Communications
Broadband communications systems rely on ADI: Virtually every wireless call, text, and download today passes through an Analog Devices IC. Our broad portfolio provides high quality, reliable, and cost-efficient solutions for point-to-point communications systems, private mobile radios, and wireless infrastructure equipment.
Communications
Software Defined Radio
Reusable, software-configurable, and future-proof radio platforms which combine an RF-to-baseband transceiver PHY and a digital processor, allowing seamless connection to FPGA development platforms.
Wideband RF Signal Processing
Components, signal chains, and platform modules for digitizing DC - 2+ GHz wideband RF signals for demanding applications such as RF instrumentation, defense electronics, and communications infrastructure.
Wireless Infrastructure
RF ICs for the entire signal chain, along with converters, amplifiers and more, all supported by design resources to ease the design of wireless infrastructure equipment.
The Deepest Expertise and the Broadest Portfolio in the RF Industry
Analog Devices is the only company with expertise and technologies spanning the entire RF spectrum.
Latest Resources
Press Release
- Analog Devices’ New Multi-Channel, Mixed-Signal RF Converter Platform Expands Call Capacity & Data Throughput for Wireless Carriers
- Analog Devices Announces Breakthrough Solution to Accelerate mmWave 5G Wireless Network Infrastructure
- Analog Devices Acquires Broadband GaAs and GaN Amplifier Expert OneTree Microdevices to Enable Complete Cable Infrastructure Solutions
- Next Generation Advanced Instrumentation and Defense Applications Enabled by Analog Devices’ High-Speed A/D Converter
- Dual 10A, Single 20A Ultrathin µModule Regulator with Digital Power System Management
- ±0.5% Accurate Supervisors Target Very Low Voltage Components
- 60V, Dual, 2-Phase Boost Controller Can Cascade Outputs to Regulate Beyond 200V
- 98% Efficient Bidirectional Buck-Boost Controller for 12V-12V Redundant Battery Systems in Autonomous Vehicles
- Highly Programmable Super Sequencer Simplifies Multi-Rail Power System Management
- Industry’s Widest Bandwidth RF Transceiver Speeds Development of 2G-5G Base Stations and Phased Array Radar
- 18V, 10A (IOUT), Synchronous Step-Down Silent Switcher 2 Delivers 95% Efficiency at 2MHz and Ultralow EMI Emissions
- Isolated 4-Port Power over Ethernet PSE Controller Passes IEEE 802.3bt Conformance Tests
- Analog Devices Silicon SPDT Switch Delivers Fast Settling Time for Demanding Test and Measurement Applications
- Analog Devices’ RadioVerse™ Technology and Design Ecosystem Earns Industry Accolades for Breakthrough Wideband RF Transceiver
- Analog Devices and Escape Communications to Demonstrate Complete 10 Gbps E-band Radio Solution at IMS 2016
- Analog Devices’ MEMS Accelerometers Enable Early Detection of Structural Defects
Rarely Asked Question Page
- This Noise Will Keep You Up at Night
- Psychotic ADC?
- Unfiltered Analog
- EngineerZone Makes Getting Answers a Breeze
- Electronics is Fun
- Mystery Spur Explained: Don't Blame the DDC!
- The Decline of Rounding—or How Significant is Significance?
