School of Analog Design
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Welcome to the School of Analog Design. This innovative and user friendly site will help
expand your knowledge and understanding of analog electronics technology using National's vast
knowledge base of real-world systems and semiconductor devices.
Featured Courses
POWER 200 - Switching Regulator Fundamentals
Objective: Be able to identify the three basic switching regulator configurations and know where each one is used. The course includes inductive switching regulator power stage definition, input, output and duty cycle relationships. Learn more...
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POWER 210 - Some Real-world Issues of SMPSs
Objective: The purpose of this course is to bridge some of the gap between theory and practice. We will look at a few seemingly disparate issues and observations that have arisen out of our collective experience with switchers --- answers or clues to which are not always easily available in related literature.
The path of a power supply designer has never been easy. This course, while not pretending to offer instant karma, will certainly mitigate some of the ensuing pain to some extent, besides providing guidance on how to help the equally customer out a little more quickly!
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POWER 100 - DC to DC Converter Basics
Objective: This course will teach the basics of linear, inductive, switched capacitor DC to DC converter products from Portable Power Systems perspective. It will not cover controllers, battery chargers, supervisors, LED drivers or products for specific purposes such as PMUs, LMUs, RF-PA drivers, CCFL drivers, TFT power supplies etc. Learn more...
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POWER 105 - Lighting
Objective: To enable engineers to determine a design's key requirements for lighting and choose the right lighting products for the application.
This course will teach the options for backlighting, flash lighting and fun lighting; LED technology and National's product solutions for lighting. Learn more...
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Amplifiers 201 - Current Feedback Operational Amplifier
Objective: This training module discusses the current feedback operational amplifier (CFB op amp). There will be a brief background of the current feedback op amp. The module will then work its way through the basics of what a current feedback amplifier is and why you might chose one for use in a circuit. There is a chapter that offers advice on choosing the appropriate op amp and a chapter that shows how to optimize the performance of the op amp. Since troublshooting is so important, the module contains a chapter that explains ways to fix some of the most common problems with current feedback op amps. Learn more...
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Data Acquisition 105 - DAC Primer
Objective: This training course covers DAC operation and definitions to include the relationship between the DAC's reference and digital input code.
The intent is to present a simple, easy to understand familiarization with DACs on a fairly intuitive level. The math presented is limited to simple algebra. Learn more...
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Data Acquisition 201 - Quantization: Error and Noise
Objective: To be able to predict the input voltages at which the ADC output code transitions to various codes and to be able to identify ADC accuracy limitations due to the quantization process and describe DNL, INL, TUE and how they relate to overall ADC operation. Learn more...
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Interface 150 - Ethernet Basics
Objective: This course provides a basic overview of Ethernet networking technology for an understanding of National Semicoductor's Ethernet networking products.
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