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AN-1036: Clear to Any Voltage Using the AD5370 (pdf, 74 kB)
AN-0996: The Advantages of Using a Quadrature Digital Upconverter (QDUC) in Point-to-Point Microwave Transmit Systems (pdf, 219 kB)
AN-0986: Adjusting the Output Range and Span of the AD5362 (pdf, 79 kB)
AN-0982: The Residual Phase Noise Measurement (pdf, 710 kB)
AN-0974: Multicarrier TD-SCMA Feasibility (pdf, 634 kB)
AN-932: Power Supply Sequencing (pdf, 95 kB)
AN-928: Understanding High Speed DAC Testing and Evaluation (pdf, 4445 kB)
AN-920: Gain, LO, and Phase Compensation in a Single Sideband Transmitter Using the AD9788 TxDAC and ADL5372 Quadrature Modulator (pdf, 232 kB)
AN-919: AD9779A/AD9788: Guaranteeing PLL Lock Over Temperature (pdf, 74 kB)
AN-912: Driving a Center-Tapped Transformer with a Balanced Current-Output DAC (pdf, 246 kB)
AN-834: AD9786/AD9726 Calibration Engine (pdf, 354 kB)
AN-822: Synchronization of Multiple AD9779 TxDACs (pdf, 129 kB)
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-772: A Design and Manufacturing Guide for the Lead Frame Chip Scale Package (LFCSP) (pdf, 439 kB)
AN-759: Expanding the Number of DAC Outputs on the ADuC8xx and ADuC702x Families (uC012) (pdf, 112 kB)
- AN-759 Companion Code (zip, 3,464 bytes) (zip, 3 kB)
AN-748: Set-Up and Hold Measurements in High Speed CMOS Input DACs (pdf, 812 kB)
AN-747: Timing Synchronization for Multiple AD9786 TxDACs (pdf, 2389 kB)
AN-642: Coupling a Single-Ended Clock Source to the Differential Clock Input of Third-Generation TxDAC® and TxDAC+® Products (pdf, 479 kB)
AN-640: 0: Synchronizing Multiple AD9777s Using DATACLK Input Mode (pdf, 61 kB)
AN-595: Understanding Pin Compatibility in the TxDAC® Line of High Speed D/A Converters (pdf, 36 kB)
AN-555: Using the AD9709, AD9763, AD9765, AD9767 Dual DAC Evaluation Board (pdf, 206 kB)
AN-534: Adding HART® Capability to the AD421, Loop-Powered 4 mA–20 mA DAC Using the 20C15 HART Modem (pdf, 49 kB)
AN-420: 0: Using the AD9708/AD9760/AD9701/AD9764-EB Evaluation Board (pdf, 227 kB)
AN-414: Low Cost, Low Power Devices for HDSL Applications (pdf, 41 kB)
AN-412: Video-Standard Selection Circuit for the AD722 Using Low Cost Crystals (pdf, 27 kB)
AN-364: Enhancing the Performance of the AD7111A and AD7112 LOGDACs (pdf, 194 kB)
AN-351: Ask the Applications Engineer-2 (pdf, 286 kB)
Trimming Offset and Gain in A/D's and D/A's
AN-349: Keys to Longer Life for CMOS (pdf, 89 kB)
Here's How CMOS Can be Protected Against Abuse
AN-348: Avoiding Passive-Component Pitfalls (pdf, 931 kB)
The Wrong Passive Component Can Derail Even the Best Op Amp or Data Converter. Here Are Some Basic Traps to Watch For.
AN-342: Analog Signal-Handling for High Speed and Accuracy. (pdf, 468 kB)
Signal handling techniques for optimizing DAC and ADC performance.
