mixed signal

mixed signal

A signal, message, or communication that has, or is interpreted as having, multiple, ambiguous, or contradictory meanings. (Often plural.) I keep getting these mixed signals from my ex-girlfriend. I can't tell if she just wants to be friends, or if she's interested in getting back together. I just think it sends something of a mixed signal to be advertising a new production assistant position right after we went through a round of layoffs.
See also: mixed, signal
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
See also:
  • mixed message
  • get (a) mixed message(s)
  • get (a) mixed signal(s)
  • send (a) mixed message(s)
  • send (a) mixed signal(s)
  • bright-line rule
  • doublespeak
  • no love lost between them, there's
  • you can't eat your cake and have it (too)
  • a play on words
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The "Mixed Signal IC Market - Forecasts from 2019 to 2024" report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com's offering.
TechNavio's analysts forecast the Global Mixed Signal SoC market will grow at a CAGR of 12.75 percent over the period 2013-2018.
Electronic (silicon) chips are either digital or analogue circuits (with combinations referred to as mixed signal).
In this course first EMD splits up the mixed signal into its components and then ICA applied to these components to extract the independent sources.
Despite the slowdown in the Semiconductor Industry, Arasan is rapidly expanding its Analog and Mixed Signal team to better meet the soaring demand of complex PHY IP and meet the needs of its customers.
Microsemi Corporation (Nasdaq:MSCC), Irvine, Calf., a manufacturer of high performance analog mixed signal integrated circuits and high reliability semiconductors, has added a new single-port gigabit power over Ethernet (PoE) midspan to its PowerDsine(tm) product portfolio.
The heart of the VR Stamp module is the RSC-4128 integrated circuit, the latest member of the company's RSC Family of mixed signal processors that provide speech recognition, synthesis and system control on a single chip.
Because it is based on a vendor-independent mixed signal modeling language [VHDL-AMS], it is said to facilitate the exchange of information between OEMs and suppliers.
Today's devices present a broad range of pure analog and pure digital, with everything in between considered mixed signal, a mix of analog and digital content used in a broad range of end-use markets.
"With the addition of the HDLIU 32, PMC-Sierra continues to expand our family of multi-channel LIUs by combining world-class digital and mixed signal analog design expertise into the industry's highest density solution," said Jean Lamarche, director of Marketing, Service Provider Division at PMC-Sierra.
austriamicrosystems AG is one of the world's leading designers and manufacturers of highly integrated mixed signal ICs.
CMP has also launched a Web site for analog and mixed signal design professionals.
Antrim says it is attempting to take the mystery out of mixed signal design, something logic synthesis tools did in the digital design world back in the late 1980s.
Synopsys announced that it was selected by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency for the Posh Open Source Hardware program to create new innovation in analog mixed signal verification as part of its Electronics Resurgence Initiative, in partnership with Lockheed Martin and Analog Devices, using Synopsys market-leading ZeBu emulation technology.