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SAR ADCs suit medical imaging and DAQ systems.

info@productnews.com (ThomasNet Industrial Newsroom) — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 07:42:45 -0500

Along with 92 dB SNR, AD7626 PulSARÂ® ADC achieves 16-bit data capture performance with 15-bit ENOB (effective number of bits) and 10 MSPS throughput. It can also be multiplexed for applications that do not require full 10 MSPS data rates, consumes 130 mW of power, and uses self-clocked LVDS bus. Model AD7625 operates at 6 MSPS. Both 16-bit SAR (successive-approximation register) ADCs come in 5 x 5 mm, 32-lead QFN package and utilize architecture that provides zero data latency.

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ADCs offer simultaneous-sampling for signal acquisition.

info@productnews.com (ThomasNet Industrial Newsroom) — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 07:41:22 -0500

Featuring 25 kHz bandwidth, 2 ÂµV/C offset drift, and up to 97 dB SNR, ADS1174 (4-channel) and ADS1178 (8-channel) 16-bit A/D converters offer 2 operating modes that allow for 52 kSPS speed and 7 mW/channel power dissipation. Delta-sigma ADCs have chopper-stabilized modulator and onboard decimation filter that suppresses modulator and out-of-band noise, providing usable signal bandwidth up to 90% of Nyquist rate with stopband attenuation of 100 dB.

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Analog Front End targets portable ultrasound systems.

info@productnews.com (ThomasNet Industrial Newsroom) — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 07:42:23 -0500

Featuring 102 mW/channel at 1.25 nV/rtHz at 40 MSPS, 8-channel AFE5804 contains low-noise amplifier, voltage controlled attenuator, programmable gain amplifier, low-pass filter, and 12-bit 10-50 MSPS analog-to-digital converter with LVDS data outputs. LNA is set for 20 dB gain and includes 280 mVpp input range, while gain of VCA can be varied over 46 dB range with 0-1.2 V control voltage common to all channels. PGA can be programmed for gains of 20, 25, 27, and 30 dB.

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ADC can handle demanding applications.

info@productnews.com (ThomasNet Industrial Newsroom) — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 07:42:47 -0500

Designed for software-defined radio, diagnostic imaging, and radar/signals intelligence, Model ICS-1650 high-speed ADC features four 12-bit analog input channels with simultaneous sampling at up to 250 MHz. It has 4-lane PCI Express interface that provides up to 1.25 GB/sec net payload data rate, enabling continuous data acquisition at sample rates exceeding 200 MHz on all 4 channels. Unit comes with user-programmable XilinxÂ® Virtex(TM)-5 FPGA and 16 MB of QDR II SRAM memory.

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MCUs enable addition of USB to any application.

info@productnews.com (ThomasNet Industrial Newsroom) — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 08:00:10 -0500

Including Models PIC18F13K50 and PIC18F14K50, Series PIC18F1XK50 8-bit PICÂ® microcontrollers include host of serial communication interfaces, such as USB 2.0, I2C(TM), SPI, and USART, enabling them to transfer data between USB and other embedded serial networks. They also provide 10-bit, 9-channel ADC and dual comparators with S/R Latch. Model PIC18F13K50 has 8 Kb Flash and 512 Bytes of RAM memory, while PIC18F14K50 has 16 Kb Flash and 768 Bytes of RAM.

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ADCs feature 0.5 ÂµA shutdown current in 3 x 2 mm DFN package.

info@productnews.com (ThomasNet Industrial Newsroom) — Mon, 19 May 2008 07:38:51 -0500

Operating from single 2.7-5.5 V supply, Models LTC2451 and LTC2452 measure single-ended/differential sensors via either IÂ²C or SPI serial interfaces. They achieve 16-bit dc performance of 2 LSB integral nonlinearity error, 1.4 ÂµVrms transition noise, and 0.01% gain error. Suited for portable sensor applications, units include internal oscillator and allow up to 60 conversions/sec. ADCs incorporate input sampling network that reduces dynamic input current to less than 50 nA.

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Converter features dual simultaneous sampling.

info@productnews.com (ThomasNet Industrial Newsroom) — Fri, 16 May 2008 07:34:46 -0500

Model AS1545 offers 12-bit resolution on two independent 1 Msps ADCs, each with 6 input channels, combined with low power consumption. Rail to rail analog input range can be selected to be 0 V to VREF (or 2 VREF). Device operates from single 2.7 to 5.25 V supply and can be interfaced via high speed SPI/QSPI/Microwire or DSP. It is available in 5 x 5 mm 32-pin TQFN package.