AN-336: JPEG Compression
- AN-336A: Image Compression - Spelling Out the Options (pdf, 283 kB)
- AN-336B: JPEG Compression - Software Based? Or Which Hardware Type? More Mysteries Clarified. (pdf, 751 kB)
AN-333: Design and Layout of a Video Graphics System for Reduced EMI (PDF, 1538 kB)
AN-328: Generate 4 Channels of Analog Output Using AD7542 12-Bit DAC and Control the Lot with Only 2 Wires (pdf, 309 kB)
AN-326: Interfacing the AD7549 to the MCS-48 and MCS-51 Microcomputer Families (pdf, 334 kB)
AN-325: 12-Bit Analog I/O Port Uses AD7549 Dual 12-Bit DAC and 8051 Microcomputer (pdf, 318 kB)
AN-322: Improve Function Generators with Matched D/A Converters (pdf, 272 kB)
AD7528 Dual 8-Bit CMOS Multiplying DAC Makes Function Generation Practical and Affordable
AN-321: 3-Phase Sine Wave Generation Using the AD7226 Quad DAC (pdf, 174 kB)
AN-320B: CMOS Multiplying DACs and Op Amps Combine to Build Programmable Gain Amplifiers, Part 2 (pdf, 989 kB)
AN-320A: CMOS Multiplying DACs and Op Amps Combine to Build Programmable Gain Amplifier, Part 1 (pdf, 1295 kB)
AN-319: Simple Interface Between D/A Converter and Microcomputer Leads to Programmable Sine-Wave Oscillators (pdf, 317 kB)
AN-318: AD7528 Dual 8-Bit CMOS Multiplying DAC (pdf, 435 kB)
This Application Note details a myriad of circuit applications made possible by the multiplying characteristics and/or resistor ladder matching characteristics of the AD7528.
AN-317: Circuit Applications of the AD7226 Quad CMOS DAC (pdf, 625 kB)
AN-316: AD7224 Provides Programmable Voltages Over Varying Ranges (pdf, 153 kB)
AN-314: 14-Bit DACs Maintain High Performance Over Extended Temperature Range (pdf, 261 kB)
AN-313: Getting the Most from High Resolution D/A Converters (pdf, 707 kB)
AN-311: How to Reliably Protect CMOS Circuits Against Power Supply Overvoltaging (pdf, 217 kB)
AN-310: 0: Single Supply 12-Bit DAC Circuits Using the AD7568 (pdf, 233 kB)
AN-302: 02: Exploit Digital Advantages in an SSB Receiver (pdf, 417 kB)
AN-280: Mixed Signal Circuit Technologies (pdf, 2101 kB)
Considers problems which arise when reality (& Murphy) intervene in a design which otherwise seems satisfactory in terms of theory and modeling.
AN-254: Add Programmable Gain, Attenuation (pdf, 97 kB)
Simple CMOS Multiplying DAC Circuit Provides Digital Control of Gain and Attenuation of Analog Signal
AN-237: Choosing DACs for Direct Digital Synthesis (pdf, 1156 kB)
AN-225: 12-Bit Voltage-Output DACs for Single-Supply 5V and 12V Systems (pdf, 237 kB)
AN-224: Input/Output Level Shifting with the AD7769 (pdf, 91 kB)
AN-219: Electronic Adjustment Made Easy with the TrimDAC® (pdf, 404 kB)
AN-214: Ground Rules for High Speed Circuits (pdf, 356 kB)
Layout and Wiring Are Critical in Video Converter Circuits.
AN-213: Low Cost, Two-Chip, Voltage -Controlled Amplifier and Video Switch (pdf, 391 kB)
AN-209: 09: 8th Order Programmable Low-Pass Analog Filter Using Dual 12-Bit CMOS Multiplying DACs (pdf, 401 kB)
AN-208: 08: Understanding LOGDACs (pdf, 156 kB)
LOGDACs are CMOS Multiplying DACs With an Expontial (Anti-Logarithmic) Digital-to-Analog Transfer Characteristic (Rather Than a Linear D/A Transfer Characteristic)
AN-206: 06: CMOS Multiplying DAC Based Panning Circuit Provides Almost Constant Output Power (pdf, 142 kB)
Audio signal processing sometimes requires splitting or "panning" a single signal source into multiple channels. This application note describes how CMOS M-DACs can control the relative signal levels of the derived channels.
AN-205: 05: Video Formats and Required Load Terminations (pdf, 241 kB)
AN-142: Voltage Adjustment Applications of the DAC-8800 TrimDAC®, an Octal, 8-Bit D/A Converter (pdf, 712 kB)
AN-137: A Digitally Programmable Gain and Attenuation Amplifier Design (pdf, 52 kB)
AN-109: 09: Understanding and Preventing Latch-up In CMOS DACs (pdf, 392 kB)
AN-23: D/A Converter Generates Hyperbolic Functions (pdf, 186 kB)
AN-21: 4-20 mA Digital-to-Process Current Transmitter (pdf, 161 kB)
Describes a 3 I.C. Digital to 4-20 mA Current Output Circuit (DAC08, REF01 and OP221)
AN-19: Differential and Multiplying D/A Converter Applications (pdf, 418 kB)
AN-17: DAC08 Applications Collection (pdf, 769 kB)
AN-6: AB-6: Single Supply Operation of the DAC08 (pdf, 35 kB)