Analog Devices and Infineon Technologies have announced they have agreed to collaborate on the advancement of next-generation automotive airbag systems. The ADI-Infineon collaboration will ensure alignment of the companies’ respective product roadmaps and interoperability of their sensors and chipsets. The collaboration will accelerate the development of advanced airbag systems and provide automotive safety system suppliers and OEMs access to...

Adding to its broad portfolio of RF ICs, Analog Devices has introduced a new highly integrated modulator for broadband satellite communications applications, such as VSAT (very small aperture terminals). ADI’s new ADRF6750 modulator offers the highest level of integration and functionality by combining four devices into one small footprint.

Analog Devices, Inc has extended its family of low-power, low-distortion analogue-to-digital converter drivers today with the introduction of the ADA4932 and ADA4950 differential amplifiers. At 9.6 mA per channel, the new ADC drivers provide engineers with the industry’s lowest power consumption and the best performance of any ADC drivers operating at 50 mW or less.

Analog Devices is meeting the diverse requirements of new medical imaging applications by introducing the third generation of its award-winning octal (eight-channel) ultrasound receivers. Designed for CW as well as PW Doppler ultrasound, the AD9276 and AD9277 octal ultrasound receivers integrate gain, filtering, data conversion, and demodulation for CW Doppler signal processing on a single chip.

Analog Devices has announced today that Blackfin BF531 processors will drive Siemens’ Energy Sectors’ state-of -the art Automated Metering and Information System (AMIS). Utilizing Analog Devices’ Blackfin convergent processor’s powerful processing capacity, AMIS delivers, essential dynamic “demand response” energy usage communication between the consumer and the energy provider, facilitating true whole grid energy management. The low ...

With leading camera developers worldwide already designing its Blackfin processor into surveillance and machine vision cameras, Analog Devices has announced the availability of IntelliVision’s video analytics and intelligence solutions for Blackfin. IntelliVision’s video analytics solutions are used extensively in automated monitoring, surveillance and security solutions to identify and react to suspicious activities without the need for oper...

Onkyo, a leading global name in audio/video components and home theatre systems, has designed its new BR-925 CD/HDD receiver system around the Blackfin BF532 convergent processor from Analog Devices. Onkyo, whose stated philosophy is to “deliver products that are superbly designed and built to a consistently outstanding standard of excellence,” chose the Blackfin processor for its ability to meet specific design goals for the BR-925 digital a...

Analog Devices has announced the availability of its latest version of its free, downloadable ADIsimSRD Design Studio for the development of short-range wireless devices. ADIsimSRD Design Studio Version 1.1 conducts real-time simulations, tests configurations and troubleshoots potential problems in short-range radio communications systems using ADI’s ADF70xx family of short-range transmitters and transceivers.

Analog Devices has announced the availability of its latest version of its free, downloadable ADIsimSRD Design Studio for the development of short-range wireless devices. ADIsimSRD Design Studio Version 1.1 conducts real-time simulations, tests configurations and troubleshoots potential problems in short-range radio communications systems using ADI’s ADF70xx family of short-range transmitters and transceivers.

Analog Devices has introduced a pair of 14-bit DACs that perform direct digital synthesis for signals up to 3.6 GHz. These high-performance converters extend ADI’s industry-leading TxDAC family of transmit digital-to-analogue converters by delivering an unmatched combination of usable bandwidth and effective dynamic range to communications-equipment manufacturers worldwide.

Analog Devices has expanded its interface product family with two integrated, galvanically-isolated RS-485/422 transceivers, each featuring an integrated isolated power converter. Providing unmatched levels of isolation performance, the ADM2587E and ADM2582E are the first transceivers to integrate a line driver, line receiver, oscillator, rectifier, regulator, and transformers into a single-chip that isolates both the data and power lines in a t...

Analog Devices (ADI) has acquired power-line communications technology to add to its portfolio of products for energy-metering applications. Analog Devices has acquired the PowerBUS RHINO power-line communications technology and all related patents, hardware, and software from Domosys Corporation, a privately held company based in Quebec City, Canada.

Analog Devices has introduced the AD8264 quad-channel VGA (variable-gain amplifier)—a highly integrated device designed for PET (positron emission tomography) scanners, communication systems, and advanced video equipment. The AD8264 is the industry’s leading four-channel VGA and the first to integrate four ADC (analogue-to-digital converter) drivers, enabling radiological equipment designers, for example, to reduce printed-circuit board area ...

Analog Devices has introduced a clock generator that simplifies clock design and reduces the need for oscillators in multi-standard networking and communications infrastructure systems. The AD9551 clock generator features a new, simplified architecture engineered by ADI that can generate and translate multiple precision network clock frequencies, which enables the replacement of as many as five oscillators. Oscillators support forward error cor...

Analog Devices has announced two new ultra-low-distortion differential amplifiers that set new performance standards for linearity and power consumption. The ADL5561 and ADL5562 differential amplifiers efficiently drive high-speed, high-IF sampling ADCs (analogue-to-digital converters) required by today’s advanced communications systems. The ADL5561 and ADL5562 are capable of maintaining performance while driving ADCs up to 500 MHz, exceeding ...

Use of CT (computed tomography) scanning is increasing as technology improvements provide clearer, more detailed pictures of the human body for physician analysis and diagnosis. At the same time, healthcare facilities are faced with a growing need for better quality, faster, and more affordable diagnostic imaging equipment. Analog Devices is addressing these needs with a new current-to-digital converter chip that enables high slice count CT syst...

Analog Devices has announced the availability of two downloadable software tools that greatly simplify RF systems design. The ADIsimRF design tool easily calculates a variety of parameters within an RF system including cascaded gain, noise figure, power consumption, and more. ADIsimPLL Version 3.1 development software, a new generation of ADI’s popular phase-locked loop (PLL) circuit-design and evaluation tool, assists users in evaluating, desi...

Analog Devices has announced the availability of two downloadable software tools that greatly simplify RF systems design. The ADIsimRF design tool easily calculates a variety of parameters within an RF system including cascaded gain, noise figure, power consumption, and more. ADIsimPLL Version 3.1 development software, a new generation of ADI’s popular phase-locked loop (PLL) circuit-design and evaluation tool, assists users in evaluating, desi...

Analog Devices has introduced one of the industry’s fastest field-effect transistor (FET) operational amplifier currently available. Operating at 1 GHz, the ADA4817 was designed for high-performance medical diagnostic and portable devices, as well as instrumentation equipment. It provides twice as much bandwidth with half the noise of competing devices. It is already designed in at top medical and test and measurement companies for applicati...

Analog Devices has developed a new motion sensing device specifically for energy-constrained portable consumer products. The ADXL345 three-axis digital iMEMS (integrated micro-electro-mechanical system) accelerometer is the lowest-power device in its class, achieving an 80 percent power savings compared to competing three-axis inertial sensors. The ADXL345 also incorporates an on-chip ADC (analog-to-digital converter) that simplifies hardware con...