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Application Notes (26)

AN-1144: Measuring Output Ripple and Switching Transients in Switching Regulators (pdf, 3427 kB)
AN-1141: Powering a Dual Supply Precision ADC with Switching Regulators (pdf, 640 kB)
AN-1132: How to Apply DC-to-DC Step-Up (Boost) Regulators (pdf, 242 kB)
AN-1106: An Improved Topology for Creating Split Rails from a Single Input Voltage (pdf, 328 kB)
AN-1086: Using an ADM106x in a Hot Swap Application (PDF, 59 kB)
Describes the design considerations that must be taken into account when the input supplies to the ADM106x come up when a card is hot swapped in a live, powered backplane.
AN-1083: Designing an Inverting Buck Boost Using the ADP2300 and ADP2301 Switching Regulators (pdf, 217 kB)
Although targeted for voltage step-down applications, the versatility of the ADP230x family allows it to realize an inverting buck boost topology without additional cost, component count, or size.
AN-1075: Synchronous Inverse SEPIC Using the ADP1870/ADP1872 Provides High Efficiency for Noninverting Buck/Boost Applications (pdf, 167 kB)
Discusses using the ADP1870/ADP1872 as an inverse single-ended primary inductor converter (SEPIC), also known as the Zeta converter, that can operate in either buck or boost mode, decreasing or increasing the input voltage to a desired regulated voltage, with minimal cost, component count, and power loss.
AN-1072: How to Successfully Apply Low Dropout Regulators (pdf, 105 kB)
This application note reviews the basic LDO topology, explains key specifications, and shows the application of low dropout voltage regulators in systems.
AN-1009: Block Erasing, Reading and Writing to the ADM106x EEPROM (pdf, 63 kB)
AN-1001: Checksum Calculations (pdf, 76 kB)
AN-0997: Ping-Pong Configuration Guide for ADM1062 to ADM1069 Devices (pdf, 172 kB)
AN-0975: Automatic Generation of State Diagrams for the ADM1062 to ADM1069 Using Graphviz (pdf, 209 kB)
AN-0973: Erasing and Programming the Sequencing Engine EEPROM (pdf, 61 kB)
AN-897: ADC Readback Code (pdf, 65 kB)
AN-782: Monitoring High Voltages with the ADM1062-ADM1069 Super Sequencers™ (pdf, 61 kB)
AN-781: Monitoring Additional Supplies with the ADM1062-ADM1069 Super Sequencers™ (pdf, 96 kB)
AN-780: Monitoring Negative Voltages with the ADM1062 to ADM1069 Super Sequencers (pdf, 98 kB)
AN-723: Interrupt Generation Using the ADM106x (pdf, 262 kB)
AN-722: Watchdog Detection Using the ADM106x (pdf, 179 kB)
AN-698: Configuration Registers of ADM1062/ADM1063/ADM1064/ADM1065/ADM1066/ADM1067/ADM1166 (pdf, 561 kB)
AN-671: Reducing RFI Rectification Errors in In-Amp Circuits (pdf, 208 kB)
AN-669: Effectively Applying the AD628 Precision Gain Block (pdf, 193 kB)
AN-589: Ways to Optimize the Performance of a Difference Amplifier (pdf, 115 kB)
This Application Note presents several ways to build and optimize the performance of a discrete difference amplifier. It also recommends amplifiers that will make the overall solution cost/performance competitive with monolithic instrument amplifiers.
AN-282: Fundamentals of Sampled Data Systems (pdf, 2131 kB)
AN-245: Instrumentation Amplifiers Solve Unusual Design Problems (pdf, 543 kB)
Traditionally Considered Only for Transducer-Conditioning Applications, Instrumentation Amplifiers Bring Unique Performance Benefits to a Range of Other Applications as Well.
AN-244: A User's Guide to I.C. Instrumentation Amplifiers (pdf, 522 kB)

Circuit Note (11)

Technical Articles (13)

