A close - up of a crucial component of an ALMA Warm Cartridge Assembly, a custom power
amplifier chip designed by NRAO engineers and fabricated by BAE Systems of Nashua, New Hampshire, using a process that enables such amplifiers to work at frequencies above the normal 100 gigahertz limit of commercially available devices of this type.
Not exact matches
The researchers have
designed a custom integrated circuit to perform these measurements, in which an artificial cell membrane and ion channel are attached directly to the surface of the
amplifier chip.
«By
designing a custom microelectronic
amplifier and tightly integrating the ion channel directly onto the
amplifier chip surface, we are able to reduce stray capacitances that get in the way of making fast measurements.»
The mobile sports an uni-body aluminium
design and is equipped with AKM4375
chip, NXP9890 Audio
Amplifier and IRD digital filter that ensures optimum audio experience.
There's also a built - in headphone
amplifier on the
chip, so developers won't have to
design an additional
amplifier circuit to drive headphones.
The company has even gone as far as working with BMW Group's Designworks to collaborate on the
design, which features a dedicated AKM HiFi audio chipset, dual front - facing speakers and an
amplifier chip.