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NORWOOD, Mass. -- Analog Devices, Inc.  in collaboration with Microsemi Corporation today introduced the first-in-the-market high power evaluation board for half-bridge SiC power modules with up to 1200 V and 50 A @ 200 kHz switching frequency. The isolated board is engineered to improve design reliability while also reducing the need to create additional prototypes—saving time, lowering costs, and decreasing time to market for power conversion and energy storage customers. Analog Devices and Microsemi will showcase the board at APEC 2018 taking place March 4-8, 2018, in San Antonio, Texas.

• View product page, download datasheet, order boards:   

http://www.analog.com/EVAL-MICROSEMI-SIC-MODULE

The new board can be used as the building block of more complex topologies, such as full-bridge or multi-level converters, for complete bench debugging of customer solutions. It can also function as a final evaluation platform or in converter-like configuration for full test and evaluation of Analog Devices’ ADuM4135 isolated gate driver with iCoupler^® digital isolation technology and LT3999 DC-DC driver in a high-power system.

The high-power evaluation board enables Microsemi’s SiC power modules to provide benefits such as a common test bench, higher power density for reduced size and cost, and isolated and conductive substrate and minimum parasitic capacitance for higher efficiency, performance, and excellent thermal management. These attributes make the board suitable for applications including electric vehicle (EV) charging, hybrid EV (HEV)/EV onboard charging, DC-DC converters, switched mode power supply, high-power motor control and aviation actuation systems, plasma/semi cap equipment, lasers and welding, MRIs and X-rays.

Product Highlights

• Half-bridge topology
• 1200 V, 50 A@ 200 kHz
• >100 kV/µs CMTI
• 1.2 kV galvanic isolation
• Independent High Side and Low Side PWM inputs (Single control with 70 ns dead-time for testing)
• 1 LT3999 + 1 ADuM4135 (High Side and Low Side)
• Full tested desaturation protection
• Low inductive and high current terminals for V+, V- and AC phase connection
• Supports Microsemi half-bridge SiC power modules housed in standard SP1 package as the APTMC120AM20CT1AG and APTMC120AM55CT1AG

NORWOOD, MA – January 24, 2018 – Analog Devices  announces the Power by Linear™ LTC3351, a supercapacitor charger and backup power controller IC that includes hot swap front-end protection and all the features necessary to provide a complete, standalone capacitor-based backup power solution. The LTC3351’s integrated hot swap controller and circuit breaker use N-channel MOSFETS to provide a low loss power path from the input to the output, plus foldback current limiting to reduce inrush current. The device enables reliable short term uninterrupted power in the event of a main power failure for applications such as solid-state drives (SSDs) and nonvolatile dual in-line memory modules (NVDIMMs) data backup, power fail alarms in medical and industrial applications and “dying gasp” power fail indicators. The LTC3351 provides PowerPath™ control, capacitor stack charging and balancing, protection and capacitor health monitoring. Other applications include high current 12V ride-through supplies and short term uninterruptible power supplies (UPS) for servers, mass storage and high availability systems.

• View the LTC3351 product page, download data sheet, order samples and evaluation boards: www.linear.com/product/LTC3351

The LTC3351 features a 4.5V to 35V input voltage range and over 10A of charge/backup current capability.  The device also provides balancing and overvoltage protection for a series stack of one to four supercapacitors. The LTC3351’s synchronous step-down controller enables constant current/constant voltage charging of the capacitor stack at up to 5V per cell. In backup mode, the step-down converter runs in reverse as a synchronous step-up DC/DC to deliver power from the supercapacitor stack to the system supply to be backed up. The hot swap controller provides programmable UV/OV thresholds, PCIe compatible start-up timing and a precision threshold /RETRY input.

The LTC3351 includes an accurate 16-bit analog-to-digital converter (ADC) which continuously monitors input and output voltage and current. In addition, the internal measurement system monitors parameters associated with the backup capacitors themselves, including capacitor stack voltage, capacitance and stack ESR (equivalent series resistance) to ensure adequate energy storage and power delivery during backup.  By monitoring the actual capacitance of the backup supercapacitors, the LTC3351 provides longer capacitor life by enabling the system to set the capacitor voltage to a minimum value while ensuring the required backup energy is maintained.  All system parameters and fault status can be monitored via a 2-wire I²C interface, and alarm levels can be set to alert the system to a sudden change in any of these measured parameters.

The LTC3351 is available in a thermally enhanced 44-lead, low profile (0.75mm) 4mm x 7mm QFN package. The device operates over a –40°C to 125°C junction temperature range and is available from stock. For more information, visit www.linear.com/product/LTC3351.

Summary of Features: LTC3351

• Integrated Hot Swap Controller with Circuit Breaker

• High Efficiency Synchronous Step-Down CC/CV Charging of One to Four Series Supercapacitors
• Step-Up Backup Mode Provides Greater Utilization of Stored Energy in Supercapacitors
• 16-Bit ADC for Monitoring System Voltages/Currents, Capacitance & ESR
• Programmable Undervoltage & Overvoltage Thresholds to 35V
• V_IN: 4.5V to 35V, V_CAP(n): Up to 5V per Capacitor, Charge/Backup Current: >10A
• Programmable Input Current Limit Prioritizes System Load Over Capacitor Charge Current
• All N-FET Charger Controller & PowerPath™ Controller
• Compact 44-Lead 4mm x 7mm QFN Package

Hayes, UK – Analog Devices, a global manufacturer of semiconductor-based technology solutions and systems, has won the 2019 UK Electronics Industry Automotive Product of the Year Award for its LT8708 series bidirectional synchronous buck-boost DC/DC controllers.

According to the Electronics Industry Awards judges, the LT8708 ‘shows innovation and demonstrates technical capabilities and usefulness that stand out from other automotive products’.

The award was presented to Shalini Palmer, Analog Devices’ EMEA Sales Director for Mobility, at the 2019 Electronics Industry Awards event (London, 21 June). Ms Palmer said: ‘For Analog Devices to win such a prestigious automotive award is testament to the critical role that we are playing in the re-shaping of automotive power management technology.

‘The Electronics Industry Awards recognized Analog Devices’ innovation in power conversion technology, and our automotive customers are benefiting from similar breakthroughs in autonomous driving, cabin electronics, MEMS safety and security, EV and HEV powertrains as well as power management,’ she said. ‘Having recently accepted the role of EMEA Sales Director for Mobility, I’m really looking forward to helping our automotive customers take advantage of the full range of Analog Devices technologies, solutions and services that will help them to design safer, greener and more comfortable vehicles.’

The LT8708 is a high-performance buck-boost switching regulator controller which supports bidirectional power conversion in battery/capacitor back-up systems. With a wide 2.8V-80V input and 1.3V-80V output range, the LT8708 offers automotive system designers great flexibility: it may be used to regulate the input or output current in both forward and reverse directions, or the input or output voltage. The device’s flexibility also extends to the selection of power-conversion modes: discontinuous conduction mode (DCM), continuous conduction mode (CCM), hybrid conduction mode (HCM) and Burst Mode^® operation may all be selected via the MODE pin.

Jackie Rutter, Analog Devices’ EMEA Marketing Director presented the Internet of Things product of the Year award. Ms. Rutter explained: ‘Industry 4.0 promises exponential improvements in productivity, flexibility and safety by harnessing big advances in edge-to-cloud computing, analytics, software configurable systems, and more.

‘The wide range of ADI analog to digital capabilities – sense, measure, connect, interpret, power and secure – combined with our deep domain expertise make us an invaluable ally in solving the today’s toughest cyber-physical challenges with a future-ready pathway for tomorrow. I am delighted to present the IoT Product of the Year award and explore some of the ways we can help our customers make the move from now to next, smarter and faster than ever imagined possible’.

