafavi, Applications Engineer, Intersil Corporation - August 13, 2007)
• Analog-To-Digital Converters  
(Bonnie C. Baker and Russell Anderson, Texas Instruments - July 23, 2007)
• Developing A Precise Pt100 RTD Simulator For SPICE  
(Thomas Kuehl, Senior Applications Engineer, Texas Instruments Incorporated - May 28, 2007)
• Designing SAR ADC Drive Circuitry: Part III  
(Rick Downs, Applications Engineering Manager, and Miro Oljaca, Systems Engineer, Data Acquisition Products, Texas Instruments - March 12, 2007)
• Operational Amplifier Stability - Part 9 of 15: Capacitive Load Stability: Output Pin Compensation  
(Tim Green, Linear Applications Engineering Manager, Burr-Brown Products from Texas Instruments Incorporated - December 11, 2006)
• Basic Guidelines For Using Analog-To-Digital Converters  
(Gary Hendrickson, Intersil Corporation - November 20, 2006)
• Design For A Wideband Differential Transimpedance DAC Output Interface  
(Michael Steffes, Market Development Manager, High-Speed Signal Conditioning, Texas Instruments Incorporated - October 23, 2006)
• The Evolution Of Rail-to-Rail Amplifiers  
(Mike Wong and Tamara Papalias, Intersil Corporation - September 25, 2006)

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audio/videoZONE

• Analysis and Measurement of Intrinsic Noise in Op Amp Circuits Part VIII: Popcorn Noise  
(Art Kay, Senior Applications Engineer, Texas Instruments Incorporated - February 25, 2008)
• Analysis and Measurement of Intrinsic Noise in Op Amp Circuits  
(Art Kay, Senior Applications Engineer, Texas Instruments Incorporated - October 7, 2007)
• Analysis and Measurement of Intrinsic Noise in Op Amp Circuits  
(Art Kay, Senior Applications Engineer, Texas Instruments Incorporated - August 13, 2007)
• Analysis and Measurement of Intrinsic Noise in Op Amp Circuits: Part V - Introduction to Noise Measurement  
(Art Kay, Senior Applications Engineer, Texas Instruments Incorporated - April 30, 2007)
• Rail-to-Rail Amplifier With Integrated Charge Pump Improves Input Offset  
(Mike Wong and Tamara Schmitz, Intersil Corporation - March 19, 2007)
• Analysis And Measurement Of Intrinsic Noise In Op Amp Circuits Part lll  
(Art Kay, Senior Applications Engineer, Texas Instruments Incorporated - December 4, 2006)
• Analysis And Measurement Of Intrinsic Noise In Op Amp Circuit  
(Art Kay, Senior Applications Engineer, Texas Instruments Incorporated - January 9, 2006)

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connectivityZONE

• Signals From Noise  
(Dave Van Ess, Principal Application Engineer, MTS, Cypress Semiconductor - April 14, 2008)
• LVDS-Based SerDes Devices Can Simplify Video Interconnects  
(Naresh B Shetty, Senior Analog Mixed-Signal Product Marketing Manager, Intersil Corporation - November 12, 2007)
• Signals-From-Noise: The Incredible Mock Analog Low-Pass Filter  
(Dave Van Ess, Principal Application Engineer, MTS, Cypress Semiconductor - October 22, 2007)
• Signals-From-Noise: Slew-Limited Filters  
(Dave Van Ess, Principal Application Engineer, MTS, Cypress Semiconductor - October 7, 2007)
• Signals-From-Noise: Current Sources  
(Dave Van Ess, Principal Application Engineer, MTS, Cypress Semiconductor - August 27, 2007)
• What Sallen-Key Filter Articles Don't Tell You - Part III  
(Dave Van Ess, Principal Application Engineer, Cypress Semiconductor - June 11, 2007)
• Signals-from-Noise - What Sallen-Key Filter Articles Don't Tell You - Part II  
(Dave Van Ess, Principal Applications Engineer, Cypress Semiconductor - May 14, 2007)
• Signals-from-Noise: What Sallen-Key Filter Articles Don't Tell You, Part I  
(Dave Van Ess, Principal Application Engineer, Cypress Semiconductor - April 9, 2007)
• Signals-From-Noise: Single-Bit ADCs in a Nutshell - Part III  
(Dave Van Ess, Principal Application Engineer, Cypress Semiconductor - March 5, 2007)
• Firmware Emulation of an I2C Slave Device  
(Steve Kolokowsky, Cypress Semiconductor - October 30, 2006)
• Signals-from-Noise Part II: Advanced DAC Techniques  
(Dave Van Ess, Principal Application Engineer, Cypress Semiconductor - October 23, 2006)

