Peripheral Support ICs
Volume 8, Issue 3 YOUR SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS RESOURCE

Protect Your Valuable Communication Networks with ADI's Family of RS-232 and RS-485 Digitally Isolated ICs

The RS-485 and RS-232 bus standards are the most widely used physical layer bus designs in industrial and instrumentation and medical applications. To improve system reliability within a noisy environment and protect against voltage spikes and ground loops, isolation is required between the RS-485/RS-232 cable network and the systems connected to it. Power isolation is obtained through the use of an isolated dc-to-dc power supply or Analog Devices isoPower® integrated dc-to-dc converters. Signal isolation is implemented using Analog Devices' iCoupler® technology. ADI provides integrated isolated RS-485 and RS-232 transceivers to solve these problems.

In addition, visit www.analog.com/rs485 and www.analog.com/rs232 for more information.

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RS-485, RS-232

"Digital Isolation Tips and Techniques" at www.analog.com/onlineseminars.

Please click here for the RS-485 and RS-232 selection table.

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