Editor's note: Linear Integrated Systems co-founder, John H. Hall, is an industry veteran who is still hands on when it comes to innovations like the latest JFET, LSK489. Anyone using an electronic ...

Logical- and physical-synthesis tools have revolutionized digital-ASIC design over the past decade, increasing chip functions and designer productivity. However, many of today's SOC (system-on-chip) ...

This diagram shows the standard layout of transistors in cell phone power amplifiers, at left, and a new highly efficient amplifier design, at right. The new design could help make possible ...

Why discretes tend to win out over ICs when it comes to designing ‘folded cascode’ charge amplifiers. By Tolga Aydemir Integrated circuits (ICs) are vital in helping to reduce the cost, size and ...

Transimpedance amplifiers (TIAs) implemented in CMOS technology remain critical components in a wide range of applications, from optical communication systems to sensing and instrumentation. These ...

Design analysis of the K2-W Vacuum Tube Op Amp’s design and operation reveals the mad science that created a commercial revolution in 1950s and 1960s analog computing. Op amps played a critical role ...

Audiophile-Ready 30-Watt Class A Integrated Amplifier Boasts Low-Noise Super-Symmetry Circuit, User-Friendly Operation, and Clean, Clear, Transparent Performance Pass Laboratories, Inc., an audio ...

Amplifiers in cascode Configuration and their variations are generally used to overcome Miller Capacitance, improve the small signal gain and output impedance. Increasing number of transistors in ...

Gallium-nitride (GaN) FETs are becoming widely preferred in many products, from low power, low-cost applications such as smart device chargers all the way up to high power automotive applications.