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App Note 4626: Multiple-Pulse Generator Aids IC Testing
App Note 4617: ADC Input Translator
App Note 4443: ICs Form Simple Thermometer-Style Voltage Indicator
App Note 4437: Zero-Drift Instrumentation Amplifier (IA) Takes the Strain out of Sensor Measurements
App Note 4428: Rail-to-Rail: Railroading and the Electronics of Op Amps
App Note 4415: High-Side Current Amplifier Forms 28V Circuit Breaker
App Note 4413: Sequencing Circuit Provides Pseudo Voltage Tracker
App Note 4375: Reference Design for a High-Current Power Supply with Lossless Current Sensing Using the MAX5060
App Note 4364: Ultra-Low Quiescent-Current Linear Regulator for Automotive Air Bags
App Note 4335: Saving Energy: Little Things Mean a Lot
App Note 4321: Precision Instrumentation Amplifiers with Rejustors Solve High-Gain Applications
App Note 4280: Using the DS4424 to Margin the Output Voltage of a DC-DC Converter
App Note 4271: Automotive Infotainment Goes Mainstream: High-Integration Solutions Enable Value-Added Features
App Note 4257: Using the MAX4951 SATA Bidirectional Redriver to Drive eSATA Cable
App Note 4242: Using the MAXQ3210 in an Audio Attenuator Circuit
App Note 4197: Using the DS4412 to Margin the Output Voltage of a DC-DC Converter
App Note 4179: Autozero Noise Filtering Improves Instrumentation Amplifier Output
App Note 4150: Reference Design Using the MAX5066 for a High Performance Application
App Note 4149: How to Add Margining Capability to a DC-DC Converter
App Note 4108: SPST Bipolar Power Switch Simplifies Power-Supply Testing
App Note 4050: Current Sensing on a Negative Voltage Supply Rail, using a Precision Instrumentation Amplifier
App Note 4034: Three is a Crowd for Instrumentation Amplifiers
App Note 3948: Simple, Latched Overcurrent Fault Detector Has Fast Response Time
App Note 3940: MAX8632 PCB Layout Optimization
App Note 3939: DC-DC Controllers Use Average-Current-Mode Control for Infotainment Applications
App Note 3928: Automotive Linear Regulators Minimize Quiescent Current
App Note 3888: Performance of Current-Sense Amplifiers with Input Series Resistors
App Note 3883: Practical Considerations for Advanced Current Sensing in High-Reliability Systems
App Note 3869: Variations Among Current-Sink/Source Circuits with a Single Op Amp
App Note 3855: Precision Circuit Monitors Negative Supply Current
App Note 3846: Analysis of a Digitally Controlled Wien-Bridge Oscillator
App Note 3767: Meeting the Challenges of Power-Supply Design for Modern, High-Current CPUs
App Note 3757: Bias Supply Powers Low-Power Geiger-Mueller Tube
App Note 3740: How to Generate Auxiliary Supplies from a Positive Buck DC-DC Converter
App Note 3672: Noise Reduction for the MAX1864 Auxiliary Regulator
App Note 3668: High-Efficiency Current Drive for High-Brightness LEDs
App Note 3657: Ultra-Low-Noise LDO Achieves 6nV/√Hz Noise Performance
App Note 3654: Current Limiting for the MAX1864 Auxiliary Regulator
App Note 3645: Correct Board Layout Lowers EMI of Switchmode Converters
App Note 3531: How to Reduce Reference Noise by Half
App Note 3502: Effect of PC Board Trace Width on Remote-Diode Temperature-Sensor Accuracy
App Note 3499: Compact-Footprint, 60A, Two-Phase Power Supply for AMD K8 Motherboards
App Note 3471: High-Speed Random-Data Generator Facilitates Eye Diagrams
App Note 3464: Precision Current Source is Software-Programmable
App Note 3457: IR-Linked Temperature Sensor
App Note 3450: Positive Analog Feedback Compensates PT100 Transducer
App Note 3442: Simple PSPICE Model Predicts MAX8546 Stability and Transient Response
App Note 3440: An Accurate Control Loop Model for Current-Mode Step-Down Controllers
App Note 3390: Reduced Termination Loss by Active Synthesis of Output Impedance
App Note 3356: MAX1917 Provides Pre-Bias Soft Start for Redundant Supply
App Note 3318: HFAN-08.2.0: Thermoelectric Cooler (TEC) Control
