Mixed Signal/Analog

Texas Instruments has announced the ADC3k family of ADCs. Comprising 12- and 14-bit options in speed grades up to 160MSPS with two or four channels and LVDS or JESD204B interfaces, the family is suited for industrial or defence and communications applications, such as motor control, medical imaging, portable test and measurement, software defined radio and MIMO communications.

For integration into high performance digital microwave SoCs, 64GS/s ADC and DAC cores with IBM's 32nm Silicon On Insulator (SOI) technology are now available from Semtech. By integrating the ADCs and DACs with the SoCs, which feature digitally programmable poly-phase filtering and interpolation techniques, wide bandwidths can be digitally processed.

Targeting efficient KVM signal extension over large distances, two Draco CWDM multiplexers have been released by IHSE. The devices' KVM extenders consist of two units (at the work station anda remotely located CPU) and enable the extension of computer signals up to 140m with Cat X cable and 10km with single-mode fiber optic cable.

Enabling system designers to reduce the size of their industrial monitoring and control applications, Texas Instruments has introduced SAR ADCs. The company has claimed that the ADS7042 is the industry’s smallest and lowest-power 12-bit SAR ADC and the ADS8354 family includes the industry’s smallest 14- and 16-bit, simultaneous-sampling SAR ADCs.

Claiming to offer an improvement over alternative 14-bit DACs, the LTC2000 DAC offers exceptional spectral purity of 74dBc SFDR at 200MHz output. The 16-bit 2.5Gsps device, launched by Linear Technology, also offers better than 68dBc SFDR for output frequencies from DC to 1GHz. Due to the converter's 2.1GHz -3dB bandwidth, broadband or high frequency RF synthesis is possible in applications such as high-end instrumentation, broadband communi...

CON Units, designed for the transmission of digital signals from remotely-located computer units to workstations, have been released by IHSE. The Draco vario extender CON Units are suitable for installations that require video signals produced by modern computers with DVI, DisplayPort or HDMI video outputs to be displayed on legacy VGA-input monitors.

Claimed to be the most power-efficient in their class, three ultra-low-power, multichannel, 12-bit, 1MSPS SAR ADCs have been unveiled by Analog Devices. The two, four and eight channel ADCs are designed for battery-powered applications including DAQ modules, handheld meters, field instruments, communications and medical devices such as portable electrocardiograms and heart rate monitors.

Enabling precision feedback in power control applications, the C2000 Delfino 32-bit F2837xS MCUs have been launched by Texas Instruments. Compatible with the recently launched C2000 Delfino F2837xD MCUs, the company claim that the single-core MCUs are the first in the industry to offer four 16-bit ADCs.    

STMicroelectronics has announced what is claimed to be the world’s first audio processor to incorporate the innovative HDR (High Dynamic Range) audio-signal acquisition technology. The STA311B is suited for entry-level to high-end home systems such as active speakers, docking stations and digital media players.

Targeting high performance multichannel applications such as I/Q demodulation, motor and power control, automated test equipment, data acquisition and medical instrumentation, Analog Devices has announced the AD7902 dual pseudo differential and AD7903 dual differential PulSAR ADCs.