Delay lines are used in applications that require a signal delay of a few nanoseconds (ns) or where incremental timing corrections are needed for the system to work properly. This article discusses ...

Modern oscilloscopes capture, view, measure, and analyze complex RF signals in the time, frequency, and modulation domains. Time-domain analysis, the original oscilloscope function, allows users to ...

Many power ICs use frequency jitter, which spreads a control signal's spectrum, to control EMI (electromagnetic interference). If you need to add frequency jitter to power ICs that control three-phase ...

For the DAC itself, various types of errors are given in the datasheet — for example, the integral-nonlinearity (INL) error, which relates to the difference between the ideal output voltage and the ...

Waves in water are transverse. This means that the vibrations causing the waves are perpendicular to the direction of energy transfer. As this little boat demonstrates, you can see that the waves are ...

When Tesla first introduced the 3-phase alternating current (AC) induction motor in 1888, he knew that his invention was more efficient and reliable than Edison's direct current (DC) motor. However, ...

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Electrical signal chains can be found in various forms and they can consist of different electrical components, including sensors, actuators, amplifiers, analogue-to-digital converters (ADCs), digital ...