Advances in factory automation, process controls, and industrial instrumentation are contributing to higher manufacturing productivity and increased output. The sustainability of such advances is under threat, however, as the density of factory process control systems reaches levels where rising power consumption and thermal issues are beginning to undermine equipment performance, reliability, and safety. Analog Devices today introduced a multich...

The AD5421 is a loop powered 16-bit 4mA to 20mA digital to analog converter (DAC) and features integrated precision converters and smart power management circuitry. The AD5421 is the industry's lowest power 4mA to 20mA DAC.

Buried two kilometers under solid ice on one of the coldest continents on Earth, Analog Devices’ (NYSE: ADI) data converters and amplifiers are helping scientists at the South Pole build the world’s largest telescope to search for the smallest subatomic particles known to humankind.

Industrial system designs involving platform stability, navigation, or precision measurements and diagnostics rely on multiple sensor inputs. In extreme environments where shock, vibration, and wide temperature ranges are present, a reliance on multiple sensor types or redundant sensors to compensate for environmental instabilities is common. System design engineers are under growing pressure to reduce this added system complexity and cost within...

Analog Devices introduced two fully calibrated, 16-bit-resolution, high-linearity digital temperature sensors that achieve the industry’s highest level of precision over a wide operating temperature range.

Analog Devices introduced today the industry’s first 5-GHz differential amplifier able to drive ADC (analogue-to-digital converter) signals from DC to 1 GHz at half the power of competing products. The ADA4960-1 differential amplifier is a high-performance, low-distortion, ultra-high-speed differential amplifier effective for a wide variety of high-speed ADCs with 10-bit linearity to 500 MHz and 8-bit linearity up to 1 GHz. The ADA4960-1 di...

Analog Devices introduced a series of low-cost, precision thermocouple amplifiers for K- and J-type thermocouples, which are widely used to measure temperature in industrial, commercial, and scientific applications.

Analog Devices is furnishing its high performance iMEMS gyroscope technology for a new aircraft flight safety and training tool developed by Appareo Systems, a Fargo, North Dakota, company that makes light weight flight data recorders and award winning 3-D flight analysis software. In an international push to improve helicopter safety, the ALERTS (Aircraft Logging and Event Recording for Training and Safety) Vision 1000 flight data monitoring so...

Analog Devices today introduced a precision 16-bit DAC (digital-to-analog converter) with on-board power management circuitry designed for loop-powered, smart transmitter applications used in industrial equipment. The new DAC drives system efficiency by reducing total component count and internal power consumption to allow greater functionality at the remote site. Smart transmitters are intelligent microprocessor-based field instruments that moni...

Analog Devices introduced two clock products that, when designed in as part of a complete timing signal chain, improve performance and reduce programming and design complexity in synchronous optical networks and wireless base stations.

New applications for MEMS (micro-electro-mechanical systems) motion sensors are evolving in the industrial automation, medical, and instrumentation markets where much higher performance is required than is typically found in motion sensors designed for consumer applications. To address this growing demand for more accuracy, stability, and high vibration and shock resistance, Analog Devices has developed the high-performance, low-power ADXRS450...

Analog Devices announced today the availability of new RF prescaler circuits for a variety of applications, including point-to-point radios, VSATs (very small aperture terminals) and microwave communication systems. A prescaler is a circuit that generates an output signal related to an input signal by a fractional scale factor.

Analog Devices introduced a 4-A dual-channel isolated gate driver integrated with ADI’s iCoupler digital isolation technology. Analog Devices’ new dual-channel gate driver is effective for driving high-voltage switching FETs (field-effect transistors) in synchronous rectification dc-to-dc converter applications. By integrating digital isolation and a 4-A gate driver into a small, industry standard SOIC (small-outline integrated circuit) pack...

Analog Devices announced the introduction of two new high-performance RF (radio frequency) passive mixers for a variety of wireless applications, such as cellular base station receivers, transmit observation receivers and radio link downconverters. Designing for these applications requires high linearity and low noise and has always been a challenge as existing mixer solutions often require external components, such as baluns and matching compone...

Analog Devices introduced a high-speed quad DAC (digital-to-analog converter) to provide support for multi-antenna wireless communications standards requiring the large bandwidths demanded by DPD (digital pre-distortion) transmit systems. The four-channel, 16-bit DAC has a 1-GSPS (giga-sample per second) data rate and cuts component count in half relative to dual-channel DACs.

Vibration analysis is an important tool in identifying problems in today’s factory environment. Bad bearings, worn gears, loose fittings, and misaligned equipment can have a profound impact on plant productivity and employee safety. To address this growing demand for a more accurate, stable, and cost-effective approach to condition-based maintenance, Analog Devices has developed a tri-axis, wide-bandwidth, embedded vibration sensor that enable...

Many of today’s portable electronic devices are on the cusp of an audio revolution. While in recent years designers have focused on the development of exciting new functions, such as wireless Internet access and mobile TV reception, advancement of audio functions has lagged behind. Analog Devices, Inc. has created two new MEMS microphones that enable advanced audio functions for portable electronics. These functions include high-fidelity au...

Analog Devices, unveiled the newest additions to its SHARC portfolio of 32-bit floating point digital signal processors – the SHARC 2148x and SHARC 2147x series. Delivering an optimal balance of performance and price with up to 5 Mb of integrated memory, high performance SHARC 2148x and low power SHARC 2147x series processors extend single-chip, floating point signal processing precision to a wide range of applications and enable high-end syste...

Analog Devices announced today two new RF ICs for broadband communications systems that reduce component count by more than 75 percent, without compromising performance. The ADRF6655 active mixer or ADRF6510 dual programmable filter and VGA (variable gain amplifier) integrate multiple functions and discrete devices into a single monolithic chip, reducing component count by a factor of four when compared to traditional discrete RF designs. ADI is ...

Analog Devices introduced a pair of Class-D audio amplifiers for smart phones, GPS units and other handheld electronics where premium sound quality offers a major competitive advantage. The SSM2375 and SSM2380 amplifiers provide audio system designers with the option of fixed or programmable gain settings combined with low noise and superior audio performance.