- Because Mr. Ohm Said So …
- Missing Half the Signal
- Check the Bias Current
- Why Good Engineers Use the Best Components
- Synchronous Rectification on the Secondary Side
- Unique Gate Drive Applications Enable Rapidly Switching On/Off for Your High Power Amplifier
- Presto! Multiply Your ADC’s Virtual Channel Count with DDC Magic
Student Zone Article page
- Put an End to High Speed Converter Bandwidth Terms
- Grounding and Decoupling: Learn Basics Now and Save Yourself Much Grief Later! Part 3: Decoupling Continued
- Grounding and Decoupling: Learn Basics Now and Save Yourself Much Grief Later! Part 1: Grounding
- Grounding and Decoupling: Learn Basics Now and Save Yourself Much Grief Later! Part 2: Decoupling
Design Notes Page
- New Dual-Channel, 8.5 A, 18 V, Synchronous Step-Down Silent Switcher Device with 16 µA Quiescent Current
- ADI’s RF Front-End Family Enables Compact 5G Massive MIMO Network Radios
- 24 GHz to 44 GHz Wideband Integrated Upconverters and Downconverters Boost Microwave Radio Performance While Reducing Size
- ADI’s High Power Silicon Switches Save Bias Power and External Components in Massive MIMO RF Front-End Design
Application Notes
- AN-1315: Autonomous IR Calibration on the ADF7024 (Rev. 0) PDF
- AN-1353: How to Bypass VCO Calibration for the ADF4355-2, ADF4355, ADF4355-3, ADF4356, ADF5355, and ADF5356 (Rev. D) PDF
- AN-1420: Phase Buildout and Hitless Switchover with Digital Phase-Locked Loops (DPLLs) (Rev. 0) PDF
- AN-1390: Manual Band Selection for PLL Lock Time Reduction (Rev. 0) PDF
- AN-1040: RF Power Calibration Improves Performance of Wireless Transmitters (Rev. A) PDF
- AN-0983: Introduction to Zero-Delay Clock Timing Techniques PDF
- AN-756: Sampled Systems and the Effects of Clock Phase Noise and Jitter (Rev. 0) PDF
- AN-1126: More Boost with Less Stress: the SEPIC Multiplied Boost Converter (Rev. 0) PDF
- AN-1177: LVDS and M-LVDS Circuit Implementation Guide (Rev. 0) PDF
- AN-1253: Layout Considerations for Digital Power Management (ADP1046A) (Rev. 0) PDF
- AN-920: Gain, LO, and Phase Compensation in a Single Sideband Transmitter Using the AD9788 TxDAC and ADL5372 Quadrature Modulator (Rev. 0) PDF
- AN-1123: Controller Area Network (CAN) Implementation Guide (Rev. A) PDF
- AN-1285: ADF7021-N Radio Performance for Wireless Meter-Bus (WM-Bus), Mode N (Rev. 0) PDF
- AN-1275: Rolling Data Buffer on the ADF7023 (Rev. 0) PDF
- AN-1276: Embedded Packet Error Rate Testing on the ADF7023 and ADF7023-J (Rev. 0) PDF
- AN-1258: Image Rejection Calibration on the ADF7021, ADF7021-N, and ADF7021-V (Rev. 0) PDF
- AN-1248: SPI Interface PDF
- AN-1182: Understanding and Optimizing the AFC Loop on the ADF7021 for Minimum Preamble (Rev. 0) PDF
- AN-1154: Optimizing Phase Noise and Spur Performance of the ADF4157 and ADF4158 PLLs Using Constant Negative Bleed PDF
- AN-1145: ADP1047/ADP1048 Advanced Power Metering (Rev. 0) PDF
- AN-1106: An Improved Topology for Creating Split Rails from a Single Input Voltage (Rev. A) PDF
- AN-1100: Wireless Transmitter IQ Balance and Sideband Suppression (Rev. 0) PDF
- AN-0988: The AD9552: A Programmable Crystal Oscillator for Network Clocking Applications (Rev. 0) PDF
- AN-0974: Multicarrier TD-SCMA Feasibility PDF
- AN-0996: The Advantages of Using a Quadrature Digital Upconverter (QDUC) in Point-to-Point Microwave Transmit Systems (Rev. 0) PDF
- AN-851: A WiMax Double Downconversion IF Sampling Receiver Design (Rev. 0) PDF
Technical Articles Page
- 5G Drives mmWave Technology Across Multiple Industries
- Revolution and Evolution in Frequency Synthesis: How PLL/VCO Technology Has Increased Performance, Decreased Size, and Simplified Design Cycle
- Secure, Mission Critical Communications Require a New, Easy to Implement Approach
- System-Level LO Phase Noise Model for Phased Arrays with Distributed Phase-Locked Loops
- Communications Equipment Makers Demand High Power Outputs and Small Solution Footprints
