Designers commonly ask for video encoders with multiple inputs, but available encoders never seem to have enough. What has driven the increase in video input/outputs? To answer this question, let’s ...

Optical communication has revolutionized long-distance data transfer, but scaling it down to microchips is tougher. Now, though, a new technique means optical components can be integrated into general ...

Some applications require a positive voltage to be generated from a negative input voltage. This can be done either by using a transformer based topology, such as a flyback converter, or with a ...

In the “Say It with Me” series, we’ll take a commonly used concept out of electronics and explain it the best we can. If there’s something that’s been bugging you, or a certain term or concept that ...

The I/O buffer information specification, or IBIS, is a simulation system that allows the user to model then simulate signal integrity scenarios before committing the circuit to the printed circuit ...

For a circuit to perform a useful action, it must receive data (input) to which it will respond with an action (output). Think of a child’s toy where a press of a button turns a light turns on, and ...