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Using ultracold atoms and laser light, researchers recreated the behavior of a Josephson junction—an essential component of ...

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New motor driver ICs focus on ultra-low standby power, flexible H-bridge configurations, and reduced external components to support compact consumer and industrial motor control applications.

Scientists from the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay have found a way to use light to control and read tiny quantum ...

Exploring DAC control of a regulator while ignoring the many possibilities for integrating its internal voltage reference into the design.

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