App Note 3244: 3mm-Tall, Dual-Phase, Step-Down, DC-DC Converter Delivers 1.6V at 20A from 12V for Mobile Processor Cores
App Note 3218: Power Supply Meets AMD K8 Low-Power Mobile Specification
App Note 3195: Add Fault Protection to 4-20mA Loop Supply
App Note 3178: Extended-Range Temperature-Sensing ICs
App Note 3077: A Digitally Controllable Lowpass Filter Using a Digital Potentiometer
App Note 3046: All-Ceramic Capacitor Step-Down/Inverter Supplies ±5V at 3A
App Note 2767: DAC Makes Controller Programmable
App Note 2236: Gamma-Photon Radiation Detector
App Note 2015: Overcurrent/Overdischarge Protection for Lead-Acid Batteries
App Note 1988: Circuit Enables PC-Based Voltage Measurements
App Note 1939: Nodal Analysis of Op Amp Circuits
App Note 1931: USB-Powered High Precision Hi-Fi Phono Preamp
App Note 1901: Convert the MAX1937/8/9 from Latch Off Mode to Hiccup Mode Under Short Circuit Condition
App Note 1868: Negative Resistor Cancels Op Amp Load
App Note 1867: Optocoupler Extends High-Side Current Sensor to 1kV
App Note 1828: Audio Gain Control Using Digital Potentiometers
App Note 1781: Graphics Chip Supply Delivers 1.65V at 26A
App Note 1775: Power Supply for DDR-SDRAM Termination Operates From 3V to 5.5V Input
App Note 1757: HFAN-08.2.1: PWM Temperature Controller for Thermoelectric Modules Keeps Components within 0.1°C
App Note 1153: MAX1967 Efficiency Improvement with 3.3V Input
App Note 1149: DDR Memory-Termination Supply
App Note 1127: Amplifier Provides Signal Conditioning for Piezofilm Sensor
App Note 1125: Circuit Generates Analog Fan-Speed Control
App Note 1122: Optimizing Audio Bridged Tied Load Amplifiers
App Note 1085: Selectable-Range Current Loop
App Note 1084: High-Side Current Sensor Has Period Output
App Note 1074: DAC and Op Amp Generate Variable Negative Control Voltage
App Note 1057: Compensating for Ideality Factor and Series Resistance Differences between Thermal Sense Diodes
App Note 1053: VDDQ Supply for Server DDR Memory Using PWM Step-Down Controller
App Note 1045: One Megahertz Adaptable Power Supply Meets XENPAK MSA Specification
App Note 1044: Design of Graphic Chip and Related Circuitry Power Supplies Using MAX1953 1MHz PWM Step-down Controller
App Note 988: Driving Audio Piezoelectric Transducers
App Note 994: Reference Voltage for Multiple ADCs
App Note 993: Adding Voltage Droop to DDR Memory Termination Voltage Supply Reduces Output Capacitance
App Note 843: Industrial 0V to +10V Digital Potentiometer
App Note 825: Sawtooth Generator Exhibits ~1% Linearity And >80dB Dynamic Frequency Range
App Note 803: EPOT Applications: Offset Adjustment in Op-Amp Circuits
App Note 804: Finding the Thevenin Equivalent Circuit for the EPOT-Based Offset Resistor Network
App Note 111: Dual, Voltage-Output DAC Consumes Miniscule Power
App Note 1811: Visible-Laser Driver Has Digitally Controlled Power Modulation
App Note 1117: Small Photodiode Receiver Handles Fiber-Optic Data Rates to 800kbps
App Note 746: High-Side Current-Sense Measurement: Circuits and Principles
App Note 741: Rail-to-Rail Outputs and Beyond-the-Rails Inputs: The Inside Story on Micropower Op Amps
App Note 735: Layout Considerations for Non-Isolated DC-DC Converters
App Note 731: Overload Circuitry Protects Batteries and Power Supplies
App Note 34: Low-Power Op-Amp Reduces Cable Costs for pH Probe
App Note 436: Extending Soft-Start
App Note 433: 5V Input Converter Generates -30V at 80mA
App Note 529: 15V Input Converter Generates -185V at 50mA
App Note 435: +12V Input Converter Generates -165V at 100mA
App Note 2031: DC-DC Converter Tutorial
App Note 656: Design Trade-Offs for Single-Supply Op Amps
App Note 1094: Choosing The Optimum Buffer/ADC Combination For Your Application
App Note 36: Op-Amp Inputs Provide Ultra Low-Leakage Clamps
App Note 50: Proximity Detector Features Ultrasonic Transducers
App Note 1903: Dual Comparator Forms Temperature-Compensated Proximity Detector
App Note 942: Load Switcher Draws Only 6µA