Analog Devices was also ‘highly commended’ in the Power Product of the Year category in the Electronics Industry Awards. The commendation was for the LTC3310S, a 10A step-down converter which uses the Silent Switcher® 2 architecture to achieve both low EMI and high efficiency at switching frequencies as high as 5MHz.

More information about the LT8708 and LTC3310S may be found at www.analog.com.

The list of winners of Electronics Industry Awards may be found at www.electronicsindustryawards.co.uk/winners-2019.

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Analog Devices, Inc. has introduced a mixed-signal front-end (MxFE™) RF data converter platform that combines high-performance analog and digital signal processing for a range of wireless equipment such as 4G LTE and 5G millimeter-wave (mmWave) radios. ADI’s new AD9081/2 MxFE platform allows manufacturers to install multiband radios in the same footprint as single-band radios, which as much as triples call capacity available in today’s 4G LTE base stations. With a 1.2 GHz channel bandwidth, the new MxFE platform also enables wireless carriers that are adding more antennas to their cell towers to meet the higher radio density and data-rate requirements of emerging mmWave 5G.

By shifting more of the frequency translation and filtering from the analog to the digital domain, the AD9081/2 provides designers with the software configurability to customize their radios. The new multi-channel MxFE platform meets the needs of other wide-bandwidth applications in 5G test and measurement equipment, broadband cable video streaming, multi-antenna phased array radar systems and low-earth-orbit satellite networks.

• View the AD9081/2 product overviews:

https://www.analog.com/en/products/ad9081.html#product-overview and https://www.analog.com/en/products/ad9082.html#product-overview

• Learn more about ADI’s MxFE portfolio: https://www.analog.com/en/products/analog-to-digital-converters/integrated-special-purpose-converters/mixed-signal-frontends.html
• Learn more about RF data converters: https://www.analog.com/en/applications/technology/rf-converters.html

“Cell towers are nearing saturation based on the number of antennas they must support, and our customers want lighter weight, multiband radios that fit into today’s radio form factor,” said Kimo Tam, general manager, High-Speed Mixed-Signal group, Analog Devices. “They are also asking for software-defined RF platforms with the configurability and scalability to enable one platform to be used across multiple geographies and use cases.”

The AD9081 and AD9082 MxFE devices integrate eight and six RF data converters, respectively, which are manufactured using 28 nm CMOS process technology. Both MxFE options achieve the industry’s widest instantaneous signal bandwidth (up to 2.4 GHz), which simplifies hardware design by reducing the number of frequency translation stages and relaxing filter requirements. This new level of integration addresses the space constraints of wireless device designers by lowering chip count and yielding a 60 percent reduction in printed-circuit-board (PCB) area compared to alternative devices.

The MxFE platform processes more of the RF spectrum band and embeds DSP functions on-chip to enable the user to configure the programmable filters and digital up and down conversion blocks to meet specific radio signal bandwidth requirements. This results in a 10X power reduction compared to architectures that perform RF conversion and filtering on the FPGA, while freeing up valuable processor resources or allowing designers to use a more cost-effective FPGA.

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Analog Devices Announces Breakthrough Solution to Accelerate mmWave 5G Wireless Network Infrastructure

Analog Devices, Inc. (ADI), the industry leader in RF and Microwave technology and system design for 5G infrastructure, has introduced a new solution for millimeter wave (mmWave) 5G with the highest available level of integration to reduce design requirements and complexity in the next generation of cellular network infrastructure. The solution combines ADI’s advanced beamformer IC, up/down frequency conversion (UDC), and additional mixed signal circuitry.  This optimized “Beams to Bits” signal chain represents a unique set of capabilities only available from ADI.

“Millimeter-wave 5G is an emerging technology with great potential,” said Karim Hamed, general manager of Microwave Communications at Analog Devices. “It can be extremely difficult to design these systems from the ground up, balancing system-level challenges in performance, standards, and cost. This new solution leverages ADI’s best-in-class technology, long legacy in RF, microwave and mmWave communications infrastructure, and deep expertise across the RF spectrum to simplify the design process for customers, reduce overall component count, and accelerate the path to 5G deployment.”

• View the ADMV4801/4821 product pages: http://www.analog.com/ADMV4801

http://www.analog.com/ADMV4821

• View the ADMV1017 product page: http://www.analog.com/ADMV1017

The new mmWave 5G chipset includes the 16-channel ADMV4821 dual/single polarization beamformer IC, 16-channel ADMV4801 single-polarization beamformer IC and the ADMV1017 mmWave UDC. The 24- to 30-GHz beamforming + UDC solution forms a 3GPP 5G NR compliant mmWave front-end to address the n261, n257 and n258 bands. The high channel density, coupled with the ability to support both single- and dual-polarization deployments, greatly increases system flexibility and reconfigurability for multiple 5G use cases while best-in-class equivalent isotropically radiated power (EIRP) extends radio range and density. ADI’s heritage in mmWave allows customers to take advantage of world class applications and system design to optimize complete lineups for thermal, RF, power and routing considerations.

About Analog Devices

Analog Devices is a leading global high-performance analog technology company dedicated to solving the toughest engineering challenges. We enable our customers to interpret the world around us by intelligently bridging the physical and digital with unmatched technologies that sense, measure, power, connect and interpret. Visit http://www.analog.com.

Analog Devices, Inc. has announced production release of its 44 GHz single-pole, double-throw (SPDT) switches, the ADRF5024 and ADRF5025 in advanced Silicon-on-Insulator (SOI) technology. The two new switches are broadband, with the ADRF5024 yielding flat frequency response from 100 MHz to 44 GHz, while the ADRF5025 from 9 kHz to 44 GHz, with repeatable characteristics better than 1.7 dB insertion loss and 35 dB channel to channel isolation. Both parts support 27 dBm power handling for both through and hot-switching conditions. The new switches come in a compact, highly reliable, 2.25 mm x 2.25 mm surface-mount-technology (SMT) compatible package, exhibiting electrical performance beyond incumbent solutions, which will benefit radio frequency (RF) and microwave design experts, saving bias power, eliminating peripheral components and achieving higher integration in systems such as phased arrays, portable instrumentation, high resolution body scanners and next generation millimeter-wave communication infrastructure for emerging 5G and high-constellation satellite networks.

• View product page, download data sheet, order samples and evaluation boards:

www.analog.com/ADRF5024

www.analog.com/ADRF5025

• Learn about Analog Devices RF switches portfolio:
  http://www.analog.com/en/products/rf-microwave/rf-switches.html
• Connect with engineers and ADI product experts on EngineerZone^®, an online technical support community: https://ez.analog.com/community/rf

The ADRF5024 and ADRF5025 employ inherent reflective architecture and are characterized for operating temperature range of –40°C to 105°C. All pins incorporate robust Electro-Static-Discharge (ESD) protection. The devices are nominally powered by ±3.3 V, drawing low supply current of less than 120 µA typical.  The devices use standard positive logic control voltages, simplifying the interface design.

The ADRF5024 and ADRF5025 are ideal replacements for PIN diode-based counterparts, as no external components are necessary for bias generation or matching, and signal pins are internally biased at ground (GND) reference to eliminate the need for direct-current (DC) blocking capacitors.

The ADRF5024 is optimized for fast switching applications with speeds less than 10 ns and edge rates at 2 ns. Whereas the ADRF5025 is optimized for ultrawideband applications with good low frequency characteristics down to 9 kHz. The other characteristics are the same so the parts are drop-in alternative to each other and can be used interchangeably on the same printed circuit board (PCB) footprint.

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Analog Devices, Inc. (Nasdaq: ADI), a global leader in high-performance semiconductors for signal processing applications, has announced that Daniel Leibholz, Vice President of ADI’s Communications Business Unit, has been named Chief Technology Officer (CTO), effective immediately.  As CTO, Dan will develop and lead ADI’s technology strategy for applications across the company’s end markets.

