Mixed Signal/Analog

Texas Instruments has introduced a new family of two- and four-channel 12- and 14-bit analog-to-digital converters (ADCs) featuring high speed, low power and high performance housed in tiny 9-mm x 9-mm packages. This pin-compatible family offers designers an easy upgrade path with a range of resolutions, speed and performance options tailored to meet the requirements of advanced communications, radar and imaging, test and measurement, medical, an...

Texas Instruments has introduced two 24-bit, 216-kHz analog-to-digital converters (ADCs) to complete the company's high-performance audio signal chain for professional digital audio recording and processing applications. The new dual-channel devices combine high integration with the highest dynamic range in the industry of up to 124-dB signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) while still reducing power consumption by 50 percent compared to competing products.

Texas Instruments has introduced the first product in a new series of precision DACs with an integrated precision reference. The DAC8560 is a 16-bit, single-channel DAC featuring ultra-low glitch (0.15nV-s), ultra-low-power (1.5mW at 2.7V) and an internal reference with 2ppm/C temperature drift and +/-0.004 percent initial accuracy. The combination of a precision DAC and outstanding reference performance makes the DAC8560 a flexible, easy-to-use ...

Linear Technology has introduced the LTC2498 16-channel delta-sigma analog-to-digital converter (ADC), featuring a front-end design that can directly digitize a wide range of sensors. The LTC2498's Easy Drive design results in zero average differential input current, allowing measurements of high impedance input sources without the use of an internal buffer. This patented sampling scheme simplifies the design of front-end signal conditioning circ...

With an operating range of 3V to 40V, the ZXCT1081 current monitor from Zetex Semiconductors provides a very simple high voltage current measurement solution for automotive, industrial and power supply applications.

Analog Devices has introduced the industry’s first combination of analogue crosspoint switches and driver/receiver amplifiers that support bandwidths up to 500 MHz for analogue video. Low implementation costs and the ability to deliver high resolution content across distance continue to make analogue video the preferred method for distributing full-motion video to LCD and plasma displays used in retail outlets, public spaces and KVM (keyboa...

Silicon Laboratories Inc., a leader in high-performance, analog-intensive, mixed-signal ICs, today announced at Embedded World 2007 the first mixed-signal 8-bit MCU family to offer 100 MHz CPU operation in a 5x5 mm package. The C8051F360 Small Form Factor MCU family adds to Silicon Laboratories’ portfolio of the most functionally dense small form factor MCUs, ideal for consumer and industrial electronics applications that require precision mot...

Analog Devices has extended its family of differential amplifiers by introducing two new devices with distortion levels said to be 10 dB lower than competing driver ICs. The ADA4937-1 and ADA4938-1 differential drivers are optimized for driving the highest performance ADCs from dc to 100 MHz.

Analog Devices has introduced what is said to be the industry’s smallest and most flexible, multichannel digital-to-analog converters. Ideal for designers needing flexibility when specifying converters for high-voltage applications, such as factory process control, instrumentation and dc set-point-control applications, the offering includes 12 converters ranging from 12- to 16-bit dual and quad channel devices operating over a wide voltage ran...

Catalyst Semiconductor has launched three new families of voltage supervisors with the industry’s broadest selection of embedded memory. The CAT130xx supervisor family offers 1-, 4-, 8- and 16-kbit embedded EEPROM with Microwire serial interface. The CAT140xx and CAT150xx provide 2-, 4-, 8- and 16-kbit embedded EEPROM with I2C and SPI serial interface protocols, respectively.