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Analog Circuit Design: High-speed Clock and Data Recovery, High-performance Amplifiers, Power Management List Price: $209.00 Sale Price: $135.99 Used From: $135.97

Analog Circuit Design contains the contribution of 18 tutorials of the 17th workshop on Advances in Analog Circuit Design. Each part discusses a specific to-date topic on new and valuable design ideas in the area of analog circuit design. Each part is presented by six experts in that field and state of the art information is shared and overviewed. This book is number 17 in this successful series of Analog Circuit Design.

Designing high-temp electronics for auto and other apps (Embedded Systems Design)

High-temperature semiconductor technologies can survive temperatures approaching 400°C, but careful design of the product is required to deliver cost-effective devices achieving stable, predictable performance.

$1 Million Prize For Anyone To Prove Cause of Toyota's Runaway Cars (IEEE Spectrum)

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Mark Mardell's take on politics and life in the US and North America.

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