“Over the years we have built ADI’s brand as a premier analog technology and solutions provider for B2B applications,” said President and Chief Executive Officer Vincent Roche.  “In our rapidly evolving industry, staying on the cutting edge is essential as we seek to solve the very hardest problems faced by our customers.  Dan’s combination of technology vision, experience developing ADI’s digital and analog offerings, and strong business background will help us to continue to deliver innovations of maximum impact for our customers and their markets now and into the future.”

In his previous role as Vice President of ADI’s Communications Business Unit, Dan has overseen a period of tremendous growth as the company has delivered best in class offerings for the 5G wireless and wired markets.  Prior to assuming the Communications role, Dan led a number of teams across ADI, including Digital Signal Processing and Consumer/Portable technologies.  Dan joined ADI in 2008 from Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (AMD), where he had served as an AMD Fellow.  Prior to his tenure at AMD, Dan was named a Distinguished Engineer at Sun Microsystems, Inc.

“I am looking forward to this new role as we plot a path forward for Analog Devices,” said Mr. Leibholz.  “Our ambition to be ‘Ahead of What’s Possible,’ combined with our broad array of leading-edge technologies, positions the company for continued leadership in the years ahead.”

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Analog Devices (Nasdaq: ADI) is a leading global high-performance analog technology company dedicated to solving the toughest engineering challenges.  We enable our customers to interpret the world around us by intelligently bridging the physical and digital domains with unmatched technologies that sense, measure, power, connect, interpret, and secure. Visit http://www.analog.com.  

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Nuremberg, Germany, 7–9 May 2019 - Visitors to Analog Devices’ stand (Stand 442, in Hall 6) at the PCIM 2019 exhibition and conference, will see a series of demonstrations showing ADI technologies in cutting-edge power conversion designs.

Partner program yields turnkey solutions

Analog Devices (ADI) has established an ecosystem with partner companies, specifically to assist its customers in developing innovative power-management solutions in areas such as battery management systems (BMS). Visitors to the ADI stand will be able to see designs created by industrial partner Stercom Power Solutions, offering expertise in advanced battery management systems tailored for energy storage applications. Also shown on the stand will be innovative open platforms from the Fraunhofer IISB, an applied research institute in Erlangen, Germany, which has created the foxBMS. This has been conceived as the ultimate open source development platform for battery management, applicable to industrial systems such as energy storage and guided vehicles (ESS/AGVs) and automotive applications (EV/HEVs).

A demonstration will highlight ADI’s offering for system integrators and designers working in the field of energy storage in high power systems, where they are challenged to deliver ever-higher levels of conversion efficiency. The demonstration will feature a reference design for a 30kW DC/DC charger for high power energy storage, developed by ADI’s partner Stercom Power Solutions. The power converter is a high voltage, high frequency design employing silicon carbide (SiC) technology that targets both static energy storage and electric vehicles, yielding 99% power conversion efficiency resulting in a 30% smaller charging unit.

Drivers optimise SiC/GaN MOSFET performance

Power conversion designers making the transition to using wide band-gap semiconductor power transistors are employing both SiC devices and those fabricated in gallium nitride (GaN).  ADI is ready to provide solutions and design support, as will be evident in a demonstration featuring a DC/DC optimiser sub-system. This design employs ADI’s half-bridge gate drivers that control GaN transistors at very high switching frequencies beyond 2 MHz. The demonstration will reveal how this enables extremely compact designs, with highest power conversion efficiencies, for space-constrained applications.

Comprehensive control boosts battery lifetimes

Focussing in on the specific challenges of battery management systems, a live demonstration will illustrate how ADI products span the entire signal chain for this key function. Precision control of state-of-charge of every cell in a battery stack is understood to be essential to maximising performance from technologies such as lithium-ion, boosting duration and lifetime by as much as 25%. This demonstration will reveal ADI’s capabilities in battery stack voltage monitoring, in active cell balancing, and in isolated communication to safely transmit measurement and control data in the BMS architecture.

ADI specialists will be available to engage in discussions around today’s power conversion technology challenges, at all levels. The company’s partner program offers a route to efficient turnkey solutions while, for designers seeking to optimise high voltage, high frequency power converter circuit topologies, ADI staff will be available for in-depth discussions. Areas of special interest include isolated gate driving, and power management ICs (PMICs).  ADI can offer a high-performance combination of parts that will optimise the output of chargers and inverters based on SiC and GaN power MOSFETs. Pairing digital iCoupler technology with innovative PMICs results in designs with lowest EMI and highest efficiency. ADI’s product family offers a fully characterised route to fastest time-to-market, with lowest R&D risks.

Forum Presentation: Battery Management Systems

Analog Devices will participate in the Exhibitor Forum series of technical presentations at PCIM 2019. At 13:40 on 7^th May, ADI’s Stefano Gallinaro will deliver a talk entitled “Battery Management for Energy Storage Systems: innovations in the ecosystem”.  The Forum is located in Hall 7/507.

About Analog Devices

Analog Devices (Nasdaq: ADI) is a leading global high-performance analog technology company dedicated to solving the toughest engineering challenges. We enable our customers to interpret the world around us by intelligently bridging the physical and digital with unmatched technologies that sense, measure, power, connect and interpret. Visit http://www.analog.com.

PCIM 2019, the leading European event covering all aspects of power control and conversion, takes place at the Nuremberg, Germany, trade fair ground from 7 – 9 May. For more details visit https://pcim.mesago.com/events/en.html

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In a visit to Analog Devices’ booth at the Hannover Trade Fair following the roundtable, Office of Business Liaison Director from the US government’s Department of Commerce Patrick Wilson sees how production of advanced electronics systems relies on complex transatlantic supply chains

Hannover, Germany (8 April 2019) – Joining a roundtable with the US government’s Department of Commerce to discuss US/European Union trade arrangements on the second day of the Hannover Trade Fair, Analog Devices urged both sides to step up efforts to break down non-tariff barriers to trade in technology components and systems.

Analog Devices, a global manufacturer of semiconductor-based technology solutions and systems, told Patrick Wilson, Office of Business Liaison Director at the Department of Commerce, that regulatory burdens imposed by both the EU and the US impeded the transatlantic exchange of components and systems in important markets for high technology such as industrial and building automation, communications, automotive, and aerospace and defense equipment.

The Department of Commerce invited Analog Devices to participate in the roundtable discussion at the Hannover Trade Fair (Hannover Messe, 1-5 April). It was part of a four-month long consultation organized by the Office of Business Liaison, the goal of which is to help US trade negotiators better understand the issues that US exporters and multinationals, such as Analog Devices, face when doing business in the EU.

This consultation follows a pledge made by President Trump in October 2018 to negotiate a trade agreement with the EU. Trade between the EU and the US is worth some $1.1tn a year.

As part of his consultation with large US-based multinationals, Patrick Wilson visited the Analog Devices booth at the Hannover Messe, which had earlier been on the route of a tour of the exhibition made by Germany’s Chancellor Angela Merkel. Mr Wilson saw how the company’s sophisticated solutions consisting of semiconductor hardware and software, including embedded artificial intelligence, are integrated into robotics, wind turbines and smart asset management tools.  End products such as these depend on a fast-moving and intricate transatlantic supply chain for high-technology components and systems.

Analog Devices’ representative at the roundtable, EMEA Senior Sales Director Josef Lechner, said to Mr. Wilson that while electronics components such as semiconductors were not subject to damaging tariffs, compliance with onerous regulations such as the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) or the US’s International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) inhibited the export trade in technology components and systems.

Mr Lechner told Mr Wilson that Analog Devices would like to see ITAR compliance streamlined for certified companies operating in member nations of the NATO alliance.

