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DEPARTMENTS
Lab Bench · By William Wong
Hollywood
And Silicon Valley Both Love Remakes, Sequels, And Series
Design Solution · By William Lovell and Martin
Won, c-Link Systems and Altera
Implement
A Complete ARV Controller In A Single SoC
Ideas For Design · By Ken Turocy, Diebold
Inc.
LMC555
Timers Delay Hardware Reset To Collect Debug Data
EEPN In Electronic Design · By Mat
Dirjish
PiP
Technology Cuts PCB Assembly Costs While Boosting Reliability
EEPN In Electronic Design · By Barry Dagan, Cool
Innovations Inc.
For
More Efficient Cooling, Try Splayed Pin-Fin Heatsinks
EEPN In Electronic Design · By Mark A.
Occhionero, CPS Technologies
Consider
Your Materials Carefully In Microprocessor And ASIC Design
Design FAQs · By Don Tuite
Class
D Amplifiers For Portable Applications
TECHVIEW
Analog & Power · By Don Tuite
GUI
Simplifies Design Tweaks
Analog & Power · By Don Tuite
Fabless
Power-Device Challenger Emerges At APEC
Leapfrog · By David Maliniak
Verification
Gets A Whole Lot Smarter
COLUMNS
Editorial · By Joe Desposito
Countdown
To The End Of The Analog TV Broadcast Era
Point Of View · By Paul Pulley, AMI
Semiconductor
Industrial
Network Standards Need Good PHY Silicon Implementations
Pease Porridge · By Bob Pease
Bob's
Mailbox