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Single-Channel ADCs offer optimized SNR, power consumption.

info@productnews.com (ThomasNet Industrial Newsroom) — Thu, 15 May 2008 07:39:12 -0500

Respectively, 40 MSPS ADS5560 and 80 MSPS ADS5562 are 16-bit ADCs that provide up to 96.2 and 95.9 dB SNR for input frequencies within first Nyquist zone while consuming as little as 528 and 693 mW of power. Dynamic power scaling for ADS5562 further reduces power consumption to as little as 540 mW at 25 MSPS. Offered in 7 x 7 mm, 48-pin QFN package, both products incorporate low-frequency noise suppression mode and programmable gain from 0-6 dB.

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Analog-to-Digital Converter consumes only 7.2 mW.

info@productnews.com (ThomasNet Industrial Newsroom) — Wed, 14 May 2008 07:48:34 -0500

Available in 6- and 8-lead TSOT-23 packages, 12-bit successive approximation register ADC, Model LTC2366 operates from single 2.35-3.6 V supply and outputs data at up to 3 MS/sec. Unit communicates via serial SPI/QSPI/Microwire-compatible interface, offers no data latency, and achieves dc specifications of Â±1 LSB INL and Â±1 LSB DNL. With guaranteed specifications across -40 to +125Â°C range, ADC is suited for monitoring dc or ac signals in variety of applications.

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Analog-to Digital Converter conserves FPGA I/O pins.

info@productnews.com (ThomasNet Industrial Newsroom) — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 07:52:52 -0500

Featuring 2-wire serial interface, Model LTC2274 reduces number of data I/O lines required between 16-bit ADC and FPGA from 16 CMOS or 32 LVDS parallel data lines to single, self-clocking, differential pair communicating at 2.1 Gbps. Output data is serialized according to JEDEC specification for data converters using 8b10b encoding. Housed in 6 x 6 mm, QFN-10 package, device features max sample rate of 105 MSps, SNR of 77.5 dB, and SFDR of 100 dB at baseband.

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Data Converter features 200 MHz sampling rate.

info@productnews.com (ThomasNet Industrial Newsroom) — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 07:34:33 -0500

Model 7150 comes with four 200 MHz, 16-bit A/Ds, multi-module synchronization capability, variety of IP cores, built-in data capture modes, and pair of Xilinx Virtex-5 FPGAs, including processing and interface FPGAs. PMC/XMC module connects directly to RF/IF inputs of communications system. With flexible form factor, unit features front-panel synchronization bus, sampling clock, and 3 banks of 1.5 GB DDR2 synchronous DRAM connected to main processing FPGA.

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A/D Converter measures unipolar or bipolar input ranges.

info@productnews.com (ThomasNet Industrial Newsroom) — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 07:36:11 -0500

Model LTC2309 allows I2C data transfers up to 100 kHz in standard mode and 400 kHz in fast mode. Unit includes 2-wire interface with 14 ksps throughput rate and 2 address select pins that may be tied low, high, or left floating, providing 9 I2C addresses. Converter features 8-channel integrated multiplexer and operates from single 5 V supply, as well as 35 ÂµW in shutdown mode. Packaged in 4 x 4 mm QFN-24, converter is available in commercial and industrial temperature grades.

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Digital Receiver suits Software Defined Radio applications.

info@productnews.com (ThomasNet Industrial Newsroom) — Mon, 03 Mar 2008 07:49:40 -0500

Model ICS-1554 consists of four 16-bit ADCs sampling synchronously at frequencies up to 160 MHz. Simultaneous downconversion of up to 16 arbitrary signal bands is provided by 4 Graychip GC4016 digital downconverters (DDCs). Xilinx Virtex-5 SX95 FPGA provides signal processing capability that can be loaded with standard functions such as wide band DDC, FFT and time stamping, or programmed by user. Support for simultaneous wide- and narrow-band operation is enabled by dual decoupled FIFO memory.