Analog Devices also called for EU funding for technology and innovation initiatives to be available as readily to the European subsidiaries of US companies as it is to large indigenous European companies.

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Analog Devices, Inc. has announced that it has been ranked #17 in the Corporate Knights 2019 list of the 100 Most Sustainable Corporations in the World. This is the third consecutive year that ADI has risen on the list, having ranked #42 in 2018 and #78 in 2017.

“We are delighted to be recognized once again for our strong commitment to economic, environmental, governance, and social sustainability,” said Vincent Roche, President and CEO, Analog Devices. “At ADI, we have long prided ourselves in setting increasingly ambitious goals in these areas and driving aggressively to meet and exceed them across our global footprint.”

The 100 Most Sustainable Corporations in the World annual list is compiled by Corporate Knights, a Canada-based media and investment research firm focused on clean capitalism. More than 7,500 global corporations with annual revenue of more than US$1 billion were assessed, and ranking is based on 21 key performance metrics covering resource management, employee management (including leadership diversity), supplier performance, and clean revenue. The clean revenue metric, which was introduced in last year’s ranking and now counts for 50 percent of each company’s score, measures the percentage of revenues earned from products or services that have environmental, or well-defined social benefits.

For ADI, sustainability means being aware of the larger role the company plays in the environments and ecosystems created by its diverse array of technologies, customers, and end markets. The company pursues a business model and practices that enable innovation-driven growth, benefits for all its stakeholders – employees, customers, investors, partners, and communities – and good stewardship of its resources.

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Hannover, Germany, 1 – 5 April, 2019: Analog Devices (ADI) will once again have a noteworthy presence at the Hannover Fair (Hannover Messe), with demonstrations and speaking engagements focussing on the key issues of concern to visitors to this premier event for all aspects of industrial and automation technology.

ADI, on stand H23 in hall 9 of the exhibition, will show how its unique position at the intersection of analog and digital technologies, and in both the hardware and software of computing solutions, equip it to offer solutions in areas such as machine learning and machine monitoring, comprehensive connectivity – with security – and in the industrial maintenance domains with artificial intelligence.

A featured demonstration will illustrate a comprehensive approach to machine and structural health monitoring, showing how ADI’s best-in-class MEMS technologies provide precision sensing, while the company’s mastery of high-performance analog-to-digital and power conversion delivers ultra-low-power signal processing. “Deep signal chain”, and system design, insights enable customers to extract greater value from their systems, with improved user experiences. Real-time, 24-hour monitoring will be shown in both dynamic (motor) and structural (equipment mounting) contexts, comprising a methodology for complete supervision of an equipment installation.

In the closely related area of smart maintenance, ADI will show how a wireless smart multi-sensor system can be deployed for next-generation condition-based monitoring applications enabling intelligent asset maintenance. ADI’s technology releases the full potential of condition monitoring; low power signal processing components coupled with high performance sensors and compact, robust wireless communication networks represent a new paradigm in condition-based maintenance, across a wide range of industrial applications. ADI’s demonstration will go further, exploiting the latest thinking in artificial intelligence and machine learning to make the transition from preventive maintenance, through condition-based and predictive approaches, towards true smart maintenance with work orders automatically generated by an intelligent digital assistant.

At the heart of these topics are technologies such as complete, factory- and enterprise-wide connectivity and all that goes with it, a particular concern in 2019 being cyber security. ADI will address the issue as part of a demonstration highlighting the range of solutions that the company can offer to advance Industry 4.0.  Enhanced cyber security within the factory control loop, at the edge of industrial networks will be highlighted as part of an illustration of Time Sensitive Networking (TSN) techniques, boosting security alongside features such as time synchronization, pre-emption and control of TSN via OPC-UA.

Analog Devices’ technology not only powers interconnectivity of industrial systems, but lies at the heart of embedded applications such as motor and motion control. Comprehensive motion control synchronisation will be shown supported by real-time, multi-protocol network switch technology. ADI’s mixed-signal motion control signal processing solution is the ideal base for the broadest range of servo and robotic applications.

Industrial Ethernet is the backbone of all such advancements in connectivity; the point will be reinforced in a further featured demonstration that will centre on system integration based on PROFINET protocols, together with software-defined input/output technology. Underpinned by ADI’s unrivalled knowledge of the analog signal chain, software-defined I/O represents an innovative family of new products offering a flexible solution for analog and digital IO applications in a single chip solution. Connected by Industrial Ethernet, and configured via a PLC Engineering system, this demonstration reinforces Analog Devices’ capability to provide a one stop solution for modern Industrial Ethernet field devices. This demonstration will be shown to visitors on Stand D68, Hall 9, in the PROFIBUS & PROFINET International (PI) Pavilion); and in the ODVA (the global association of automation companies) Pavilion, Stand E58, Hall 11.

Analog Devices’ staff will be on hand to answer visitors’ questions on any of the focus areas for Hannover Messe 2019 – connectivity, cyber security, machine monitoring and maintenance – or on any aspect of the company’s technology and product offering.

Extending the secure edge in industrial control

For many visitors to Hannover Messe the need to consider security is a new, and worrying, addition to their workload. Any IT system is only as secure as its weakest link. Industry 4.0 means that the network extends to every sensor and actuator; potential points of attack exist everywhere from the edge to the core. Security-by-isolation and reliance on monitoring network traffic are no longer adequate, leading to the need to establish device level security at the edge.

Recognising these concerns, and to assist visitors seeking solutions, ADI will present a paper in the conference strand of Hannover Messe, focussing on the “hot topic” of security in the industrial context. To be delivered by Erik Halthen, System Security Manager at ADI, the paper will develop the theme that enabling a new industrial revolution of real time, autonomous decisions requires increased connectivity and edge computing that fundamentally changes the required approach to cyber security. For full details, click here.

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Hannover Messe 2019 takes place from the 1^st to the 5^th April, at the Hannover, Germany, Exhibition Grounds. For more details visit www.hannovermesse.de

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Jackie Rutter

Director Marketing EMEA at Analog Devices

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jackie.rutter@analog.com

Alan Timmins

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NORWOOD, MA – Released March 5, 2019 – Analog Devices announces the ADMV1013 and ADMV1014, a paired highly integrated microwave upconverter and downconverter, respectively. These ICs operate over a very wide frequency range with 50 Ω-match from 24 GHz up to 44 GHz, facilitating ease of design and reducing the costs of building a single platform that can cover all 5G mm Wave frequency bands including 28 GHz and 39 GHz. Additionally, the chipset is capable of flat 1 GHz RF instantaneous bandwidth supporting all broadband services as well as other ultra-wide bandwidth transceiver applications. Each upconverter and downconverter is highly integrated, comprising I (in-phase) and Q (quadrature-phase) mixers with on-chip programmable quadrature phase-shifter configurable for direct conversion to/from baseband (operable from DC to 6 GHz) or to an IF (operable from 800 MHz to 6 GHz). Also included on-chip are voltage variable attenuators, transmit PA driver (in the upconverter) and a receive LNA (in the downconverter), LO buffers with x4 frequency multiplier and programmable tracking filters. Most programmability functions are controlled via an SPI serial interface. Through this port, these chips also provide a unique capability for each upconverter and downconverter to correct its respective quadrature phase imbalance, hence the usually difficult to suppress sideband emission can be improved from a typical value of 32 dBc, by 10 dB or more. This results in an unmatched level of microwave radio performance. The combination of features provides unprecedented flexibility and ease of use while minimizing external components, enabling implementation of small form factor systems such as small cells.

