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Image Sensors White Papers :: Video and Image Processing Design Using FPGAs

In this paper, we will look at the trends in video and image processing that are forcing developers to re-examine the architectures they have used in the past. This paper will discuss the tradeoffs...  >>  

Digital TV/ Hi-Def White Papers :: MAKING DOCSIS 3.0 A REALITY

DOCSIS 3.0 specification is a cost-effective solution enabling cable modems to achieve unprecedented uplink and downlink data rates in data, voice and commercial services.  >>  

Digital/ Satellite Radio Application Notes :: Satellite Radio Receiver 1st Mixer: MAX2682 Tuned for 2642.5MHz

The MAX2682 miniature, low-cost, low-noise downconverter is designed for low-voltage operation and is ideal for use in portable communications equipment. Signals at the RF input port are mixed with...  >>  

Electronic Imaging Application Notes :: Choosing a CCD sensor for high-performance imaging

Developers of digital cameras for high-technology markets need to fully understand CCD sensor architectures and their performance tradeoffs  >>  

Internet Audio/ MP3 Application Notes :: Power Adapter for Portable Audio Players

Design Idea DI-140 TinySwitch-III 10 W Adapter for Portable Audio Players With Latching Overvoltage and Over-Temperature Shutdown Protection.  >>  

Hi-Fi/ Professional Audio Application Notes :: New trends toward high-efficiency portable power and audio

Power savings, space, and cost drive next-generation designs  >>  

Broadcast/ Cable Equipment White Papers :: Broadcast Video Infrastructure Implementation Using FPGAs

The proliferation of high-definition television (HDTV) video content creation and the method of delivering these contents in a bandwidth-limited broadcast channel environment have driven new video...  >>  

Digital TV/ Hi-Def White Papers :: Satisfying the Demand for Rapid Feature Enhancement in Consumer Display Products

Developers of consumer display products face a daunting design challenge. The application-specific standard products (ASSPs) that have been used in these products historically are built with custom...  >>  

Hi-Fi/ Professional Audio Application Notes :: Breakthrough Amplifier Technology Addresses Large Growing Markets

High performance, high power efficiency, small size and low system cost, Differentiated technology (Class T®) combines the benefits of digital amplification with the audio quality of the best...  >>  

Hi-Fi/ Professional Audio White Papers :: Design Considerations for a New Generation Mid-voltage Power MOSFET Technology

In this paper, the development of a new generation mid-voltage MOSFET technology covering multiple emerging applications is described. The basic methodology is based on advanced loss modeling of...  >>  

Hi-Fi/ Professional Audio White Papers :: A New Perspective on Decimation and Interpolation Filters

A New Perspective on Decimation and Interpolation Filters. Steve Green Technical Marketing Manager, Mixed-Signal Products, Cirrus Logic, Inc. it is the removal of the digital decimation and...  >>  

Hi-Fi/ Professional Audio White Papers :: Hardware Accelerators Boost the Performance of Next-Generation SHARC Processors

The recently announced Analog Devices SHARC ADSP-2146x processor incorporates hardware accelerators for implementing three widely used signal processing operations  >>  

Internet Audio/ MP3 Application Notes :: Circuit Refinements Ensure Quality Audio in Portable Computers

This article examines key parameters affecting headphone amp performance including: PSRR, turn-on transient suppression, and PCB grounding solutions. It focuses on just one application (the...  >>  

Digital TV/ Hi-Def White Papers :: Using Cyclone III FPGAs for Clearer LCD HDTV Implementation

Today's liquid crystal display (LCD) technology has found a great application with high-definition TV (HDTV), but the challenge has been to achieve high resolution, which requires faster data...  >>  

Internet Audio/ MP3 White Papers :: Designing Efficient, Real-Time Audio Systems with VisualAudio

The VisualAudio is a new software tool for designing and developing audio systems. This article describes its framework, audio modules, and application to audio product development.  >>  

Electronic Imaging White Papers :: Video Surveillance Implementation Using FPGAs

Currently, the video surveillance industry uses analog CCTV cameras and interfaces as the basis of surveillance systems. These system components are not easily expandable, and have low video...  >>  