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connectorZONE

• A Rapid Prototyping System For Embedded Designs  
(Robert Lewis, P Eng, iMn MicroControl Ltd - April 14, 2008)

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designDEN

• Motor Drives and Audio Amplifiers  
(Dennis L Feucht - December 3, 2007)

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dspZONE

• Nyquist Revisited: How Many Samples Are Really Necessary?  
(Al Wegener, Samplify Systems - July 2, 2007)
• Developing DSP Test Systems for TI DSPs  
(Michael Trimborn National Instruments - November 6, 2006)

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greenpowerZONE

• Replacing Halogen Lights With LEDs  
(Fabien Franc, Catalyst Semiconductor - April 28, 2008)
• Ensuring Efficiency and Reliability in Solar Power Inverters  
(Jon Harper, Market Development Manager, Power Conversion & Industrial Products, Fairchild Semiconductor Europe - December 3, 2007)
• Memory Selection Considerations for Energy-Efficient Data Centers  
(Roland Barth and Jeff Hnatek, Qimonda AG - July 30, 2007)
• White Goods Motor Controller Improves The Environment And The Bottom Line  
(Jeffrey Reichard, CEO, Tier Electronics LLC, and Andrew Soukup, Worldwide TMS320C2000 Marketing Manager, Texas Instruments - November 20, 2006)

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greentechZONE

• Simple Techniques To Mitigate Tin Whiskers On RoHS-Compliant Printed Circuit Assemblies  
(Michael Hundt, STMicroelectronics, Inc. - January 22, 2007)
• Global Warming: The Era Of Fossil Fuel Energy Is Ending  
(Steven H Johnson, Principal, Wallcharts Workshop Inc - October 2, 2006)

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highpowerZONE

• Switching Analysis of Synchronous Rectifier MOSFETs With Phase-Shifted Full-Bridge Converter and Current Doubler  
(Mark Hu, Product Application Manager, Vishay Siliconix - November 19, 2007)
• Power Savings Techniques for Electric Motor Systems  
(Infineon Technologies AG - August 29, 2006)

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lowpowerZONE

• Grounding Techniques  
(Tamara Schmitz, Principal Applications Engineer, Intersil Corporation - April 14, 2008)
• Power-Over-Ethernet: The Reality Of Designing A Powered Device  
(by Tony Morgan Silver Telecom Ltd - July 31, 2006)

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networkZONE

• The Future of Electrical Signaling in a Post-10 Gbit/s World, Part VI  
(Brad Booth, Senior Principal Engineer, AMCC - February 25, 2008)
• The Future of Electrical Signaling in a Post-10 Gbit/s World, Part V  
(David R Stauffer, IBM Microelectronics, ASIC Design Center - January 28, 2008)
• Designing UTM With A Multi-Core Processor  
(Mike Hui, Freescale Semiconductor, Inc. - January 14, 2008)
• The Future of Electrical Signaling in a Post-10 Gbit/s World, Part IV  
(Eric Bogatin, Bogatin Enterprises; and Mike Resso, Agilent Technologies - December 24, 2007)
• The Future of Electrical Signaling in a Post-10 Gbit/s World, Part III  
(Michael Fogg, Tyco Electronics - November 12, 2007)
• The Future of Electrical Signaling in a Post-10 Gbit/s World  
(Adam Healey, LSI Corporation - October 22, 2007)
• The Future of Electrical Signaling in a Post-10 Gbit/s World  
(John D’Ambrosia, Scientist, Force10 Networks - September 24, 2007)
• Reaching Out: New Customers, New Applications  
(Sigurd Schelstraete and Kenneth Madison, Ikanos Communications, Inc - August 20, 2007)
• Standardized Thermal Requirements for AdvancedTCA Systems  
(Pasi Vaananen, Systems Architect, Embedded Communications Computing Motorola Inc - August 6, 2007)
• Testing And Interoperability Verification Of 10GBASE-LRM Optical Interfaces  
(Marco Mazzini, Cisco Photonics - May 7, 2007)
• The Role of Grandmaster, Boundary and Ordinary Clocks in IEEE 1588 Precision Time Protocol (PTP) for Frequency Synchronization Over Packet Networks  
(by Jeremy Bennington, Senior Manager, Business Development, Symmetricom, Inc. - February 12, 2007)
• High-Performance WiMAX RF Chipset Enables CPE And BTS Applications  
(Russell Hoppenstein, RF Applications Engineer, Texas Instruments Incorporated - October 30, 2006)

