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How close are we to fabricating a germanium IC?

Silicon's advantage is not only its electrical performance, but also its chemical and mechanical properties which are also attributes required to make an IC in any practical sense. As previously ...
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How close are we to fabricating a germanium IC?

My personal opinion is that the substrate is likely to always be silicon because of cost. (Talking CMOS now) as the technology has moved to FINFET and will move eventually to nanosheet or nanowire ...
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How close are we to fabricating a germanium IC?

Primitive germanium integrated circuits have been in production in the USSR from the early 1960s all the way into early post-Soviet era of mid 1990s. They are used in the on-board computer "Gnom&...
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Identify this 6 pin IC

It's very likely a PIC10(L)F320/322 MCU made by Microchip. I'm not sure what the second character of the marking is, but it looks like a C or G which would both be valid markings. The part seems to be ...
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IC identification - Analog Devices with top marking S2 M

This is an Analog Devices ADG5401. It is a Single SPST switch. I was able to find this device by going onto Analog's website and using their search tools by typing in "S2M" and then ...
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7432 behaves like an AND gate & 7408 behaves like an OR gate

Just stumbled upon this and U had the same issue. Try reducing the value of your pull down resistors. You may have a small voltage on your input pins 1 and 2.
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Identify IC marked "AC"

It's a Nexperia 74AHC1G04G inverter. (Source: lcsc.com)
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I need help identifying a WL-CSP IC marked "14901 U25A" and "0120C U12A"

It's probably a Macronix flash memory chip. Here are my clues: This question about a chip with very similar markings which is likely made by Macronix (but not confirmed). Both these websites (1 & ...
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Help me to identify this IC marked '840M1D'

It's an On-Bright OB3840MP PWM controller. I can't find a confirmed picture, but the marking style matches On-Bright and the pinout is plausible as well.
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Identifying unmarked IC in CNC controller board

On my board the marking is not completely deleted. With some effort I read STC 15F104W, it appears to be a little microcontroller. Here is a link to a datasheet for the STC15F101 serie which include ...
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Why does current mirror need a diode connected configuration?

Short answer Connecting a transistor's gate to its drain introduces negative feedback, reversing its operation. Instead of converting voltage to current, it now converts current to voltage. By ...
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Power path sharing with LTC4416

All answers above are unclear. OP question: How is Q3 disabled when Q1 and Q2 are enabled? Datasheet says: "E2 (Pin 4): LTC4416 Comparator Enable Input. A low signal less than VREF will enable ...
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Current limiting in a ESC

Well, sometimes it isn't at all, not by electronic means I mean. Strategies vary with scale and type, so this is a very open question. When a very cheap/crude design is acceptable, or when the motor ...
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Current limiting in a ESC

The ESC together with the motor's inductance form a switch mode power supply, with the feedback path wired for current control.
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IC identification for isolated Power supply

The top one is a NCE Power NCEP0120Q. (Source: szlcsc.com) The second one is a Mornsun SCM1103C PWM controller. Third one is probably an Orient OR-3H7 optocoupler. I think the last character is a <...
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Help Identify SMD Part Marking ATPJ

It's a MPS MP6907GJ fast turn-off flyback synchronous rectifier. (Source: lcsc.com)
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Need help identifying this SMD part please

It's an onsemi (formerly Fairchild) NC7SB3157P6X (aka FSA3157P6X) SPDT analog switch. (Source: lcsc.com)
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What is this 5-pin SMD device marked "BAD"?

Pretty long shot, but it might be an Intersil (now Renesas) part with the marking code on the bottom. I found this image of an Intersil ISL9003AIENZ-T using google reverse image search. The source is ...
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What is SMD IC marked " 4986V 6J701 BAA" QFN20?

It's probably a custom GreenPAK IC made by Renesas (formerly Dialog formerly Silego). The marking style is consistent with other Greenpak devices in a STQFN-20 package. Here an example of the ...
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I need help smd ic mark " 125 A3" dfn-8

Could be ADA4692-2ACPZ (dual ampli ops) from Analog Devices. The only picture I found was on aliexpress: Don't forget to check dimensions.
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