Texas Instruments ADC drivers set new standard in power and performance to increase accuracy and battery life

“Customers designing portable industrial measurement devices, until now, have been limited by op amp performance when designing with 12-, 14- and 16-bit precision SAR and delta-sigma ADCs in their high-precision applications, such as ultrasonic flow meters, smart pumps and power quality meters,” said Steve Anderson, senior vice president of TI’s High Performance Analog business. “By providing the industry’s highest performance-to-power ratio, the OPAx836 op amps allow customers to drive these data converters to data sheet performance while providing ultra-low power consumption. These ADC drivers allow designers to extend the battery life of portable industrial and medical devices while delivering high accuracy.”

For customers needing even lower power for battery-operated consumer electronics, such as cameras, notebooks and cell phones, the OPAx835 ADC drivers are also available. The OPAx835 op amps use 60-percent less power than the competition while still providing a best-in-class performance-to-power ratio. For more information on the OPAx835 op amps, visit www.ti.com/opa2835-pr.

Key features and benefits of the OPAx836 ADC drivers:
Lowest power consumption: Extends the battery life of portable industrial, consumer and medical applications with power consumption of 1 mA per channel while providing 205 MHz of bandwidth for driving low-power SAR and delta-sigma ADCs, such as the ADS7945 and the National ADC128S102.
Highest performance: Offers 205 MHz of bandwidth with a slew rate of 560 V/us, THD of 130 dBc and noise of 4.6 nV/rtHz to achieve the highest linearity, signal-to-noise ratio and spurious-free dynamic range in its class, resulting in enhanced sensitivity and data converter performance.
High precision: Typical input-offset voltage of 0.065 uV and drift of 1.1 mV/degree C for accurate measurement.
Smallest package: Ultra-small 2-mm x 2-mm WQFN package with integrated gain setting resistors reduces board space up to 75 percent, compared to the competition.