Auto-Zero Amplifiers (doc, 75 kB)
A wide variety of electronic applications, especially those involving very small input signals, require signal paths with very low offset voltage and offset voltage drift over time and temperature.
High-performance Adder Uses Instrumentation Amplifiers
Make an adder circuit using instrumentation amplifiers to increase input impedance.
(EDN, 9/3/2009)
Input Filter Prevents Instrumentation-amp RF-Rectification Errors
by Charles Kitchin, Lew Counts, and Moshe Gerstenhaber, Analog Devices, Inc. (EDN, 11/13/2003)
MS-2405: Simple Circuit Measures the RMS Value of an AC Power Line (pdf, 234 kB)
Optimizing Power Systems for Portable Electronic Devices
System architects can optimize power-system efficiency by selecting the best system voltages for the application, using the right power-supply elements, and designing all the power-system elements to work together to reduce battery drain.
(Power Electronics Technology, July 1, 2009)
Power Distribution for High Performance Medical Imaging Systems
Powering High Speed Analog-to-Digital Converters with Switching Power Supplies (pdf, 2478 kB)
This article demonstrates that analog-to-digital converters can be powered directly from switching power supplies with no loss in performance if careful design practice is followed.
(Power Management DesignLine, May 2009)
Simple circuit provides precision ADC interface
(EDN, 08/21/03)
Single IC provides gains of 10 and –10
by Moshe Gerstenhaber and Charles Kitchin, Analog Devices, Inc. (EDN, 8/7/2003)
Temperature monitor measures three thermal zones
by Susan Pratt, Analog Devices, Inc. (EDN, 12/11/03)
The AD8221 - Setting a New Industry Standard for Instrumentation Amplifiers (pdf, 582 kB)
The Fundamentals of LDO Design and Applications
Understanding How Voltage Regulators Work

Evaluation Kit Manuals (1)

ADM1175/ADM1176/ADM1177/ADM1178 Evaluation Kit (pdf, 1279 kB)

ADIsim Design/Simulation Tools (2)

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.
Download files for ADIsimPower™ Voltage Regulator Design Tool
The individual Excel-based voltage regulator design tools used in ADIsimPower™.

Complementary Part Guides (2)

Supervisory Devices Complementary Parts Guide for Altera FPGAs (pdf, 664 kB)
Supervisory Devices Complementary Parts Guide for Xilinx FPGAs (pdf, 661 kB)

Data Sheets (15)

Design & Integration Files (1)

CN0190 Design & Integration Files (zip, 3649 kB)
- Schematic
- Bill of Materials
- Gerber Files
- PADS Files
- Assembly Drawing

Design Handbooks (1)

A Designer's Guide to Instrumentation Amplifiers (3rd Edition)

Documentation (17)

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.
ADM1170/ADM1171/ADM1172EB (pdf, 371 kB)
ADM1175/ADM1176/ADM1177/ADM1178 Evaluation Kit (pdf, 1279 kB)
ADP121 Evaluation Board (EVAL-ADP121) (pdf, 272 kB)
ADP1740/ADP1741 Evaluation Board (pdf, 369 kB)
ADP1864-EVALZ: ADP1864 Evaluation Board with Web Design Tool Data Sheet (pdf, 672 kB)
Evaluation Board and Design Procedure
ADP2114 Evaluation Board (EVAL-ADP2114) (pdf, 739 kB)
EVAL-ADP1612/ADP1613: 650 kHz/1.3 MHz Step-Up Converter (pdf, 198 kB)
EVAL-ADP2108: Evaluation Board for 600 mA, 3 MHz Buck Regulator (pdf, 902 kB)
Power Management RedyKit (pdf, 1124 kB)
A Complete Power Development Kit in One Convenient Package
SuperSequencer Documentation
- UG-063: ADM1062 to ADM1069 Evaluation Board User Guide
  (pdf, 966 kB)
- UG-049: ADM1062 to ADM1069 Software Tool User Guide
  (pdf, 72 kB)
- Automatic Generation of ADM106x State Diagrams using Graphviz
  (pdf, 149 kB) Application note describing how to use the new graphical output options in version 4.0.5 and later of the ADM106x software.
- Super Sequencer Quick Start Demo Configuration Files
  (zip, 49 kB)
- Margin Calculation Tool
  (zip, 53 kB)
UG-039: RedyKit User Guide for the ADP2108 Buck Converter (pdf, 143 kB)
Order the RedyKit for easy product evaluation and prototyping. The RedyKit ships with 2 preset evaluation boards plus 3 each of the standard fixed output voltage options in the product family. This allows evaluation of any voltage option with kit.
UG-052: RedyKit for the ADP121 LDO (pdf, 118 kB)
Order the RedyKit for easy product evaluation and prototyping. The RedyKit ships with 2 preset evaluation boards plus 3 each of the standard fixed output voltage options in the product family. This allows evaluation of any voltage option with one kit.
UG-057: Evaluating the ADP1872/ADP1873 PWM Buck Controllers (pdf, 1891 kB)
UG-090: RedyKit™ for the ADP151 LDO (pdf, 134 kB)
UG-116: Setting Up the Evaluation Board for the ADP151 (pdf, 152 kB)
UG-179: Evaluation Board for the 1.2 A, 20 V Nonsynchronous Step-Down Regulators (pdf, 422 kB)

