PGA offers gains of 1 to 100 23 October 2002 Linear Technology's LTC6910-1 is a digitally controlled programmable gain amplifier (PGA) with inverting gains of 0, 1, 2, 5, 10, 20, 50 and 100 V/V that are digitally selectable using a 3-bit control ...
Avoiding op-amp instability problems in single-supply applications 9 October 2002 'Single' or 'dual' supply? Although it is advantageous to implement op-amp circuits with balanced dual supplies, there are many practical applications where, for energy conservation or other reasons, ...
High speed rail-to-rail amplifiers 9 October 2002 The AD8091/AD8092 from Analog Devices are voltage feedback, high speed amplifiers designed to operate on +3 V, +5 V, or ±5 V supplies and have true single-supply capability with an input voltage range ...
'Adaptive linear' power amplifier increases power efficiency 9 October 2002 Circuit designers are often faced with the problem of efficiently amplifying a signal that has occasional peaks that are much greater than the signal's RMS level. Until now, the only solution was to configure ...
High speed low noise op-amp 9 October 2002 Linear Technology's LT6200 is an ultra low noise (0,95 nV/rt.Hz) high-speed (165 MHz gain bandwidth product) unity gain stable, voltage feedback amplifier. The device works on a single 3 V supply. Existing ...
Analog Dialogue - special issue 9 October 2002, Technical Literature Analog Dialogue is the free technical magazine from Analog Devices that discusses products, applications, technology, and techniques for analog, digital and mixed-signal processing. This special 80 page ...
Low noise microphone pre-amp 25 September 2002, Altron Arrow, EBV Electrolink Texas Instruments' INA217 low-noise, low-distortion microphone preamplifier from the company's Burr-Brown product line targets low-level audio signals in professional microphone and transducer amplifier ...
Low power 12 bit ADC 25 September 2002, Tempe Technologies Microchip's MCP3221 low-power 12 bit successive approximation ADC with I2C interface is available in tiny SOT-23 package. 400 kHz fast mode enables sampling rates up to 22,3 kSa/s for higher bandwidth ...
Stereo DAC with CODEC 25 September 2002 Combining a high performance stereo digital-to-analog converter with a voice grade CODEC, STMicroelectronics' STw5094 adds voice recording capability to a broad range of portable audio products, including ...
Resistor-equipped transistors 10 September 2002 Philips Semiconductors' range of resistor-equipped transistors includes a three-in-one solution for digital applications. Integrating up to two biasing resistors on a small-signal transistor die, these ...
FET input amplifiers designed for high performance 10 September 2002 When it came to using FET-input amplifiers, it used to be that the inexpensive ones did not have the necessary performance and the ones that did were just too expensive. But according to Analog Devices, ...
Serial voice memory chip 10 September 2002, KH Distributors Winbond Electronics has launched the W551C, a line of speech serial memory ICs suited for a wide variety of toy applications. Winbond, a leader in IC solutions for the toy market, currently offers the ...
Tiny powerful CMOS amps have low power consumption in shutdown 10 September 2002 The AD8591/AD8592/AD8594 are single, dual, and quad CMOS op-amps from Analog Devices that have an extremely low power consumption in shutdown mode.
Despite their small footprint, AD859x amplifiers feature ...
Stereo power amp for portable audio 10 September 2002 The SSM2250 is an ideal audio solution for any product that includes a single internal speaker and stereo headphones. This Analog Devices product sums the right and left inputs to drive a monaural internal ...
Hardcoated mobile workstation with 15"/12" TFT screen 10 September 2002, Centurion Micro Electronics On land, at sea or in the air, the MIL Series is a reliable, rugged device for when one needs computing power in obscure places. Arbor's MIL Series has been carefully designed and constructed to meet ...
Dedicated fully-buffered audio crosspoint switch 10 September 2002 Analog Devices' AD8113 is a complete audio and video routing solution in one package. It operates on ±12 V supplies for audio applications and can deliver a ±10 V output swing for maximum dynamic range. ...
Design to maximise battery life for intelligent sensor systems 28 August 2002 This article describes how to use event-driven techniques to maintain the lowest possible power consumption in single-cell, battery-powered intelligent sensor applications. Examples of such applications ...
High performance audio amps for a range of applications 28 August 2002 A world leader in amplifiers, Analog Devices (ADI) offers a range of audio amplifiers for many audio applications.
ADI set the industry standard with its OP275 dual bipolar/JFET op-amp for pro audio. ...
The 'MicroBuddy', an essential microcontroller companion 28 August 2002, Communica The 'MicroBuddy', a microcontroller companion IC, integrates a complete suite of support functions. The SH3000 device from Semtech melds a low-Vdd and power-on reset function, watchdog timer, clock management ...
Small 16 bit SAR ADC 28 August 2002 Designers are being faced with more and more space-constrained applications, and Analog Devices has responded with a SOT-23 package within its expanding 16 bit SAR ADC portfolio.
The company's AD7680, ...