- Bits to Beams: RF Technology Evolution for 5G Millimeter Wave Radios
- pH Sensor Reference Design Enabled for RF Wireless Transmission
- RF Converters Enable Efficient Multiband Radios for Next-Generation Wireless Base Stations
- 28 nm Analog-to-Digital Converters Enable Next-Generation Electronic Warfare Receiver Systems
- Supply Clean Power with Ultralow Noise LDO Regulators
- Silent Switcher µModule Regulators Quietly Power GSPS Sampling ADCs in Half the Space
- 5G Communication and Its Future
- Transceivers Speed Development of New Military and First-Responder Communications Solutions
- Phase Alignment and Control on the ADF4356/ADF5356 Devices
- TEC Controller Applications in Telecommunication Systems
- Need More Bandwidth for the Ka-Band? Here Are Three Options
- Receiver IC Blend Mixers, Synthesizers, and IF Amps
- An Interview with Analog Devices Discussing RF Electronics for Phased Array Applications
- Time Sensitive Networks: Real-Time Ethernet
- Physical Size Allocations for RF Electronics in Digital Beamforming Phased Arrays
- 2G to 5G Base Station Receiver Design Simplified by Innovative Integrated Transceivers
- Designing High Speed Analog Signal Chains From DC-to-Wideband
Technical Articles
Product Highlight
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Solutions Bulletins & Brochures
Webcast
- Overcoming Challenges in GaN Power Amplifier Implementations
- New I2C Unbounded - Solve Your 2 Wire Challenges
- Innovative Isolated RS-485, SPI and LVDS Communications
- Understanding Power System Management
- Advances In Unmanned Systems Technology Electronics Solutions
- Simplify and Reduce Active Filter Design Time
- Fundamentals of Clocks
- Explaining Phase Noise
- Fundamentals of Frequency Synthesis, Part 1: Phased Locked Loops
- Performance Clocks: Demystifying Jitter
- Fundamentals of Frequency Synthesis, Part 2: Direct Digital Synthesis (DDS)
- Fundamentals of Data Conversion in Receivers
- RF Detectors Help Solve System Design Challenges
- Multi-Channel Phase And Frequency Synchronization Made Easy
- Sensor Signal Conditioning with Synchronous Demodulation
- RF Technology for 5G mmWave Radios
- Digital Beamforming Techniques for Phased Array Systems
- The Art of Military Communications
- Making Precision Signal Chain Design Easier
- RF Technology for 5G Radio Base Stations
- ADI Clocks: Optimizing and Supporting JESD204B Interfaces
- Simplify Power Designs with Micromodule Products
- Network Clock: How To Achieve Maximum System Up Time
- Solving Telecommunication Multiband Needs with Wideband Amplifiers
- Streamlining Flexible System Design using RF ADCs with DSP
- RF & MW Control Products in Silicon
- Integrated DPD for Small Cell and Massive MIMO
- Latest Developments in Analog Devices PLL Portfolio
- Six Cybersecurity Must-Haves to Secure the Edge
- Smart Partitioning and IoT System Development
- Getting the Most from ADI PLL Products
- Simplifying Radio Design Using a Wideband IF Receiver Subsystem IC
- Signal Chain Optimization for IoT Applications
- Reliable Connectivity for IoT Devices
- Fundamentals of Data Converters
- Deep Learning for Radio Frequency Systems
- Enabling Small Form Factor, High Capacity Small Cell Platforms
- RF Converters Enable Multiple Wideband Applications
- Real-Time Audio Applications Enabled by Multicore SHARC DSP + ARM SOC
- Advances in Phased Array Analog Beamforming Solutions
- GSPS DACs Enable Ultra-Wide Bandwidth Applications
- Demystifying Dynamic Range in GSPS A/D Converters
Videos
- Introducing ADI's 4th Generation µModule® Regulators
- Introducing the LTM4626 and LTM4638, µModules®
- Advanced Modular DC/DC Regulators in High-Density Systems
- Solutions for the Internet of Things (IoT)
- Watch the World of Analog Devices at electronica 2018
- AD5770R: 6-Channel, Current Output DAC for Photonic Applications
- Analog Devices' AD9166 7.5 GHz Single-Chip Vector Signal Generator
- iCoupler® Digital Isolators in Motor Control Designs
- Introduction to ADIsimRF
