Mixed Signal/Analog

ams has today announced the AS3435 and AS3415 ANC speaker drivers, paving the way for a new generation of noise cancellation stereo headsets with zero audible hiss. The AS3435 and AS3415 are also the industry’s first active noise cancellation ICs to feature integrated bypass switches, offering headset manufacturers the freedom to create sleeker – and cheaper – industrial designs.

Texas Instruments introduce the industry’s first inductance-to-digital converter, the LDC1000. Inductance-to-digital conversion is a new data converter category that uses coils and springs as inductive sensors to deliver higher resolution, increased reliability, and greater flexibility than existing sensing solutions at a lower system cost.

Microchip has today introduced the new PIC24FJ128GC010 family of microcontrollers. This family is an analog system on a chip that integrates a full analog signal chain, including Microchip’s first ever on-chip precision 16-bit ADC and 10 Msps 12-bit ADC, plus a DAC and dual operational amplifiers, along with eXtreme Low Power technology for extended battery life in portable medical and industrial applications.

Analog Devices introduced today an 18-bit PulSAR A/D converter with 5-MSPS throughput that is twice the speed of any available SAR (successive-approximation register) converter. With its industry leading throughput, best-in-class noise floor and high linearity, the AD7960 PulSAR A/D converter was designed for low-power signal chains, multiplexed systems such as digital X-ray, and oversampling applications including spectroscopy, MRI gradient cont...

Texas Instruments have introduced the four-channel LMH1256, the industry’s first 12G ultra-high-definition serial digital interface reclocker with integrated signal conditioning. Achieving double the transmission rate of competing 6G devices, the LMH1256 allows broadcast video equipment to capture, record and play back 4K video signals at 60 Hz over a single link of coaxial cable.

Intersil announce the latest version of its popular iSIM personal edition circuit simulation design tool. iSim:PE v7.0 adds time saving features and further simplifies part selection for power and analog IC designers. The new version of the popular circuit simulation design tool speeds the design cycle and reduces risk early in any project, identifying parts that can be used in current as well as next-generation designs.

In this Texas Instruments video, TI Systems Engineer, Rahul Prakash asks the question: What is a multiplying DAC (MDAC)?

Synopsys has today introduced the new Dolby MS11 Multistream Decoder optimized for its DesignWare ARC AS211SFX and AS221BD audio processors. Supporting Dolby Digital Plus, Dolby Digital, Dolby Pulse (AAC LC, HE AAC, and HE AAC v.2), the MS11 Multistream Decoder provides television and set-top box manufacturers with a single-package technology solution for decoding all premium audio formats.

The industry’s most precise and lowest output noise radiation hardened voltage references, the ISL71090SEH12 and ISL71090SEH25, have today been introduced by Intersil. Ideal for the latest generation of telemetry equipment, data acquisition systems and high-end instrumentation products in space and satellite applications, the new ISL71090SEH12 and ISL71090SEH25 rad-hard voltage references are offered in space saving surface mount packaging.

ON Semiconductor announce a new MP3 capable device to support both record and playback in portable MP3 audio applications where there is a strong requirement for miniaturization, reduced BoM and reduced cost. The LC823430TA audio processing system provides a single-chip solution by integrating digital signal processing circuitry for MP3 encoding and decoding, and analog blocks such as audio analog-to-digital conversion and digital-to-analog conve...