Application Notes (1)
Circuit Note (2)
- CN-0056: Interfacing the ADL5315 High Side Current Mirror to a Translinear Logarithmic Amplifier in a Photodiode Power Detector Application (pdf, 107 kB)
- CN-0057: Interfacing the ADL5317 High Side Current Mirror to a Translinear Logarithmic Amplifier in an Avalanche Photodiode Power Detector Application (pdf, 107 kB)
Technical Articles (4)
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Design a Logamp RF Pulse Detector
(pdf, 338 kB)
by Eamon Nash
(Microwaves & RF, January 1, 2000) -
Log Amps and Directional Couplers Enable VSWR Detection
by Anil Rachakonda and Larry Hawkins, Analog Devices, Inc. (RF Design, 1/1/2007) -
Logarithmic Processing Applied to Network Power Monitoring
(pdf, 593 kB)
by Eric Newman, Analog Devices, Inc. -
Mixed Signal ICs Lend Flexibility to EDFA Control Applications
(WDM Solutions, April 2002)
ADIsim Design/Simulation Tools (1)
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ADIsimPower™ Voltage Regulator Design Tool
This expert design tool produces custom DC-DC converter designs in about a minute. The user enters 5 inputs and chooses to optimize for efficiency, PCB space, cost, or part count. Output is a complete schematic, BOM, efficiency plot, and performance summary. A PDF summary and a blank PCB is offered for each design to facilitate fast prototyping to verify the design.
Data Sheets (5)
- AD8304: 160 dB Range (100 pA-10 mA) Logarithmic Converter Data Sheet (Rev A, 08/2002) (pdf, 573 kB)
- AD8305: Dual 12-Bit, High Bandwidth, Multiplying DAC with 4-Quadrant Resistors and Serial Interface Data Sheet (Rev B, 04/2010) (pdf, 1301 kB)
- ADL5306: 60dB-range (100nA to 100µA) Low-Cost Logarithmic Converter Data Sheet (Rev 0, 07/2003) (pdf, 1015 kB)
- ADL5310: 120dB-range (3 nA - 3 mA) Dual Logarithmic Converter Data Sheet (Rev A, 09/2004) (pdf, 668 kB)
- ADL5317: Avalanche Photodiode Bias Controller and Wide Range (5 nA - 5 mA) Current Monitor Data Sheet (Rev 0, 08/2005) (pdf, 541 kB)
Design Assistants (1)
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AD8304 Log Amp - Raise or Lower Intercept
Calculates component values to change the AD8304 slope and intercept. This tool graphs the new curve showing the output voltage vs input current and the schematic.
Design Calculators (1)
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AD8304 Component Calculator
A tool for calculating component values for changing the slope and intercept of the AD8304 logarithmic converter.
Documentation (1)
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ADIsimPower™ Voltage Regulator Design Tool
This expert design tool produces custom DC-DC converter designs in about a minute. The user enters 5 inputs and chooses to optimize for efficiency, PCB space, cost, or part count. Output is a complete schematic, BOM, efficiency plot, and performance summary. A PDF summary and a blank PCB is offered for each design to facilitate fast prototyping to verify the design.
Overview (1)
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Optical and High Speed Networking
(pdf, 2236 kB)
Analog Devices’ optical and high speed networking ICs solve a depth and breadth of challenges faced by today’s designers of datacom and telecom systems, optical modules, and subsystems. Analog Devices products address a wide range of networking applications from O/E/O conversion, clock recovery, and backplane transmission to monitoring and control of optical power, power management, and clock generation and distribution.
Product Reviews (1)
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Analog Devices Unveils New Transmit/Receive and Control/Monitoring ICs
... Analog Devices Inc. recently introduced five new transmit/receive and monitoring/control integrated circuit (IC) solutions that provide important design alternatives for the development of components and modules for optical network systems. (Lightwave, 4/3/2003)
Tutorials (1)
- MT-078: High Frequency Log Amps (pdf, 144 kB)
Analog Dialogue (2)
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Closed-Loop Control of Variable Optical Attenuators with Logarithmic Analog Processing
By Eric J. Newman and Matthew Pilotte, Analog Devices, Inc. (Analog Dialogue, Vol 37, December 2003) -
Detecting Fast RF Bursts Using Log Amps
(Analog Dialogue, Vol. 36, No. 5, September-October, 2002)