Evaluation Software (3)

ADM1175-78 & ADM1191-92 Evaluation Software
This version of software supports Windows XP, Windows Vista, and Windows 7 and is recommended for new installations. It requires the ADMxxxx Common Run-time to be installed in order to provide driver support for the all supported I²C interfaces. This includes the USB-SDP-CABLEZ, USB-SMBUS-CABLEZ and USB-5PSMBUS-CABLEZ interfaces.
- ADM117x-ADM119x Configuration Tool v3.2.2
  (zip, 8.4 MB) A configuration and programming tool for use with these hot swap controllers and power monitors.
- Read Me for the ADM117x-9x Tools
  (rtf, 8 kB)
ADMxxxx Common Run-Time
This run-time installer is shared between the SuperSequencer, ADM1175-92, and the Hot Swap and Power Monitor tools. Contains driver support for the USB-SMBUS-CABLEZ and USB-SDP-CABLEZ interface connectors.
- Common Run-Time Installer v2.0.0
  This file only needs to be downloaded and installed once for all tools that share it. (zip, 406 MB)
- Read Me for ADMxxxx Common Run-Time Installer
  (rtf, 11 kB)
- Updating the USB-I²C Dongle Driver
  (pdf, 97 kB)
- USB-SMBUS-CABLEZ, USB-5PSMBUS-CABLEZ: USB-to-I²C Interface Dongles
  (pdf, 116 kB) Info on updating the USB-SMBUS-CABLEZ Windows device driver.
SuperSequencer Software
Requires the ADMxxxx Common Run-time to be installed in order to provide driver support for the USB-SMBUS-CABLEZ and USB-SDP-CABLEZ interface connectors. If there are previous versions of this software (v4.0.6 or earlier), or the ADM1175-7 & ADM1191-92 software (v3.0.1 or earlier) installed they should be removed prior to installing the common run-time.
- SuperSequencer Configuration Tool - v4.2.1
  (zip, 24 MB) Supports Windows XP, Windows Vista, and Windows 7 and is recommended for new installations.
- Read Me for the SuperSequencer Tools v4.2.1
  (rtf, 79 kB)
- Read Me for the prog106x command line tool v2.0.1
  (txt, 2 kB)

FAQs/RAQs (2)

Overview (6)

DC-to-DC Switching Regulator IC Solutions (10/06) (pdf, 3205 kB)
Leading Inside Advertorials: Applying Instrumentation Amplifiers Effectively–The Importance of an Input Ground Return (pdf, 121 kB)
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.
Power System Management (Spring 2007) (pdf, 1170 kB)
Voltage Monitoring and Sequencing (2009/2010) (pdf)
What can 40 years of analog leadership do for your power management design?

Power Reference Designs (14)