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Analog-to-Digital Converter achieves 81.2 dB SNR.

info@productnews.com (ThomasNet Industrial Newsroom) — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 07:43:14 -0500

Sampling at 105 Msps, 16-bit Model LTC2217 consumes 1,190 mW and can interface to variety of digital systems with multiple digital output modes. Ultra-low jitter helps maintain high SNR at high input frequencies, yielding 80.4 dBFS SNR at 70 MHz, while high linearity sample/hold circuitry allows for low distortion of 92 dBFS at 70 MHz. Separate output power supply enables CMOS output swing to be as low as 0.5 V. Housed in 9 x 9 QFN package, Adc offers optional internal dither circuit.

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High-Speed ADC has continuous-time sigma-delta architecture.

info@productnews.com (ThomasNet Industrial Newsroom) — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 07:33:21 -0500

Supplied in 10 x 10 mm, 68-pin LLPÂ® package, PowerWiseÂ® ADC12EU050 is 8-channel, 12-bit, 40-50 MSPS ADC that offers alias-free sample bandwidth up to 25 MHz. Its continuous-time sigma-delta (CTSD) architecture allows integration of other signal-path functions, such as signal conditioning, while incorporating brickwall anti-aliasing filtering. Operating from 1.2 V supply, it consumes 44 mW per channel at 50 MSPS for total power consumption of 350 mW.

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Data Converters suit sensitive imaging applications.

info@productnews.com (ThomasNet Industrial Newsroom) — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 07:30:27 -0500

Eight-channel ADC models ADS5281/ADS5282 (12-bit) and ADS5287 (10-bit) consume as little as 77 mW per channel at 65 MSPS max sampling speed or 64 mW at 50 MSPS. With dynamic scaling, at 30 MSPS sample rate, per-channel power consumption is as low as 48 mW. Devices come in 64-pin, 9 x 9 mm QFN package and offer low-frequency noise suppression mode that eliminates 1/f (Flicker) noise. With programmable gain from 0-12 dB, FS outputs can be provided for input signals as low as 0.5 Vpp.

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Analog-to-Digital Converters operate to 125Â°C.

info@productnews.com (ThomasNet Industrial Newsroom) — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 07:38:01 -0500

Operating from single 5 V supply, 16-bit Models LTC1864/LTC1865 and 12-bit Models LTC1860/LTC1861 each draw only 850 ÂµA with output rates up to 250 ksps. Models LTC1864 and LTC1860 are pin- and software-compatible ADCs that measure single differential channel in MSOP-8 package, while Models LTC1865 and LTC1861 are pin- and software-compatible ADCs that measure 2 single-ended channels in MSOP-10 package. All communicate via 3-wire SPI-compatible serial interface.

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Compact 12-Bit ADCs offer compact, low power solution.

info@productnews.com (ThomasNet Industrial Newsroom) — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 07:37:44 -0500

Supplied in 3 x 3 mm DFN-10 package, 12-bit LTC2302 and LTC2306 communicate via 3-wire SPI-compatible serial interface at rates to 500 kSps. Former measures one differential input channel, while letter includes internal multiplexer and measures 2 single-ended or 1 differential input channel. Both models operate from 5 V supply, dissipating 15 mW at max output rate and 70 ÂµW at 1 kSps. Separate digital output supply voltage lets users configure serial data output for 3 or 5 V logic.

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A/D Converter handles communications and DAQ applications.

info@productnews.com (ThomasNet Industrial Newsroom) — Tue, 11 Dec 2007 07:45:15 -0500

Model AS1542 12-bit successive-approximation A/D converter features 16 input channels that are software-configurable as 16-channel single-ended or 8-channel fully-differential analog inputs. At conversion speed of 1 MS/sec, it uses as little as 2.4 mA, while in automatic shutdown mode supply current drops to less than 0.5 ÂµA. Device operates from 2.7-5.25 V supply and contains Vdrive function for connecting serial interface to 3 or 5 V processor systems independently.

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Micro-power ADCs offer 150 Ksps max sample rate.

info@productnews.com (ThomasNet Industrial Newsroom) — Mon, 26 Nov 2007 07:42:17 -0500

Available in 8-pin, 3 x 3 mm TDFN package, 10-bit AS1528/29 suit battery-powered devices and portable DAQ systems. Both AS1528 single-channel fully differential ADC and AS1529 dual-channel single-ended ADC consume less than 350 ÂµA at max sampling rate. Automatic shutdown (sleep mode) between conversions enables lower rates of power consumption down to 2.5 ÂµA at 1 Ksps or 200 nA during shutdown. SPI, QSPI, and Microwire-compatible interface enable high-speed data access.

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