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programmablelogicZONE

• Fast, Flexible FPGA/FPGA Processor Memory Configuration  
(Jim Weyand, Principal Systems Engineer, Embedded Systems Design, Inc. - April 7, 2008)
• Implementing SPI-4.2 Using FPGAs  
(Alex Goldhammer, Marketing Manager, Xilinx, Inc - October 1, 2007)
• The Electronic Sleuth: Using Hard-Boiled Detective Work To Bridge The Gap Between Spec Sheets, Paper Designs, And The Real World  
(Craig McKelvey, Applications Engineering Manager, Cypress Semiconductor - November 6, 2006)

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rlcZONE

• Increasing Compensation Efficiency By Going Analog  
(Tim Warland, Applications Engineer, and Bob Frostholm, Vice President of Marketing, Microbridge Technologies - December 24, 2007)

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technoteZONE

• Cuk-Based Converter Concepts: Part 1  
(Dennis L Feucht - May 5, 2008)
• The End of Engineering  
(Dennis L Feucht - April 14, 2008)
• SEPIC PS1 10 W Converter Design Calculations  
(Dennis L Feucht - March 10, 2008)
• Method for Approximating Magnetic Core Power-Loss Density  
(Dennis L Feucht - February 11, 2008)
• Step Motors and Drives  
(Dennis L Feucht - January 14, 2008)
• Fan Motor Redesign  
(Dennis L Feucht - January 7, 2008)
• Practical Design Of A Buck Converter, Part V  
(Dennis L Feucht - December 10, 2007)
• Practical Design Of A Buck Converter, Part IV  
(Dennis L Feucht - November 12, 2007)
• Fan Motor Repair  
(Dennis L Feucht - November 5, 2007)
• Practical Design Of A Buck Converter  
(Dennis L Feucht - October 1, 2007)
• Practical Design of a Buck Converter  
(Dennis L. Feucht - September 10, 2007)
• The SEPIC Converter  
(Dennis L. Feucht - September 3, 2007)
• Practical Design of a Buck Converter  
(Dennis L. Feucht - August 6, 2007)
• Personal Energy Systems Calculations: Part II  
(Dennis L. Feucht - July 2, 2007)
• Personal Energy Systems Calculations: Part I  
(Dennis L. Feucht - June 4, 2007)
• Temperature Compensation Of BJT Differential Amplifiers  
(Dennis L. Feucht - May 7, 2007)
• Solar Thermoelectric Technology: Part 2  
(Dennis L. Feucht - April 9, 2007)
• Solar Thermoelectric Technology: Part 1  
(Dennis L. Feucht Innovatia Laboratories - March 5, 2007)
• Self-Diagnosis Of Electronics With Analog Circuits - Developmental Concepts  
(Dennis L. Feucht Innovatia Laboratories - February 5, 2007)

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test&measurementZONE

• Ten Points To Consider When Purchasing Your Next Oscilloscope  
(Robert Lashlee, Learning Products Engineer, Agilent Technologies - March 24, 2008)
• Exploring The Test Requirements For DisplayPort Receivers  
(Dr Michael Herz, Digital Applications Specialist, Agilent Technologiesexamine what comprises a typical DisplayPort receiver test set-up. - January 14, 2008)
• Make Simultaneous Data Acquisition Beneficial and Cost-Effective  
(Tim Ludy, Product Marketing Manager, Data Translation - October 29, 2007)
• Digitizing Real-time Scopes Can Speed Validation For 10/1000Base-T And 100Base-TX  
(Daniel Choong, Product Manager, Wireline Testing Applications, High Performance Oscilloscopes, Agilent Technologies - October 15, 2007)
• Deep-Memory In PC-Connected Scope Adapters As Important As Bench Scopes  
(Jeff Bronks, Pico Technology plc; and Alan J Lowne, Saelig Co Inc - October 8, 2007)
• System Level Approach To Jitter Problems In High-Speed Digital Transmission  
(Greg D. Le Cheminant, Measurement Applications Specialist for Digital Signal Analysis Products, Digital Verification Solutions Division, Agilent Technologies - September 24, 2007)
• What Makes Bit-Error Ratio Testing With Integrated CDR Beneficial?  
(Michael Fleischer, Agilent Technologies - July 23, 2007)
• New Technique Accurately Measures Low-Frequency Distortion To   
(Xavier Ramus, Applications Engineer, Texas Instruments Incorporated - October 2, 2006)

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wirelessZONE

• Digital Wireless Sensor Telemetry  
(Summation Research - March 6, 2006)

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