Category Archives: Analog and RF

Texas Instruments, "SimpleLink"…Cooking Meatballs from Anywhere

Posted on January 18, 2012 by Chipworks

Last week at CES we had a great time visiting the Texas Instruments Wireless Group. We met up with Heather Ailara. Heather is the Media Relations Manager for TI’s Worldwide Wireless Communications Wireless  Business Unit. Heather introduced us to Matt … Continue reading →

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Looking at the LIN Bus I/O on the Atmel ATA6843 Motor Controller

Posted on December 14, 2011 by Chipworks

Contributed by: St.J. Dixon-Warren, James Mihaychuk, and Bing Liu >>Part 1 of 2.  Next we will look at the Toshiba TPD4135AK IGBTs The Atmel ATA6843 provides an interface between a microcontroller and a brushless DC motor. It requires six discrete … Continue reading →

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Design analysis of the Texas Instruments TPS62260 DC-DC converter

Posted on October 12, 2011 by Chipworks

Contributed by Randy Torrance. For this blog, we are starting a new category of content called “Design Analysis.”  This area will be focused on content most useful for design engineers or for patent teams that are interested in chip circuitry. It will … Continue reading →

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Lenovo A60 – Mediatek Enters WiFi Competition (part 3)

Posted on October 7, 2011 by Chipworks

This article is part 3 of a multi-part blog. For the other parts, please see the links below. Inside the Lenovo A60 – Phone Teardown (teardown) Inside the Lenovo A60 – MediaTek MT6573 Applications Processor (part 1) Inside the Lenovo … Continue reading →

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