Hackaday

Unusual Circuits In The Intel 386’s Standard Cell Logic

Intel’s 386 CPU is notable for being its first x86 CPU to use so-called standard cell logic, which swapped the taping out of ...
Hackaday

Simulating High-Side Bootstrap Circuits With LTSpice

LTSpice is a tool that every electronics nerd should have at least a basic knowledge of. Those of us who work professionally in the analog and power worlds rely heavily on the validity of our ...
EDN

Models for high-voltage transistors in a standard CMOS process

Designers of electronics and communications systems are constantly faced with the challenge of integrating greater functionality on less silicon area. Many of the system blocks – such as power ...
EDN

Logic 101 – Part 2 – Positive vs Negative Logic

1. Logical versus arithmetic views of a digital function. Having said this, it is generally preferable to employ a single consistent format to cover both cases, and it is easier to view logical ...