- Providing an Edge in Capacitive Sensor Applications (pdf, 87,739 bytes)
The number of capacitance-based sensor designs in industrial, automotive, medical, and consumer applications is rising rapidly. Designers are continuously searching for new ways to use capacitive sensor technology to give their products an edge in a crowded marketplace. more ...
- Broadband I/Q Modulator Eases Radio Design (pdf, 70,981 bytes)
Modern digital radio transmitter design poses increasing challenges for equipment designers. The trend towards greater throughput of data is increasing the modulation density and carrier bandwidths of transmitted signals. more ...
- Solving Dynamic Range Problems in Analog Systems (pdf, 76,826 bytes)
Many of the applications that we take for granted operate in real-world environments with high levels of dynamic range. The most common of these systems are radio and television receivers and their updated cousins–the cell phone and the iPod. more ...
- Data Converter Function Can Help Solve Cost and Size Design Challenges in 3G and 4G Wireless Infrastructure (pdf, 96,367 bytes)
As usage and demand for competitive services continue to rise, manufacturers of wireless infrastructure, especially 3G and 4G, must constantly reduce the size and cost of newly installed wireless infrastructure, while holding to high standards of performance, functionality, and quality of service. more ...
- Data and Power Isolation in One Package Provides Total Isolation Solution (pdf, 79,438 bytes)
A common challenge in designing systems that require galvanic isolation is finding a cost-effective, space-efficient way to isolate both power and data. more ...
- Highly Integrated, Programmable Single-Component Sensors Solve Problems in Industrial System Design (pdf, 1,513,982 bytes)
Sensors have the potential for providing revolutionary improvements in performance, reliability, safety, and cost-of-ownership within industrial system designs. more ...
- Specifying A/D Converters: Considerations for IF-Sampling Applications (pdf, 544,906 bytes)
Choosing the ADC with the highest resolution or sampling speed is often not enough to satisfy the performance demands presented by IF-sampling architectures. more ...
- Boost Precision and Accuracy with Single Chip Capacitance- and Impedance-to-Digital Converters (pdf, 493,640 bytes)
High precision capacitance- and impedance-sensing applications traditionally required a complex collection of discrete components that needed to be skillfully combined together to provide an overall measurement solution. more ...
- Applying Instrumentation Amplifiers Effectively–The Importance of an Input Ground Return (pdf, 124,242 bytes)
One of the most common application problems that arises when using in-amp circuits is failure to provide a dc return path for the in-amp's input bias currents. more ...
- A Whole New Value Equation for Industrial Designs (pdf, 161,258 bytes)
State-of-the-art analog and mixed signal ICs, particularly those manufactured on submicron CMOS, have brought significant size, cost, and power advantages to a wide variety of applications, with one notable exception—industrial. more ...
- Single-Chip Clock Generator with 14-Channel Distribution Solves Timing Challenges in Networks (pdf, 65,557 bytes)
Global demand for communication services continues to rise, and manufacturers must constantly reduce the size and cost of newly installed network equipment, while holding to high standards of service and quality. more ...
- Changing the Way 3-Phase Meters Are Designed with New Isolation Technology (pdf, 143,442 bytes)
ADI’s high speed data isolation, iCoupler® technology, and isoPower® technology, combined with its energy metering ICs solution addresses communication speed and cost challenges in 3-phase electronic energy meters. more ...
- Key Features of ADE71xx/ADE75xx Family of Energy Measurement ICs (pdf, 248,320 bytes)
Recently, Analog Devices announced two families of single-chip energy meter system on a chip (SoC) ICs, the ADE71xx and ADE75xx, that can be used as the central unit in smart single-phase energy meters. Besides the energy measurement dedicated circuitry, these devices integrate an 8052 microcontroller with flash memory, LCD driver, tamper detection circuitry, real-time clock (RTC), and intelligent battery management. more ...
- Next Generation of Electricity Metering ICs Enhance Tampering Detection (pdf, 248,320 bytes)
With more electricity connections being metered worldwide and the cost of electricity rising, the likelihood that an electricity meter will be tampered with has increased. more ...