Internet Audio/ MP3 Application Notes :: MP3 Personal Digital Players Using Actel FPGAs

These players use Actel’s A40MX04 and A42MX09 FPGAs respectively to implement application-specific functions. In each case, these Actel FPGAs met the price, power, and performance...  >>  

Electronic Imaging White Papers :: Video Surveillance Implementation Using FPGAs

Currently, the video surveillance industry uses analog CCTV cameras and interfaces as the basis of surveillance systems. These system components are not easily expandable, and have low video...  >>  

Hi-Fi/ Professional Audio Application Notes :: Class D Audio Amplifier Basics

A Class D audio amplifier is basically a switching amplifier or PWM amplifier. There are a number of different classes of amplifiers. This application note takes a look at the definitions for the...  >>  

Hi-Fi/ Professional Audio White Papers :: Low-Power, Low-Overhead, High-Fidelity Digital Sound for SOCs:

Tensilica’s HiFi 2 Audio Engine was carefully crafted to meet the requirements for the broadest possible range of consumer products. The HiFi 2 Audio Engine is available as an audio-extension...  >>  

Hi-Fi/ Professional Audio Application Notes :: Differentiating digital potentiometer features

Fully understanding and using features can improve system performance and simplify designs.  >>  

Internet Audio/ MP3 Application Notes :: ESD Protection Utilizing PESD Devices for Universal Serial Bus 2.0

The USB 2.0 protocol allows for data transfer rates of up to 480Mbps and supports plug and play hot swappable installation and operation. As a result of the increase in speed, low capacitance ESD...  >>  

Image Sensors Application Notes :: SoC image sensor gives mobile phones digital-camera quality

By integrating advanced image-processing technologies onto a single chip, the MT9D111 CMOS SoC image sensor can give mobile phones the image quality and functionality of a 2-Mpixel digital camera....  >>  

Hi-Fi/ Professional Audio Application Notes :: Maxim: Application notes for Audio Circuits

Some of the Application Notes are : 1. Minimizing RF Susceptibility in Cell-Phone Headphone Amplifiers. 2. ALC Improves Sound Quality While Protecting Speakers 3. Reduce EMC in Class-D Amplifiers...  >>  

Video Compression White Papers :: DaVinci White Papers / Articles

Learn about the possibilities for designing and developing digital video and audio end-equipment devices and applications using TI's DaVinci Technology.  >>  

Video Compression White Papers :: Introduction to H.264

H.264 offers much higher compression efficiencies than other previous compression schemes  >>  

Broadcast/ Cable Equipment Application Notes :: AN 344: Altera Reference Design Application Note

A digital video broadcast asynchronous serial interface (DVB-ASI) is a serial data transmission protocol that transports MPEG-2 packets over copper-based cables or optical networks. DVB-ASI is used...  >>  

Cameras/ Camcorders White Papers :: DSP SoC Design Methodology for Digital Camera

Digital still cameras (DSC) are rapidly proliferating as technology adds new capabilities and improves image quality and utility by allowing pictures to be printed after taking them, as well as...  >>  

Internet Audio/ MP3 White Papers :: Product Roundup: Audio/video multimedia ICs

New technologies and products enable portables and TV manufacturers to captivate consumers with remarkable video, audio, and imaging. Here is a roundup of recently introduced products.  >>  

Internet Audio/ MP3 Application Notes :: Do Passive Components Degrade Audio Quality in Your Portable Device?

In an audio circuit, passive components define the gain, provide biasing and power-supply rejection, and establish DC-blocking from one stage to the next. Portable audio, for which space, height,...  >>  

Hi-Fi/ Professional Audio Application Notes :: National's Overture Series for High Power Solutions

National Semiconductor has a broad portfolio of monolithic power integrated circuits covering power levels from a few hundred milliwatts up to 60W of non-clipped continuous average power. These ICs...  >>  

Hi-Fi/ Professional Audio White Papers :: Specifying the Jitter Performance of Audio Components

This paper reviews various ways of characterizing and quantifying jitter, and refines several of them for audio purposes. It also attempts to present a common, unambiguous terminology. The focus...  >>