With the wave of wireless devices proliferating in the world today, there is a corresponding need to perform analysis of RF circuitry. It’s an exciting time for consumers of wireless devices, but it’s ...

Your computer's multimedia experience loses a dimension when distortion overtakes your sound and makes audio content unbearable to listen to. When noise affects all of your computer's audio output, ...

When we are concerned with the accurate reproduction of a signal, distortion and noise are the enemy that engineers spend a great deal of time eliminating wherever possible. However, humans being the ...

MURFREESBORO — Ever wondered how the distorted sound effect of electric guitars started? It happened in Nashville in 1960 — an accident of technology that would forever change the face of music. And ...

This write-up continues the theme of my previous report: distortion correction. That blog addressed the case of steady-state distortion minimization. This month, we look at an idea that addresses the ...

Some iPods exhibit a "static" noise -- audible through headphones -- when the iPod is accessing its hard drive. (In general, the better the headphones, the more apparent the static. The issue is ...

Digitizers convert the samples of an analog signal into digital values using analog to digital converters (ADCs). The more bits, the smaller the change in signal and ADC can detect. While 8 bits is ...