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Portable Instrumentation Requires Low Power and High Precision

With an increasing number of low power ICs developed using modern semiconductor processes and techniques, portable applications are becoming an ever more important subset of the traditional instrumentation market. High performance components are required to make accurate measurements and deliver low power dissipation in small packaging: requirements that Analog Devices can satisfy with a wide portfolio of devices.



The company’s product family is showcased in the latest of a series of free applications guides, that provides designers with architectural and circuit-level data on designing such products. Devices covered include high-precision A/D Converters, multi-channel Variable Gain Amplifiers (VGAs), clock distribution ICs, regulators, references, signal processors and isolators.

The application guide includes examples of how Analog Devices products can be used in a broad range of systems such as non-destructive testers, ultrasound devices and sonar. Imaging, power-line monitoring, positioning systems and general purpose instrumentation are also included.

Guidance is also provided on specifying products such as the company’s clock division and distribution ICs in systems such as wireless base stations and optical communications systems. The Analog Devices series of Low DropOut regulators (LDOs) are also featured for their wide applicability, from audio entertainment systems to Set Top Boxes (STBs), USB hubs and routers.

The portable instrumentation applications guide joins a growing number of applications-oriented resources from Analog Devices, which can help engineers meet their design objectives. As well as application kits for wireless, instrumentation, medical and industrial use, these include an online Design Centre which contains design tools and tutorials; and a Solutions section that includes interactive signal processing chains and further product selection resources.

Portable Instrumentation Products

• AD7656: 250KSPS, six-channel bipolar 16-bit ADC
• AD8334 quad VGA
• AD9222 octal, 12-bit, 40/50MSPS LVDS ADC
• AD9252 octal, 14-bit, 50MSPS LVDS ADC
• AD9515 1.6GHz clock distribution IC
• ADA4004-4 1.8nV/√Hz, 36V precision quad amplifier
• ADP3339 high-accuracy LDO
• ADR421 voltage reference
• ADSP-BF533 Blackfin processor
• ADuM1402 quad-channel isolator

Applications

• Non-destructive testing
• Medical imaging
• Ultrasound
• General purpose hand-held instrumentation
• ATE
• Wireless base stations
• Diversity receivers
• Sonar

For further information, including a copy of the Analog Devices Portable Instrumentation Applications Brochure with CD-Rom, please click here