ADP1613 3.3 Vin, 200 Vout at 2 mA (pdf, 348 kB)
This design uses a boost converter with quadrupler charge pump. It utilizes an innovative 4 stage charge pump to increase the output voltage of the boost stage by a factor of 4.
ADP1613 50mA Iout SEPIC-Cuk (pdf, 411 kB)
Cascoded coupled SEPIC-Cuk converter producing clean ± 9 V rails from a 12V input.
ADP1613 50mA Iout SEPIC-Cuk (pdf, 411 kB)
Cascoded coupled SEPIC-Cuk converter producing clean ± 9 V rails from a 12V input.
ADP1613 Coupled SEPIC converter (pdf, 88 kB)
Coupled SEPIC converter which converts a 3 -5 V input to a clean 5 V output with very low ripple noise.
ADP1613 Isolated Flyback Converter; Input +30- (pdf, 311 kB)
30 - 60V input isolated flyback converter with a "cascode" MOSFET. It uses primary side regulation to avoid the power consumption of a feedback optocoupler.
ADP1613 SEPIC Converter Vin 30-60 Vout 3.3V 150mA (pdf, 118 kB)
Cascode SEPIC converter which produces 3.3V output at 0 - 150 mA.
ADP1829 & ADP1864 Reference Design (pdf, 142 kB)
Three Output Voltages: 1.24 V, 3.3 V, 5 V; Output Current: 2 A to 4 A; Input voltage: 10.8-13.2 V; Ripple 2% ppk of Output Voltage; Transient step ±5%, 50% max load
ADP1829, ADP210x and ADP171x Reference Design (pdf, 687 kB)
Seven Output Voltages: 3.6 V, 3.3 V,3.3l V 2.5 V, 1.8 V, 1.25 V, 0.9 V; Output Current: 0.002 A to 3.0 A; Input voltage: 10.8-13.2 V; Ripple 2% ppk of Output Voltage; Transient step ±5%, 50% max load
ADP1829, ADP210x, ADP171x Reference Design (pdf, 447 kB)
Seven Output Voltages: 5.0 V, 3.6 V, 3.3 V, 2.5 V, 1.8 V, 1.2 V, 0.9 V; Output Current: 0.002 A to 3.0 A; Input voltage: 10.8-13.2 V; Ripple 2% ppk of Output Voltage; Transient step ±5%, 50% max load
ADP1864 & ADP1611 Reference Design (pdf, 123 kB)
Input Voltage 5V ± 5%; Generates two voltages: An adjustable negative voltage that tracks an adjustable positive voltage; Output Voltage: -7V to -12V and +7 to +12V; Single resistor value change for each supply will adjust the output voltages; Both Voltages capable of providing 150mA of output current
ADP2301 Reference Design (pdf, 60 kB)
4.5 V to 5.5 V for the input voltage. Single Inverting Output: -5 V
PRD1209: ±10 Vout from 24 Vin at 100 mA (pdf, 0)
A SEPIC-Cuk converter used to create a dual rail output from a single input voltage.
PRD1210: ±15 Vout from 24 Vin at 80 mA (pdf, 375 kB)
A SEPIC-Cuk converter is used to create a dual rail output from a single input voltage.
PRD1211: 5.0 Vin, 200 Vout at 2mA (pdf, 329 kB)
A boost converter with quadrupler charge pump. It utilizes an innovative 4 stage charge pump to increase the output voltage of the boost stage by a factor of 4. This enable us to use a very inexpensive integrated FET boost controller. The power draw was tested at 33 mA with no load.

Product Reviews (1)

Dual Buck Controller Cuts Bill-of-material Costs by 15 Percent
(EE Times, 6/6/2006)

Product Selection Guide (3)

Comparators Product Brochure 2007 (pdf, 4991 kB)
Supervisory Devices Complementary Parts Guide for Altera FPGAs (pdf, 664 kB)
Supervisory Devices Complementary Parts Guide for Xilinx FPGAs (pdf, 661 kB)

Software and Tools (3)

ADM1175-78 & ADM1191-92 Evaluation Software
This version of software supports Windows XP, Windows Vista, and Windows 7 and is recommended for new installations. It requires the ADMxxxx Common Run-time to be installed in order to provide driver support for the all supported I²C interfaces. This includes the USB-SDP-CABLEZ, USB-SMBUS-CABLEZ and USB-5PSMBUS-CABLEZ interfaces.
- ADM117x-ADM119x Configuration Tool v3.2.2
  (zip, 8.4 MB) A configuration and programming tool for use with these hot swap controllers and power monitors.
- Read Me for the ADM117x-9x Tools
  (rtf, 8 kB)
ADMxxxx Common Run-Time
This run-time installer is shared between the SuperSequencer, ADM1175-92, and the Hot Swap and Power Monitor tools. Contains driver support for the USB-SMBUS-CABLEZ and USB-SDP-CABLEZ interface connectors.
- Common Run-Time Installer v2.0.0
  This file only needs to be downloaded and installed once for all tools that share it. (zip, 406 MB)
- Read Me for ADMxxxx Common Run-Time Installer
  (rtf, 11 kB)
- Updating the USB-I²C Dongle Driver
  (pdf, 97 kB)
- USB-SMBUS-CABLEZ, USB-5PSMBUS-CABLEZ: USB-to-I²C Interface Dongles
  (pdf, 116 kB) Info on updating the USB-SMBUS-CABLEZ Windows device driver.
SuperSequencer Software
Requires the ADMxxxx Common Run-time to be installed in order to provide driver support for the USB-SMBUS-CABLEZ and USB-SDP-CABLEZ interface connectors. If there are previous versions of this software (v4.0.6 or earlier), or the ADM1175-7 & ADM1191-92 software (v3.0.1 or earlier) installed they should be removed prior to installing the common run-time.
- SuperSequencer Configuration Tool - v4.2.1
  (zip, 24 MB) Supports Windows XP, Windows Vista, and Windows 7 and is recommended for new installations.
- Read Me for the SuperSequencer Tools v4.2.1
  (rtf, 79 kB)
- Read Me for the prog106x command line tool v2.0.1
  (txt, 2 kB)