- Building Signal Chains in ADIsimRF
- µModule® Power Products by Analog Devices
- Introducing the LTM4686 Ultrathin Dual 10A µModule® Regulator
- Analog Devices Trusted Sensor Solutions: Secure IoT Stack
- High Power, High Density Switched Capacitor & Hybrid Converter
- LTC33XX, 5V Family of Synchronous Step-Down Silent Switchers
- µModule® Complete System-in-Package Power Management Solutions
- Configuring and Simulating Multi-Stage Devices in ADIsimRF
- Configuring and Simulating Wideband Transceivers in ADIsimRF
- Generating Plots and Sweeps in ADIsimRF
- Configuring and Simulating DACs in ADIsimRF
- AD9371 RadioVerse Integrated RF Transceiver
- Interview: ADI Capabilities in VSAT and Millimeter-wave
- Unboxing the AD9371 RadioVerse Integrated RF Transceiver
- Hot Swap Controllers with Precision Power and Energy Monitoring
- Microwave and Millimeter-wave Integrated Solutions
- Increase Performance While Reducing Size with RF PLLs
- Digital Power Platforms for Next-gen Isolated power Delivery
- Lowest Noise LDOs Enable Cutting Edge Signal Chain Performance
- ADI SDR SOM: How to Stream Real-World Data
- AD-PZSDR2400TDD-EB Unboxing, Overview, & Basic Functions
- Getting Started with ADI Software Defined Radio (SDR) SOM
- Direct RF sampling with phase coherent fast frequency hopping
- Wideband, High dynamic range PA Modules
- RF and Microwave Technology Update
- Switches in Silicon Technology Replace PIN Diodes
- Broadband RF Power and Return Loss Measurement
- Millimeter Wave 5G Signal Chain
- Dr. Thomas Cameron, ADI's CTO, discusses 5G at EDI CON USA
- RadioVerse AD9375 Integrated RF Transceiver with DPD
- Simplifying RF Component Evaluation and Signal Chain Design
- RF, Microwave and Millimeter wave Technologies
- MEMS Switch Technology, Breaking New Ground
- Complete 24GHz to 44GHz Radio using SiGe and 28nm CMOS
- Instrumentation and High Speed: LVDS, Energy Harvesting and more
- ADIsimPLL: Creating a custom voltage-controlled oscillator (VCO)
- ADICUP360 - Complete Sensor to Cloud IoT Development Kit
- Crop Connect - Environmental Monitoring for Smart Agriculture
- Fast Start IoT Development Platform
- High Performance Sub-GHz Radio Development Platform
- PLL Frequency Planning for Spurious Signal Elimination
- Calibration-Free Return Loss Measurement
- Welcome to RadioVerse: ADI's Technology and RF Design Ecosystem
- Future Trends Radio Communications
- Applications For Radioverse Solutions
- Capabilities of Integrated Transceivers
- Introducing RadioVerse
- Isolation of Things: iCoupler® Digital Isolators vs. Optocouplers
- Test, Build & Harness the 5G Future
- Time Sensitive Networking - The Future of Real-time Communication
- Power Entry Protection in the Datacenter
- Next Generation of Isolated Controllers
- Ultralow Noise LDOs to Maximize Signal-Chain Performance
- Scalable Power Management, Sequencing and Monitoring Platform
- Energy Harvesting Enabled, Remotely Monitored WSN
- Real-time Occupancy Detection and Analysis
- GNU Radio Conference 2016 - Radio Architecture Design Challenges
- RadioVerse AD9375 DPD Overview
- AD9375 Small Cell Radio Reference Design with DPD
- Simplify RF, Microwave, and mmWave Design and Evaluation
- ADI and X-Microwave Collaborate to Simplify RF Signal Chains
- Xband Radar Signal Chain using X-Microwave Solution
- Analog Devices Showcases New Products and Full Solutions
- Breaking Through the Isolation Barrier with New Power Controllers
- Wideband Power Efficiency
- Millimeter wave 5G Signal Chain
- AD9375 Transceiver with Integrated Digital Predistortion
- ADRF5720 & ADRF5024
- Complete 24GHz to 44GHz Radio using SiGe and 28nm CMOS
- 28nm CMOS RF Data Converters
- High Integration SiGe Solutions For Freq. Generation & Conversion
- Demo Video of AD9375 DPD Evaluation Platform
Analog Dialogue
- Is It Possible to Fit Low EMI Power Supplies onto Crowded Boards?
- Automotive Radar Sensors and Congested Radio Spectrum: An Urban Electronic Battlefield?
