Technical Documentation

Application Notes (18)

AN-1234: Interfacing the ADL5534 Dual IF Gain Block to the AD9640 High Speed ADC (pdf, 208 kB)
AN-1142: Techniques for High Speed ADC PCB Layout (pdf, 392 kB)
AN-935: Designing an ADC Transformer-Coupled Front End (pdf, 363 kB)
AN-905: VisualAnalog Converter Evaluation Tool Version 1.0 User Manual (pdf, 2124 kB)
AN-878: High Speed ADC SPI Control Software (pdf, 585 kB)
AN-877: Interfacing to High Speed ADCs via SPI (pdf, 1594 kB)
AN-851: A WiMax Double Downconversion IF Sampling Receiver Design (pdf, 262 kB)
AN-835: Understanding High Speed ADC Testing and Evaluation (pdf, 985 kB)
AN-827: A Resonant Approach to Interfacing Amplifiers to Switched-Capacitor ADCs (pdf, 203 kB)
AN-812: MicroController-Based Serial Port Interface (SPI) Boot Circuit (pdf, 452,449 bytes) (pdf, 441 kB)
This application note describes the operation of a general-purpose, microcontroller-based Serial Port Interface (SPI) boot circuit.
- Software Download (zip, 21,702,560 bytes)
AN-808: Multicarrier CDMA2000 Feasibility (pdf, 1535 kB)
The goal of this application note is to determine the feasibility of implementing a multicarrier CDMA2000 transceiver and what the major subsystem performances must be.
AN-807: Multicarrier WCDMA Feasibility (pdf, 969 kB)
AN-756: Sampled Systems and the Effects of Clock Phase Noise and Jitter (pdf, 291 kB)
AN-742: Frequency Domain Response of Switched-Capacitor ADCs (pdf, 401 kB)
AN-737: How ADIsimADC Models an ADC (pdf, 373 kB)
AN-715: A First Approach to IBIS Models: What They Are and How They Are Generated (pdf, 370 kB)
AN-345: Grounding for Low-and-High-Frequency Circuits (pdf, 455 kB)
Know Your Ground and Signal Paths for Effective Designs. Current Flow Seeks Path of Least Impedance-Not Just Resistance....
AN-282: Fundamentals of Sampled Data Systems (pdf, 2131 kB)

Technical Articles (3)

Improve The Design Of Your Passive Wideband ADC Front-End Network
As converter technology improves, so does the demand to resolve very high intermediate frequencies (IFs) accurately at high speeds. This poses two challenges: the converter design itself and the front-end design that couples the signal content to the converter. Even if the converter itself is excellent, the front end must be able to preserve the signal quality too.
(Electronic Design, 3/26/2010)
Matching An ADC To A Transformer
by Rob Reeder, Analog Devices, Inc.
(Microwaves & RF, 7/2007)
MS-2210: Designing Power Supplies for High Speed ADC (pdf, 327 kB)