• View the ADMV1013 and ADMV1014 product pages, download the data sheets, order samples and evaluation boards: http://www.analog.com/ADMV1013 and http://www.analog.com/ADMV1014

The highly integrated ADMV1013 microwave upconverter and the ADMV1014 microwave downconverter are ideally suited for the microwave radio platforms that operate in the emerging 28 GHz and 39 GHz 5G wireless infrastructure bands. The converters’ 1GHz bandwidth capability, along with the upconverter’s OIP3 of more than 20 dBm that supports stringent modulation schemes such as 1024QAM, are necessary to enable multi-Gigabit wireless data. Moreover, the chipset benefits other applications such as satellite and earth station broadband communication links, aircraft radios, RF test equipment and radar systems. Their superb linearity and image rejection performance are particularly compelling for improved range of microwave transceivers.           

The ADMV1013 is offered in a 40-pin, 6mm x 6mm LGA, and the ADMV1014 is in a 32-pin, 5mm x 5mm LGA package. Samples and production quantities are available immediately. For more information, go to http://www.analog.com/ADMV1013 and http://www.analog.com/ADMV1014.

Summary of Features: ADMV1013 & ADMV1014

ADMV1013 Integrated Microwave Single-Sideband Upconverter

• RF Output Frequency                         24 GHz to 44 GHz
• I & Q Baseband Bandwidth                DC to 6 GHz
• LO Frequency (at 0 dBm Drive)         5.4 GHz to 10.25 GHz
• Sideband Rejection                            32 dBc Typical
• High Output IP3                                  23 dBm at 28GHz
• Conversion Gain                                18 dB
• Voltage Variable Gain Range            35 dB
• Carrier Leakage                                  -20 dBm at 28 GHz Typical

ADMV1014 Integrated Microwave Image-Reject Downconverter

• RF Input Frequency                            24 GHz to 44 GHz
• I & Q Baseband Bandwidth                DC to 6 GHz
• LO Frequency (at 0 dBm Drive)         5.4 GHz to 10.25 GHz
• Image Rejection                                 30 dBc Typical
• Input IP3                                             0 dBm
• Cascaded Noise Figure                      5.5 dB
• Conversion Gain                                17 dB
• Voltage Variable Gain Range            19 dB  

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jackie.rutter@analog.com

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Mainly Marketing Services    

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Tel: +44 1252 629937

Norwood, Mass. – Analog Devices, Inc. (ADI) has announced the availability of the SHARC® Audio Module (ADZS-SC589-MINI), a hardware/software platform that facilitates efficient product prototyping, development, and production of a variety of digital audio products. Delivering an innovative combination of high-performance audio signal processing components and a comprehensive software development environment, the SHARC Audio Module is ideal for effects processors, multi-channel audio systems, MIDI synthesizers, and many other DSP-based audio projects.

Traditional product development efforts usually require a significant investment in time and effort to select components, prototype a board, and develop a basic software structure before developers can even begin to address their own product needs. The SHARC Audio Module significantly accelerates this process by providing an audio platform integrating a wide selection of analog and digital I/O with a fundamental software package and development environment. The SHARC Audio Module can be used as a self-contained system but can also be expanded, allowing for the creation of custom I/O and control surfaces.

“The SHARC Audio Module is an ideal central hub for development of audio processing devices,” said Brewster LaMacchia, CEO of Clockworks, Inc. “It’s allowed me to create a variety of highly functional custom I/O peripherals in a fraction of the time it would have taken to design an entire system from the ground up.”

The centerpiece of the SHARC Audio Module is Analog Devices’ ADSP-SC589 processor, a state-of-the-art engine for audio processing, featuring two 500MHz SHARC+® DSP cores and an ARM® Cortex®-A5 core.  Connected to the processor is a carefully designed set of system peripherals, including:

• Two 2 Gbit DDR3 memories and a 512Mbit SPI flash memory
• UART (for MIDI & more)
• SigmaDSP ADAU1761 96 kHz, 24-bit audio codec
• Gigabit Ethernet, S/PDIF and 1/8“stereo jacks
• USB OTG & HS
• AD2425W A²B® multi-channel audio interface
• Two 64-pin expansion connectors
• View the SHARC Audio Module product page at https://www.analog.com/en/design-center/evaluation-hardware-and-software/evaluation-boards-kits/sharc-audio-module.html for a full description and access to support collateral.

In addition to the main SHARC Audio Module, Analog Devices is also offering an expansion board called a “Fin,” which provides additional functionality. The Audio Project Fin (ADZS-AUDIOPROJECT) is a MIDI and musical instrument/FX daughter card that provides a control surface with ¼” stereo I/O, additional connectivity, and expanded signal accessibility for the SHARC Audio Module.

“The SHARC Audio Module platform, and its support for the Faust audio DSP language from Grame University, enabled us to quickly migrate our audio synthesis and processing algorithms to a powerful and performant hardware platform,” said Pat Scandalis, CEO of moForte. “The Audio Project Fin had the perfect set of I/O for us to use.”

The SHARC Audio Module allows developers to focus on their own algorithm and user interface development utilizing a compact, cost-effective, base platform with a highly optimized software and tools ecosystem.

• View the Audio Project Fin product page at https://www.analog.com/en/design-center/evaluation-hardware-and-software/evaluation-boards-kits/audio-project-fin.html for a full description and access to support collateral.

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About Analog Devices

Analog Devices is a leading global high-performance analog technology company dedicated to solving the toughest engineering challenges. We enable our customers to interpret the world around us by intelligently bridging the physical and digital with unmatched technologies that sense, measure, power, connect and interpret. Visit http://www.analog.com

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Jackie Rutter

Director Marketing EMEA at Analog Devices

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Tel: +44 1252 629937

Analog Devices  announces the Power by Linear™ LT8361, a current mode, 2MHz multitopology DC/DC converter with an internal 2A, 100V switch. It operates from an input voltage range of 2.8V to 60V, and is suitable for applications with input sources ranging from a single-cell Li-Ion battery to multicell battery stacks, automotive inputs, telecom power supplies and industrial power rails. 

• View the LT8361 product page, download data sheet, order samples and evaluation boards: http://www.analog.com/LT8361

The LT8361 can be configured as either a boost, SEPIC or an inverting converter. Its switching frequency can be programmed between 300kHz and 2MHz, enabling designers to minimize external component sizes and avoid critical frequency bands, such as AM radio. Furthermore, it offers over 90% efficiency while switching at 2MHz. Burst Mode^® operation reduces quiescent current to only 9μA while keeping output ripple below 15mVp-p. The combination of a small MSOP-16E package and tiny external components due to the high switching frequency ensures a highly compact footprint while minimizing solution cost.

The LT8361’s 375mΩ power switch delivers efficiencies up to 95%. The LT8361 offers spread spectrum frequency modulation to minimize EMI concerns. A single feedback pin sets the output voltage whether the output is positive or negative, minimizing pin count. Other features include external synchronization, programmable UVLO, frequency foldback and programmable soft-start.

The LT8361EMSE is available in an MSOP-16E package (4 pins removed for high voltage spacing). An industrial temperature (–40°C to 125°C) version

(the LT8361IMSE) and a high temperature (–40°C to 150°C) version (the LT8361HMSE) are also available. All versions are available from stock. For more information, visit http://www.analog.com/LT8361.

Summary of Features: LT8361

•           Wide Input Voltage Range: 2.8V to 60V

•           Internal 2A, 100V Power Switch

•           Ultralow Quiescent Current & Low Ripple Burst Mode^® Operation: I_Q = 9μA

•           BIAS Pin for Higher Efficiency

•           Positive or Negative Output Voltage Programming with a Single Feedback Pin

•           Programmable, Synchronizable Frequency: 300kHz to 2MHz

•           Optional Spread Spectrum Frequency Modulation for Low EMI

•           Thermally Enhanced 16-Lead MSOP package

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About Analog Devices

Analog Devices is the leading global high-performance analog technology company dedicated to solving the toughest engineering challenges.  We enable our customers to interpret the world around us by intelligently bridging the physical and digital with unmatched technologies that sense, measure, power, connect and interpret. Visit http://www.analog.com/.

