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Articles in June 2006 issue of EDN

• Line-powered driver lights up high-power LEDs.(Light Emitting Diodes)
  by Lager, Aaron; Park, Rohnert
• Capacitive touch sensors gain fans.
  by Marsh, David
• Broadband from airships: a lot of hot air?(Brief article)
  by Miller, Matthew
• 8051 core provides hardware-arithmetic extensions.(Ramtron Corp.)(Brief article)
  by Cravotta, Robert
• Obtain a lower dc voltage from a higher voltage power supply.
• Microcontroller hits nanoamp-current levels.(Atmel Corp.)(Brief article)
  by Prophet, Graham
• Mesh networks publish remote data.(Accsense Inc.)(Brief article)
  by Webb, Warren
• RFID tags: driving toward 5 cents.
• Code verifies AHB designs.(Advanced High-performance Bus)(eInfochips)(Brief article)
  by Giridhar, Chitra
• Dropped call: breaking down a broken cell phone.(Sanyo MM-8300 )
  by Dipert, Brian
• Audio IC controls power amp.
• Module simplifies data acquisition with USB.(Universal serial bus)
  by Prophet, Graham
• Making vehicles safer by making them smarter.
  by Cravotta, Robert
• Logic analyzers sport 32M-sample memory.
• PWM controllers drive Intel dual-core processors.
• Kris Pister and Ben Cook.(Interview)
  by Conner, Margery
• FPGAs balance lower power, smaller nodes drip by drip.(Field Programmable Gate-Array)(Application specific integrated circuits)
  by Santarini, Michael
• ARM9 microcontroller touts connectivity, large on-chip memory.
• Stacked-chip-scale-package-design guidelines.
• Pulse/pattern generators produce clean waveforms, clean user interface.(Keithley Instruments Inc.)(Brief article)
  by Strassberg, Dan
• Choosing antialiasing-filter amplifiers.
  by Baker, Bonnie
• Spare us the drama, please.
• DFM-tool start-up claims big power and yield gains.(design-for-manufacturing)(Company overview)
  by Santarini, Michael
• Agile mixer targets RFID, GSM, and WiMax.(Brief article)
  by Wright, Maury
• Circuit converts DAC's outputs from single-ended to differential mode.
• Battery packs get tougher, smarter.(Micro Power Electronics Inc.)
  by Conner, Margery
• Servo driver extends embedded platform.(National Instruments Corp.)(Brief article)
  by Webb, Warren
• Isolated indicator signals telephone line's status.
• Sharp edges.
  by Johnson, Howard
• Tool analyzes leakage for MTCMOS designs.(Apache Design Solutions)
  by Santarini, Michael
• Rectifier tracks positive and negative peaks.
• Low-volume handheld designs: not for the faint of heart.
  by Strassberg, Dan
• Power-dense, 200W ac/dc supply feeds communication systems.(XP Power )(Brief article)
  by Conner, Margery