{"676919":{"#nid":"676919","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Student Analog Chip Designs Come to Life Through New Collaboration with Texas Instruments","body":[{"value":"\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003EWhether it is the sound of music through your headphones or the precise control of a robotic arm, analog circuits play a crucial role in both established and future technologies.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAnalog does a lot of things, but in general, it functions as the interpreter between the real world and digital devices. It transforms signals \u2014 like sound waves, voltage levels, temperature, pressure, and light intensity \u2014 into information that digital systems can understand.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAs the semiconductor industry evolves, the demand for skilled analog engineers continues to grow even in this digital world.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cAnalog circuits remain vital because they enable the initial data acquisition from the environment,\u201d said Assistant Professor \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/ece.gatech.edu\/directory\/shaolan-li\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EShaolan Li\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E. \u201cThat\u2019s just the application perspective, but they are also structurally very different than digital circuits. Students need hands-on experience with real-world measurements, which are crucial for mastering analog circuits.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ETo meet this demand, the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/ece.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EGeorgia Tech School of Electrical and Computer Engineering\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E (ECE) is collaborating with \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.ti.com\/\u0022 rel=\u0022noreferrer\u0022 title=\u0022(opens in a new window)\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ETexas Instruments\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E (TI) to launch strategic educational opportunities aimed at providing students access to industry-grade analog chip design, fabrication, and testing processes. TI is a global semiconductor company that designs, manufactures, and sells analog and embedded processing chips.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Ch3\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/ece.gatech.edu\/analogchipnews\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ERead the full article...\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/h3\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EStudents experience the real-world analog chip tapeout process, with their designs being produced at Texas Instruments\u2019 state-of-the-art wafer fabs.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Students experience the real-world analog chip tapeout process, with their designs being produced at Texas Instruments\u2019 state-of-the-art wafer fabs."}],"uid":"36172","created_gmt":"2024-09-18 14:45:08","changed_gmt":"2024-09-30 16:28:25","author":"dwatson71","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2024-09-18T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2024-09-18T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"675008":{"id":"675008","type":"image","title":"1_ECE TI Analog_10_working on chip.jpg","body":"\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003ETzu-Han Wang working on a circuit board with an analog chip connected to pattern generator instruments used to create continuous waveforms to test and analyze the performance of the chip.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E","created":"1726670716","gmt_created":"2024-09-18 14:45:16","changed":"1726670716","gmt_changed":"2024-09-18 14:45:16","alt":"Tzu-Han Wang working on a circuit board with an analog chip connected to pattern generator instruments used to create continuous waveforms to test and analyze the performance of the chip.    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