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Analog Devices’ (ADI) presence at embedded world 2019, Nuremberg, Germany, 26 – 28 February, will feature a broad range of demonstrations and presentations re-affirming how the company's mission to sense, measure, interpret, connect, power and secure places it at the core of embedded system design across every application domain. ADI’s stand (no. 641 in Hall 4A) will place special emphasis on emerging and rapidly-developing technologies, such as machine learning and artificial intelligence (AI), as they are applied to and deployed in the embedded space. ADI will further leverage its deep domain and system-level expertise at the intersection of the physical and digital world by delivering presentations on a wide range of topics at the show’s Exhibitor Forum.

One of the key demonstrations will show how effective AI can be when applied in a focussed and local fashion, centering on a self-learning algorithm running on an industry leading ultra-low power ARM-core-based microcontroller. This showcase will highlight how embedded AI can help to create a wireless smart sensor system for condition based monitoring applications, and that, without requiring connectivity to large-scale computing resources, the AI approach can learn what constitutes normal operating parameters, and flag any deviation from the norm.

A related demonstration features a complete real-time monitoring solution: machine health monitoring of a motor, with structural health monitoring of the motor’s mounting, to set out a methodology for complete supervision of an equipment installation. Vibration is sensed by MEMS accelerometers, with local signal processing, analysis and decision making; EtherCAT networking with power-over-Ethernet complete the package.

Staying with industrial networks, and in support of the Industry 4.0 concept, increased support for the critical issue of cyber security will be highlighted as part of an illustration of Time Sensitive Networking (TSN) techniques, boosting security alongside features such as time synchronization, pre-emption and control of TSN via OPC-UA.

In the area of transportation, two case studies are featured, both relating to the development of autonomous vehicles. An illustration of steer-by-wire sensor technology shows measurement of electrical power steering angle and torque, with a solution intended for integration within a steering column, to remove the need for separate sensor module assembly and calibration. Addressing the requirement for vehicles to construct a high-resolution image of the environment around them, ADI will display a complete prototyping platform for creation of LIDAR systems.

Control of power will be a strong theme on the ADI stand, as highlighted by demonstrations of solutions that power engineers can apply to provision supplies to today’s, and tomorrow’s, increasingly complex embedded systems. Examples will illustrate use of ADI’s power system management ICs and uModules in efficient multiple power rail generation and management, maximizing control, safety, and visibility over power rails in the smallest possible space. Among the other technology highlights on the stand will be a live demonstration of the spectrally “ultra-clean”, low-EMI capabilities of ADI’s Silent Switcher^TM II voltage regulators.

A further power demo links back to the transportation sector and, in particular, electric vehicles. Comprehensive management of high-voltage battery stacks will be shown, combining precision cell measurements and temperature measurements with synchronous stack voltage and current measurements on an isoSP bus. The demonstration will feature accurately measurement of a 36-cell battery stack, and employing a precision EV/HEV Coloumb counter. 

Alongside exhibits relating to the industrial domain, transportation, as well as energy and power control, ADI will present demonstrations of its technologies applied to instrumentation, healthcare and sensing. Visit www.analog.com/embedded-world to learn more about the full range of demonstrations.

Learn from Analog Devices’ Experts

Analog Devices’ experts will deliver presentations on a range of topics at embedded world’s Exhibitor Forum, and in a presentation area on the stand of distribution partner Arrow (stand 340, in Hall 4A). Find the complete program of talks by ADI experts at www.analog.com/embedded-world

About Analog Devices

Analog Devices is a leading global high-performance analog technology company dedicated to solving the toughest engineering challenges. We enable our customers to analyse and control the world around us by intelligently bridging the physical and digital with unmatched technologies that sense, measure, interpret, connect, power and secure. Visit http://www.analog.com

NORWOOD, Mass.— Analog Devices, Inc., (ADI) Technology Fellow Dr. Katsu Nakamura has been named an IEEE Fellow.  He is being recognized as a leader in the development of integrated circuits for digital imaging. IEEE Fellow is the highest grade of IEEE membership and is recognized by the technical community as a prestigious honour and an important career achievement. The total number selected in any one year cannot exceed one-tenth of one- percent of the total voting membership.

Dr. Nakamura’s career at Analog Devices spans nearly 25 years. In 1994, he joined Analog Devices as a senior staff design engineer in the High-Speed Converter Group developing ADI’s early technologies in CMOS data converters for embedded applications. Dr. Nakamura subsequently led ADI’s technology development for digital imaging until 2011 when he assumed the role of product line director for ADI’s Consumer Product Group. Since 2018, Dr. Nakamura has been leading the technology strategy for ADI’s Healthcare and Consumer Business Unit. In 2005, he was named an ADI Fellow for his contributions that drove ADI’s technical and commercial breakthroughs in the consumer imaging market.

Dr. Nakamura was a co-recipient of the SRC Inventor’s Recognition Award in 1992 and holds more than 20 US patents with several patents pending. He was selected as a finalist of the 2006 EE Times ACE Innovator of the Year Award. Dr. Nakamura holds a B.S. degree in electrical engineering and M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Electrical and Computer Engineering from Carnegie Mellon University.

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About Analog Devices

Analog Devices is a leading global high-performance analog technology company dedicated to solving the toughest engineering challenges. We enable our customers to interpret the world around us by intelligently bridging the physical and digital with unmatched technologies that sense, measure, power, connect and interpret. Visit http://www.analog.com

NORWOOD, Mass. -- Analog Devices, Inc. (ADI) introduced an energy metering IC with autocalibration for single-phase energy measurement applications.  The new ADE9153A uses mSure^® technology to automatically calibrate the measurement system, significantly reducing calibration time, labor and equipment costs. As the only energy measurement IC with autocalibration, the ADE9153A enables designers of intelligent lighting, datacenter, EV charging, and industrial applications to add with ease billing-grade accurate energy measurement to their products. Traditional energy measurement ICs require calibration using expensive, external reference grade voltage and current sources. In contrast, the ADE9153A uses mSure technology to calibrate the system based on direct measurements of the metering systems energy measurement signal path. Products engineered to use the ADE9153A can autocalibrate during production, bypassing the need to build, maintain and deploy precision calibration racks on the production floor.

• View the product page, download the datasheet, order samples or an evaluation board: http://www.analog.com/ADE9153A
• Learn more about ADI’s energy measurement IC’s: http://www.analog.com/en/applications/markets/energy/metering-and-energy-monitoring.html

The ADE9153A supports active energy standards including IEC 62053-21, IEC 62053-22, EN50470-3, OIML R46, and ANSI C12.20.  Reactive energy standards IEC 62053-23 and IEC 62053-24 are also supported. The ADE9153A includes power quality measurements such as zero crossing detection, line period calculation, angle measurement, dip and swell, peak and overcurrent detection, and power factor measurements.

ADE9153A Product Highlights:

• Fast, automatic calibration based on direct measurement of the metering signal path
• External reference current and voltage sources are not needed
• Supports Class 0.5 and Class 1 energy measurement accuracy
• 3 high performance ADCs with 88 dB SNR and a high-gain current channel
• Advanced metrology features: Watt, VAR, VA, Zx, dip, swell, peak, overcurrent, etc.

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NORWOOD, MA – January 22, 2018 – Analog Devices announces the Power by Linear™ LTC7106, a PMBus I²C controlled precision bidirectional current DAC designed to adjust the output voltage of virtually any DC/DC regulator. Through its PMBus compatible interface, the LTC7106 receives a 7-bit serial code and converts it to a bidirectional (source, sink) output current. When the current is fed into the feedback network of a regulator, its output voltage can be programmed dynamically for load power/performance optimization or margining in response to serial VID commands. Available in a 2mm x 3mm DFN-10 package, the LTC7106 enables small and simple solution for a wide range of discrete and modular DC/DC voltage regulators.

