The extensive use of MIM/MOM capacitors in analog/RF designs presents designers with extraction challenges that typically require multiple extraction techniques. The Calibre xACT platform offers ...

Leakage current has been a leading cause of device failure in DRAM design, starting with the 20nm technology node. Problems with leakage current in DRAM design can lead to reliability issues, even ...

As electronics rely more and more on ICs, subtle details about discrete components get lost because we spend less time designing with them. For example, a relay seems like a simple component, but ...

In July 2008, Robert Kollman started a column to share common tips and tricks of power-supply design. At the time, the Texas Instruments (TI) Power Design Services team had a large library of ...

Any engineer knows that capacitors are a fundamental building block in RF/microwave systems. Bypass networks are one example—they require capacitors to bypass ac signals to ground. For such cases, ...