Intersil to demonstrate performance leadership in high-speed data converters at Electronica 2008

Intersil’s innovative FemtoCharge® CMOS process, protected by over 32 patents, produces ADCs that use less power, achieve higher data speeds, take up less silicon area and are more immune to substrate noise. Because these devices scale with process geometries, they are also easier to integrate with digital systems.

Intersil’s high-speed ADC portfolio features more than 50 production devices, including pin-compatible families of 8-bit singles up to 350 MSPS, 10-bit singles and duals up to greater than 500 MSPS and 12-bit singles and duals up to greater than 500 MSPS. These devices use anywhere from one-half to one-fifth the power of comparative data-rate devices and have won numerous industry awards such as EETimes “Ultimate Products,” EDN’s “Hot 100 Products” and Electronic Design’s “Best Electronic Design.”

Electronica 2008 marks the first opportunity to see these devices as part of Intersil’s high-speed ADC portfolio. The demonstration will include evaluation platform software that shows how to configure the converters for any application, with adjustable skew, gain and offset; multiple power-down modes; and configurable outputs through an easy-to-use SPI port.