• View the LTC7106 product page, download data sheet, order samples and evaluation boards: www.linear.com/product/LTC7106

Its internal power-on reset circuitry keeps the DAC output current at zero until a valid write takes place. Other features include a range bit for easy interfacing to almost any impedance resistor divider, and an open-drain output for controlling the Run or Enable pin of the regulator. To prevent abrupt changes in the DAC output current and subsequently the output voltage of the regulator, an internal digital programmable slew rate can be programmed from 500ns/step to 3.5ms/step.

The LTC7106 operates over an input voltage range of 2.5V to 5.5V and is supported by the easy to use LTpowerPlay^® development tool with graphical user interface (GUI). Additional features include ±1% output current accuracy over temperature, a wide range bidirectional DAC output current from ±16µA to ±256µA, wide DAC operational voltage range from 0.4V to 2V, and a precision enable threshold to support external undervoltage lockout. Extended and industrial temperature versions are available from –40 to 125°C. For more information, visit www.linear.com/product/LTC7106.

Summary of Features: LTC7106

• V_OUT Control of Any Regulator
• ±1% Output Current Accuracy (–40°C to 125°C) 
• PMBus/I²C Compliant Serial Interface 
• Input Voltage Range: 2.5V to 5.5V
• 7-Bit Programmable DAC Output Current for V_OUT Control
• Wide Range of IDAC Output Current: ±16μA to ±256μA
•      Programmable Slew Rate: 500ns ~ 3.5ms per Bit
• High Impedance at IDAC Output When Disabled or at DAC Code Zero
• Wide DAC Operation Output Voltage (0.4V to 2.0V)
• Precision Enable Threshold to Support External UVLO
• Available in 10-Lead 3mm × 2mm DFN Package

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NORWOOD, MA – January 17, 2018 – Analog Devices  announces the LTC5562, a low power, high performance active double-balanced mixer, capable of 50Ω matching over a very wide frequency range of 30MHz to 7GHz. This versatile mixer can be used in either frequency upconversion or downconversion applications, with outstanding conversion gain of 2dB. The device runs on a single 3.3V supply rail, drawing 40mA nominal operating current. If lower power consumption is needed, the mixer can be configured to operate as low as 15mA, supporting a wide range of portable and transportable RF applications. Moreover, the mixer offers exceptional dynamic range performance: +20dBm OIP3 at 3.6GHz frequency.

• View the LTC5562 product page, download data sheet, order samples and evaluation boards: http://www.linear.com/product/LTC5562?adicid=PRLS_EU_P57069

            The LTC5562’s combination of low power, broadband operation and robust dynamic range is ideal for a wide range of mobile applications such as portable test instruments, battery-powered public safety and emergency radios, military manpack radios, portable modems, broadband access points and small cells, license-free band radios, remote controls, broadcast radios and UAV/drone radios.

The LTC5562 is offered in a tiny 10-lead, 2mm x 2mm plastic QFN package. The device is rated for operation from –40°C to 105°C case temperature. An enable pin allows an external controller to shut down the mixer for extra power savings. When disabled, the device typically draws only 10μA supply current. Samples and production quantities are available immediately. For more information, visit http://www.linear.com/product/LTC5562?adicid=PRLS_EU_P57069.

Summary of Features: LTC5562

• Matched Input Frequency       30MHz to 7GHz
• Matched LO Frequency           LF to 9GHz
• Differential IF Frequency         DC to 7GHz
• Up- or Downconversion
• High Output IP3                      20dBm at 3.6GHz

                                                            17dBm at 5.8GHz

• Low LO Drive Level                 -1dBm
• Low LO-RF Leakage               -30dBm at 5.8GHz
• Conversion Gain                      2dB at 5.8GHz

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NORWOOD, MA – January 9, 2018 – Analog Devices, Inc.  today announced the Power by Linear™ LTC7821, an industry first hybrid step-down synchronous controller that merges a switched capacitor circuit with a synchronous step-down controller, enabling up to a 50% reduction in DC/DC converter solution size compared to traditional step-down solutions. This improvement is enabled by a 3 times higher switching frequency without compromising efficiency. Alternatively, when operating at the same frequency, a LTC7821-based solution can provide up to 3% higher efficiency. Other benefits include low EMI and reduced MOSFET stress due to a soft-switched front end, ideal for next generation non-isolated intermediate bus applications in power distribution, datacom and telecom as well as emerging 48V automotive systems. 

• View the LTC7821 product page, download data sheet, order samples and evaluation boards: www.linear.com/product/LTC7821

The LTC7821 operates over a 10V to 72V (80V abs max) input voltage range and can produce an output voltage from 0.9V to 33.5V with currents in multiple 10s of amps, depending on the choice of external components. In a typical 48V to 12V/20A application, an efficiency of 97% is attainable with the LTC7821 switching at 500kHz. The same efficiency can only be achieved in a traditional synchronous step-down converter by switching at one-third the operating frequency, resulting in the use of much larger magnetics and output filter components. External MOSFETs switch at a fixed frequency programmable from 200kHz to 1.5MHz.  The LTC7821’s powerful 1 Ohm     N-channel MOSFET gate drivers maximize efficiency and can drive multiple MOSFETs in parallel for higher power applications. Due to its current mode control architecture, multiple LTC7821s can be operated in a parallel, multiphase configuration with excellent current sharing to enable much higher power applications.

The LTC7821 implements many proprietary protection features for robust performance in a wide range of applications. An LTC7821-based design eliminates the inrush current typically associated with switched capacitor circuits by pre-balancing the capacitors during start-up. The LTC7821 also monitors system voltage, current and temperature for faults, and uses a sense resistor for overcurrent protection. It stops switching and pulls the /FAULT pin low when a fault condition occurs. An onboard timer can be set for appropriate restart/retry times. The EXTV_CC pin enables the LTC7821 to be powered from the lower voltage output of the converter or other available source up to 40V, reducing power dissipation and improving efficiency.

LTC7821 Product Features

• Wide V_IN Range: 10V to 72V, 80V Abs Max
• V_OUT Range: 0.9V to 33.5V
• Up to 50% Reduction in Solution Size
• Soft Switching for Low EMI and Reduced MOSFET Stress
• Up to 97% Efficiency at 500kHz
• PLL Fixed Frequency from 200kHz to 1.5MHz
• Clock Output for Multiphase Operation
• Powerful Quad N-Channel MOSFET Gate Drivers
• Input Current Sensing & Overcurrent Protection
• Short-Circuit Protection with Programmable Timer & Retry

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NORWOOD, MA – March 7, 2018 – Analog Devices  announces the Power by Linear™ LTM4662, a dual 15A or single 30A step-down µModule^® regulator in a BGA package with an exposed stacked inductor for improved thermal dissipation properties. The remaining components, the MOSFETs, DC/DC controller and supporting components, are over-moulded and the complete device is housed in a 11.25mm x 15mm x 5.74mm BGA package. With limited airflow, the LTM4662 is easily cooled because the inductor transfers heat from the power stage to the surrounding ambient air. The LTM4662 performs at up to 96% peak efficiency, enabling it to deliver a full 30A continuously at 12V_IN to 1.0V_OUT at 70°C ambient with 200LFM airflow. With the dual regulator design, small package size and precise voltage accuracy, the LTM4662 meets the PCB area constraints of densely populated system boards to power low voltage and high current devices such as FPGAs, ASICs, microprocessors and GPUs. Applications include PCIe boards, communication infrastructure, cloud computing-based systems, as well as medical, industrial, and test & measurement equipment.

