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The idea got the green light for the tape-out. The only thing now is whether anyone has thought of this before. The idea is very simple and it is just a logical progression of the art of analog design. Someone must have thought of it before and I probably have seen it somewhere but I [...]

Three weeks ago at a group meeting, I presented my progress and showed what areas I was having difficulty with. One professor suggested that I try something simple that should result in a big improvement in the linearity of the amplifier.
Since that group meeting, I have…
1. Wasted one week playing around with a circuit topology [...]

Should I play with the firmware on my router or should I try to revolutionize the analog industry with a low voltage, high linearity programmable gain amplifier?
I think I’ll go play with the firmware on my router.
UPDATE: It turns out my low voltage, high linearity programmable gain amplifier is a piece of crap.

It looks like I managed to fix one of the two circuit topologies to meet spec. Unfortunately, my goal is not to meet spec; my goal is to develop a promising circuit topology that I can publish a paper with. For this week’s group meeting, I am “set” in the sense that I have done [...]

If I am to have any hope of taping out late January, I must decide on a circuit topology by the end of this month. Doing so will give me enough time to finalize my schematic by December 20th or so. Once my schematic is finished, layout should take no more than three weeks. After [...]

Just the other day I was standing at an intersection waiting to cross the street. A hot chick standing in front of me turns around and approaches me. I wondered what she could possibly say to me. Was she asking for directions? Was she asking me for money?
Hot chick: Hi! My name is Carolina. How [...]

The semiconductor index is up over 20% since late July and finally broke even for the year. On top of that, the index poked its head above the 200 day moving average for the first time since the middle of May.
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I was walking down the hallway today when a white chick in my class walked out of the bathroom.
White chick: Hello.
Me: Hi.
White chick: Are you ready for the quiz?
Me (with low flailing arms): I don’t…
White chick: Oh nevermind…
Me: …care.
White chick: …why did I ask? You’re the analog superstar.
Me: Er.
UPDATE: Crud, now I got this song [...]

What happens if you take your webcam, point it at your screen, and take a picture?

Notice that the cursor in the first image is an hourglass while all of the other cursors are pointers. The cursor in the first screen turned into an hourglass when I took the picture.
What if I tilt the camera?
And yes, [...]