Mixed Signal/Analog

A new demonstration circuit, the 2459A, has been introduced by Linear Technology Corporation, and features the LTC1668, 50Msps and 16-bit digital-to-analogue converter (DAC). This DAC is well suited for applications with analogue frequency content between the audio range and several MHz.

Vishay Intertechnology has announced that it is upgrading several analogue switch products to boost device performance and longevity. Replacing ageing silicon technology with an advanced process that improves a range of device parameters while ensuring a useful lifetime well into the future, the move signals Vishay's continuing support for its analogue switch and multiplexer product lines, which the company pioneered in the 1960s.

  New members to the FlexorSet series of preconfigured solutions have been announced by Pentek: The FlexorSet Model 5973-313 for 3U VPX and Model 7070-313 for PCIe platforms consist of an FMC installed on either of two Flexor FMC carriers with Virtex-7 FPGAs. 

Driving the growing demand for voice control is the trend for intuitive and simple user interfaces, either for complementing or for replacing keyboards, touchscreens and other traditional controls.

CEVA has announced that Novatek Microelectronics, Taiwan’s 2nd largest fabless IC design house, has licensed and deployed the CEVA-XM4 intelligent vision DSP for its next-gen vision-enabled SoCs targeting a range of end markets requiring advanced visual intelligence capabilities. Novatek’s current camera SoC lineup for car DVR and surveillance systems integrates the 3rd gen CEVA-MM3101 imaging & vision DSP and is shipping in volum...

Rockchip, a fabless semiconductor company from China, has licensed the CEVA-XM4 imaging and vision DSP to enhance the imaging and computer vision capabilities of its’ SoC product lines targeting smartphones, ADAS, drones, robotics and other smart camera devices.

Offering high resolution radar images for designers of military and commercial radar, the AD9164 DAC from Analog Devices helps to reduce solution component count. Additionally, for designers of precision instrumentation equipment, such as smartphone testers, this device ensures improved accuracy as well as speed of test, contributing to faster market-ready time while significantly decreasing tester complexity and size.

  Offering 14-bit resolution in 28-pin plastic TSSOPs, Datel has announced the DAC-1412 series DACs. It is offered in two enhanced COTS grades, DAC-1412SE (-40 to +105°C) and DAC-1412SM (-55 to +125°C).

The LTC2508-32, an ultrahigh precision 32-bit Successive Approximation Register (SAR) Analogue-to-Digital Converter (ADC) has been introduced by Linear Technology Corporation. Many high performance applications, including data acquisition, industrial control and medical instrumentation, require both accuracy and speed.

Cadence Design Systems has announced the availability of the new Cadence Tensilica Fusion G3 DSP, a multi-purpose, high-performance DSP for compute-intensive SoC designs. The Tensilica Fusion G3 DSP is exceptionally easy to programme and suited for use in automotive, consumer, IoT and industrial applications that combine intensive audio, imaging, communications, radar and embedded DSP computation.