- Dual-Loop Clock Generator Cleans Jitter, Provides Multiple High-Frequency Outputs
- Clock Skew in Large Multi-GHz Clock Trees
- How to Apply DC-to-DC Step-Down (Buck) Regulators Successfully
- RF-Sampling ADC Input Protection: Not Black Magic After All
- Powering GSPS or RF Sampling ADCs: Switcher vs. LDO
- Ferrite Beads Demystified
- Massive MIMO and Beamforming: The Signal Processing Behind the 5G Buzzwords
- Understanding Switching Regulator Output Artifacts Expedites Power Supply Design
- ADC Modeling Tools Speed Up Evaluation
- Power Management for Integrated RF ICs
- Analog Front End for 3G Femto Base Stations Brings Wireless Connectivity Home
- Ask The Applications Engineer—40: Switch and Multiplexer Design Considerations for Hostile Environments
- Analyzing and Managing the Impact of Supply Noise and Clock Jitter on High Speed DAC Phase Noise
- Passive Intermodulation (PIM) Effects in Base Stations: Understanding the Challenges and Solutions
- Ask the Applications Engineer—41: LDO Operational Corners: Low Headroom and Minimum Load
- An Engineering Walk Through Virtual Eval, ADI's Online Data Converter Product Evaluation Tool
- Discrete- and Integrated Control of Power Amplifiers in Base-Station Applications
- DDS Devices Generate High-Quality Waveforms Simply, Efficiently, and Flexibly
- Efficient FSK/PSK Modulator Uses Multichannel DDS to Switch at Zero Crossings
- Differential Interfaces Improve Performance in RF Transceiver Designs
- Phase Response in Active Filters
- Four Quick Steps to Production: Using Model-Based Design for Software-Defined Radio (Part 1)
- New Touch-Screen Controllers Offer Robust Sensing for Portable Displays
- S-Parameters Allow High-Frequency Verification of RF Switch Models
- Complex Power-Supply Sequencing Made Easy
- Interleaving ADCs: Unraveling the Mysteries
- Quickly Implement JESD204B on a Xilinx FPGA
- Design a PLL Filter When Only the Zero Resistor and Capacitor Are Adjustable
- Design, Simulate, and Document Proprietary Wireless Systems
- The Successful Implementation of High-Performance Digital Radio
- System Demonstration Platform Eases Transition from Evaluation to Prototyping
- Modeling Amplifiers as Analog Filters Increases SPICE Simulation Speed
- Understanding How Amplifier Noise Contributes to Total Noise in ADC Signal Chains
- New RF DAC Broadens Software-Defined Radio Horizon
- How to Apply DC-to-DC Step-Up (Boost) Regulators Successfully
- Activate Cell Phone Indicator LEDs While Preserving Standby Time
- Crossing a New Frontier of Multiband Receivers with Gigasample ADCs—Part One
- Boost Supply and High-Voltage DAC Provide Tuning Signal for Antennas and Filters
- Low-Voltage Current Sink Controls High-Voltage LED String
- What’s Up With Digital Downconverters—Part 1
- Highest Power Density, Multirail Power Solution for Space-Constrained Applications
- An Integrated Bidirectional Bridge with Dual RMS Detectors for RF Power and Return-Loss Measurement
- Some Recent Developments in the Art of Receiver Technology: A Selected History on Receiver Innovations over the Last 100 Years
- RF Transceivers Provide Breakthrough SWaP Solutions for Aerospace and Defense
- Where Zero-IF Wins: 50% Smaller PCB Footprint at ⅓ the Cost
- How to Design and Debug a Phase-Locked Loop (PLL) Circuit
- Multipliers vs. Modulators
- HDMI Made Easy: HDMI-to-VGA and VGA-to-HDMI Converters
- Four Quick Steps to Production: Using Model-Based Design for Software-Defined Radio (Part 3)
- Four Quick Steps to Production: Using Model-Based Design for Software-Defined Radio (Part 4)
- Four Quick Steps to Production: Using Model-Based Design for Software-Defined Radio (Part 2)
- High Definition, Low Delay, SDR-Based Video Transmission in UAV Applications
- Applying a High-performance Video Operational Amplifier
- Using ESD Diodes as Voltage Clamps