Solutions Bulletins (6)

Digital-to-Analog Converter ICs Solutions Bulletin, Volume 10, Issue 1 (pdf, 1809 kB)
Hot Swap And Power Monitoring Bulletin (pdf, 3226 kB)
Industrial ICs
Industrial ICs Solutions Bulletin, Volume 10, Issue 8
Power Supply Sequencing Bulletin (2007) (pdf, 5188 kB)
Supervisory Devices Complementary Parts Guide for Altera FPGAs (pdf, 664 kB)
Supervisory Devices Complementary Parts Guide for Xilinx FPGAs (pdf, 661 kB)

User Guides (7)

SuperSequencer Documentation
- UG-063: ADM1062 to ADM1069 Evaluation Board User Guide
  (pdf, 966 kB)
- UG-049: ADM1062 to ADM1069 Software Tool User Guide
  (pdf, 72 kB)
- Automatic Generation of ADM106x State Diagrams using Graphviz
  (pdf, 149 kB) Application note describing how to use the new graphical output options in version 4.0.5 and later of the ADM106x software.
- Super Sequencer Quick Start Demo Configuration Files
  (zip, 49 kB)
- Margin Calculation Tool
  (zip, 53 kB)
UG-039: RedyKit User Guide for the ADP2108 Buck Converter (pdf, 143 kB)
Order the RedyKit for easy product evaluation and prototyping. The RedyKit ships with 2 preset evaluation boards plus 3 each of the standard fixed output voltage options in the product family. This allows evaluation of any voltage option with kit.
UG-052: RedyKit for the ADP121 LDO (pdf, 118 kB)
Order the RedyKit for easy product evaluation and prototyping. The RedyKit ships with 2 preset evaluation boards plus 3 each of the standard fixed output voltage options in the product family. This allows evaluation of any voltage option with one kit.
UG-057: Evaluating the ADP1872/ADP1873 PWM Buck Controllers (pdf, 1891 kB)
UG-090: RedyKit™ for the ADP151 LDO (pdf, 134 kB)
UG-116: Setting Up the Evaluation Board for the ADP151 (pdf, 152 kB)
UG-179: Evaluation Board for the 1.2 A, 20 V Nonsynchronous Step-Down Regulators (pdf, 422 kB)

Videos (1)

ADP2114: Highly Configurable Synchronous Step-Down DC-DC Converter
The ADP2114 is a dual channel step down switching regulator with integrated MOSFETs and is designed to be extremely versatile. The device can be configured as two channels with output current 2A and 2A or with one output supplying 3A and the other 1A or alternatively, the device can be configured as a single, interleaved output supporting 4A total current.

Webcasts (2)

Isolating Power in Communication Bus and Gate Drive Applications
Starting with a communications application overview of small power options through the process of selecting the right power products this webcast is a great resource for your communications applications designs.
Webcast: Hot Swap Design, How to Get it Right
This webcast closely examines the components of a hot swap design and find out what's critical to getting it right.

Analog Dialogue (1)

Boost Supply and High-Voltage DAC Provide Tuning Signal for Antennas and Filters
Analog Dialogue, Volume 44-12 Back Burner, December 2010

SUPPLEMENTAL RESOURCES - CN0190: Robust, Multivoltage, High Efficiency, 25 W Universal Power Supply Module with 6 V to 14 V Input

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