EDN

Analyzing DSP networks with Mason’s Rule

This article is drawn from the course “DSP Made Simple for Engineers.” For more information, see Besser Associates. This article is also available as a PDF. This article discusses a powerful analysis ...
Electronic Design

One-Port VNA Calibration: A Look Under the Hood

What is the three-term one-port VNA error model? Manipulation of an S-parameter flow diagram to allow for the determination of each network node in terms of a single ...
Microwaves & RF

An Introduction to S-Parameter Network Flow Diagrams

This article is part of the TechXchange: Vector Network Analyzers. This is the second in a multi-part series of articles on vector network analysis. Part 1 introduced the VNA, how such instruments ...
Embedded

The basics of sigma delta analog-to-digital converters

The working of a modulator can be explained using a conversion example. In Table 1 the headings X, B, C, D, and W correspond to points in the signal path of the block diagram in Figure 2. For this ...
IEEE

Testability Modeling and Simulation of Ship Equipment Based on Multi-signal Flow Diagram

Abstract: It is crucial to build an accurate diagnosis model for testability design. This paper proposes a ship equipment testability modeling and simulation method based on multi-signal flow diagrams ...
EDN

CPAP Machine Reference Design

This application note presents a reference design for the Continuous Positive Airway Pressure (CPAP) machine. This document describes the CPAP machine, its theory of operation, signal processing, ...
Frontiers

A Resilient, Non-neuronal Source of the Spatiotemporal Lag Structure Detected by BOLD Signal-Based Blood Flow Tracking

Human Brain Research Center, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan Recent evidence has suggested that blood oxygenation level-dependent (BOLD) signals convey information about ...