- Complex RF Mixers, Zero-IF Architecture, and Advanced Algorithms: The Black Magic in Next-Generation SDR Transceivers
- What’s Up With Digital Downconverters—Part 2
- Monolithic 80-dB +5 V Single-supply Log Amp Has 50-MHz Frequency Range
- Single-Chip Clock Generator with 14-Channel Distribution Solves Timing Challenges in Networks
- High-Speed DAC Controls Power Amplifier Ramp Profile
- Dual Axis, Low g, Fully Integrated Accelerometers
- Phase-Locked Loops for High-Frequency Receivers and Transmitters - Part 2
- Selecting Mixed Signal Components for Digital Communication Systems—III: Sharing the Channel
- JPEG 2000 Image Compression
- DSPs Enhance Flexible Third-Generation Base-Station Design
- 200-MHz 16 x 16 Video Crosspoint Switch IC
- Selecting Mixed Signal Component for Digital Communications Systems IV: Receiver Architecture Considerations
- 14-Bit Monolithic ADCs: First to Sample Faster than 1 MSPS
- Build a Smart Analog Process-Instrument Transmitter with Low-Power Converters and a Microcontroller
- Direct Digital Synthesis (DDS) Controls Waveforms in Test, Measurement, and Communications
- Wireless Short-Range Devices: Designing a Global License-Free System for Frequencies <1 GHz
- Using Dual-Axis Accelerometers to Protect Hard Disk Drives
- Support for the Designer—Improved ADI Website Helps You
- A Smart Modem for Robust Wireless Data Transmission Over ISM Bands (433 MHz, 868 MHz, and 902 MHz)
- Blackfin® Processor's Parallel Peripheral Interface Simplifies LCD Connection in Portable Multimedia
- Design a Direct 6-GHz Local Oscillator with a New, Wideband, Integer-N, PLL Synthesizer
- AD9873 Mixed-Signal Front-End (MxFE) for Broadband Digital Set-Top Boxes
- Phase-Locked Loops for High-Frequency Receivers and Transmitters - Part 1
- Single-Sideband Upconversion of Quadrature DDS Signals to the 800-to-2500-MHz Band
- Selecting Mixed-Signal Components for Digital Communications Systems—Part V
- VDSL Technology Issues—An Overview
- New TxDAC® Generation
- Wideband Radios Need Wide Dynamic Range Converters
- Highly Integrated Stereo Codec ICs Drive Multimedia
- Fast, Accurate, Timing Recovery for Fiber Optics Links
- Switching in USB Consumer Applications
- Power Supply Management—Principles, Problems, and Parts
- Design Your Own VoIP Solution with a Blackfin® Processor—Add Enhancements Later
- Versatile Mixed-Signal Front Ends Speed Customized Design of Wireline Broadband Modems and Home Networks
- X-Amp™, A New 45-dB, 500-MHz Variable-Gain Amplifier (VGA) Simplifies Adaptive Receiver Designs
- High Performance Narrowband Receiver Design Simplified by IF Digitizing Subsystem in LQFP
- Single-Chip Digitally Controlled Data-Acquisition as Core of Reliable DWDM Communication Systems
- AD607 Architecture
- Advanced Digital Video Encoders
- Selecting Mixed-Signal Components for Digital Communication Systems—An Introduction
- Solving Dynamic Range Problems in Analog Systems
- Data Converter Function Can Help Solve Cost and Size Design Challenges in 3G and 4G Wireless Infrastructure
- Dynamic Memory Allocation Optimizes Integration of Blackfin® Processor Software
- Fast-Locking, High Sensitivity Tuned-IF Radio Receiver Achieved with a 7-GHz Synthesizer
- Single-Chip Direct Digital Synthesis vs. the Analog PLL
- Broadband I/Q Modulator Eases Radio Design
- Solving Power-Management Problems with a Single Chip that Handles up to 7 Channels of Sequencing, Monitoring, and Supervision
- DACs are Optimized for Communication Transmit Path
- Selecting Mixed-Signal Components for Digital Communication Systems-II
- Buffered Multiplexers for Video Applications
- IF Stages are Going Digital for Both Analog and Digital Signals
- Phase-Locked Loops for High-Frequency Receivers and Transmitters - Part 3
- Innovative Mixed-Signal Chipset Targets Hybrid-Fiber Coaxial Cable Modems
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