In this exclusive series, Chipworks, one of the world's leading IC reverse-engineering houses, provides detailed functional and circuit analysis of significant new integrated circuits. Coupling actual ...

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 ...

A new highly efficient power amplifier for electronics could help make possible next-generation cell phones, low-cost collision-avoidance radar for cars and lightweight microsatellites for ...

How do you sort through this overwhelming number of devices? One way is to start by selecting the optimal process technology. Most manufacturers clearly label an op amp as CMOS, bipolar, or even ...

Tokyo, Japan, Feb 4, 2008 - (JCN Newswire) - Fujitsu Laboratories, Ltd. today announced the development of a millimeter-waveband power amplifier (PA) using standard 90nm CMOS process technology.

The development of low noise amplifiers (LNAs) in complementary metal–oxide–semiconductor (CMOS) technology has been at the forefront of modern wireless communication research. CMOS LNAs are integral ...

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 ...

A series CMOS amplifiers offers voltage noise that's similar to bipolar amplifiers. Generally known for their low input bias current, CMOS amps are inherently noisier than bipolar designs. The LTC6241 ...

Op Amps Continue To Flourish SINCE THE INTRODUCTION OF THE FIRST monolithic bipolar operational amplifier (op amp) in the mid-sixties by Fairchild Semiconductor (www.fairchildsemi.com), the technology ...

Linear Technology’s new family of CMOS amplifiers delivers DC precision at low supply current. The company says that the LTC6078 dual and LTC6079 quad op amps offer a breakthrough combination of ...