• View the LTM4662 product page, download data sheet, order samples and evaluation boards: www.linear.com/product/LTM4662

The LTM4662 operates from a 4.5V to 20V input voltage range. With 5V external bias, the device can operate from 2.375V. The output voltages are adjustable from 0.6V to 5.5V, enabling the device to generate not only low voltage for digital devices but also 2.5V, 3.3V and 5V which are commonly needed as system bus voltages. Total output voltage DC accuracy is guaranteed at ±1.5% over line, load and temperature (–40°C to 125°C). Two LTM4662s can current share to deliver 60A to a load. Moreover, the onboard remote sense amplifiers on both outputs compensate for voltage drops caused by trace impedance of the PC board due to large load current. The LTM4662 has selectable internal or external feedback loop compensation, enabling users to optimize loop stability and transient performance while minimizing the number of output capacitors.

The LTM4662’s switching frequency can be programmed from 250kHz to 1MHz with one resistor, and can be synchronized to an external clock ranging from 250kHz to 1MHz for noise-sensitive applications. Protection features include overvoltage and

overcurrent protection.

The LTM4662 operates from –40°C to 125°C. For more information, visit www.linear.com/product/LTM4662.

Summary of Features: LTM4662

•           Dual 15A or Single 30A Output

•           Wide Input Voltage Range: 4.5V to 20V

• 2.375V_MIN with CPWR Bias

•           Output Voltage Range: 0.6V to 5.5V

•           ±1.5% Maximum Total DC Output Error

•           Up to 96% Efficiency

•           Multiphase Current Sharing

•           Differential Remote Sense Amplifier, Each Channel

•           Internal or External Compensation    

•           BGA Ball Finishes Available: SAC305 (RoHS) & SnPb (63/37)

NORWOOD, MA – March 5, 2018 – Analog Devices  announces the Power by Linear™ LTC7810, a high voltage non-isolated dual output synchronous step-down DC/DC controller that drives all N-channel MOSFET power stages. Its 4.5V to 140V (150V abs max) input voltage range is designed to operate from a high input voltage or from an input that has high voltage surges, eliminating the need for external surge suppression devices. The LTC7810 operates at up to 100% duty cycle during input voltage dips down to 4.1V, ideal for transportation, industrial, robotic and datacom applications.

• View the LTC7810 product page, download data sheet, order samples and evaluation boards: www.linear.com/product/LTC7810

The output voltage can be set from 1V to 60V at output currents up to at least 20A per channel with efficiencies as high as 96%. This part draws only 16µA in sleep mode from a 48V input while regulating outputs at 12V and 3.3V, well suited for always-on systems. An internal charge pump allows for 100% duty cycle operation in dropout, a useful feature when powered from a battery during discharge. Optional spread spectrum reduces radiated and conducted emissions. The LTC7810’s powerful 1Ω N-channel MOSFET gate drivers can be programmed to 6V, 8V or 10V to enable the use of logic-level or standard-threshold MOSFETs to maximize efficiency. To prevent high on-chip power dissipation in high input voltage applications, the LTC7810 can drive the gate of an optional external N-channel MOSFET, acting as a low dropout linear regulator, to supply IC power. The EXTV_CC pin permits the LTC7810 to be powered from the output of the regulator or another available source, further reducing power dissipation and improving efficiency.

The LTC7810 operates with a selectable fixed frequency between 50kHz and 750kHz and is synchronizable to an external clock from 75kHz to 720kHz. The user can select from forced continuous operation, pulse-skipping or low ripple Burst Mode^® operation during light loads. Its current mode architecture provides easy loop compensation, fast transient response and excellent line regulation. Current sensing is accomplished by measuring the voltage drop across the output inductor (DCR) for highest efficiency or by using an optional sense resistor. A low 90ns minimum on-time allows for high step-down ratios at high switching frequency. Current foldback limits MOSFET heat dissipation during overload conditions. Additional features include adjustable input overvoltage lockout and soft-start. The LTC7810 is available in a 48-lead 7mm x 7mm eLQFP thermally enhanced package with no connect pins for high voltage spacing. Two operating junction temperature grades are available with extended and industrial versions from –40°C to 125°C and a high temp automotive version from

–40°C to 150°C. For more information, visit www.linear.com/product/LTC7810.

Summary of Features: LTC7810

• Wide Input Voltage Range: 4.5V to 140V, 150V Abs Max
• Wide Output Voltage Range: 1V to 60V
• Output Current up to 20 Amps per Channel
• Synchronous Rectification for up to 96% Efficiency
• Low 16µA Quiescent Current Regulating 12V_OUT and 3.3V_OUT from 48V_IN
• 100% Duty Cycle Capability
• Adjustable 6V, 8V or 10V Gate Drive Voltage for Logic-Level or Standard-Threshold MOSFETs
• DCR or R_SENSE Current Sensing
• Low 90ns Minimum On-Time for High Step-Down Ratios
• Selectable Continuous, Pulse-Skipping or Low Ripple Burst Mode^® Operation at Light Loads
• Selectable Fixed Operating Frequency from 50kHz to 750kHz
• PLL Synchronizable Operating Frequency from 75kHz to 720kHz
• Current Mode Control for Fast Transient Response & Easy Loop Compensation
• Adjustable Input Overvoltage Lockout

NORWOOD, MA – February 26, 2018 – Analog Devices  announces the Power by Linear™ LT8603, a 42V input capable, high efficiency quad output monolithic switching regulator. Its flexible design combines a boost controller with two high voltage 2.5A and 1.5A synchronous step-down channels and a lower voltage 1.8A synchronous step-down channel to provide four independent outputs. The LT8603 can be configured with the boost controller to supply the input of the buck converters, enabling it to deliver three precisely regulated outputs. This is the case even when the input falls significantly below the regulated output voltages, such as in automotive cold crank or start-stop scenarios when the battery voltage can drop as low as 3V. Alternatively, the boost controller can be driven from one of the step-down outputs, providing four precisely regulated outputs with a very compact solution footprint.

• View the LT8603 product page, download data sheet, order samples and evaluation boards: www.linear.com/product/LT8603

The LT8603’s triple buck synchronous rectification topology delivers up to 93% efficiency while Burst Mode^® operation keeps quiescent current under 28µA (high voltage channels active) in no-load standby conditions, ideal for always-on systems. For noise-sensitive applications, the LT8603’s low EMI design meets the CISPR 25, Class 5 EMI requirements even when switching at 2MHz. The LT8603’s switching frequency can be programmed from 250kHz to 2.2MHz and is synchronizable throughout this range.

The LT8603’s 85ns (max) minimum on-time and cascading topology enables 16V_IN to 0.8V_OUT step-down conversions while switching at 2MHz, enabling designers to avoid critical noise-sensitive frequency bands such as AM radio, while using a very compact solution footprint. Its 3V to 42V input voltage range is ideal for automotive applications that must regulate through cold crank and stop-start scenarios with minimum input voltages as low as 3V and load dump transients in excess of 40V. Programmable power-on reset and power good indicators for each channel ensure overall system reliability.  The LT8603’s 40-lead thermally enhanced 6mm x 6mm QFN package and high switching frequency keep external inductors and capacitors small, providing a compact, thermally efficient footprint.

The LT8603 is available in a thermally enhanced 40-lead 6mm x 6mm QFN package. Two temperature grades are available, with operation from –40°C to 125°C (junction) for the extended E- and industrial I-grades. All versions are available from stock. For more information, go to www.linear.com/product/LT8603.

Summary of Features: LT8603

• Flexible Power Supply System Capable of Four Regulated Outputs with V_BATT << V_OUT
• Two High Voltage Synchronous Buck Regulators
  • 3V to 42V Input Voltage Range
  • Output Currents Up to 2.5A and 1.5A
• One Low Voltage Synchronous Buck Regulator
  • 2.6V to 5.5V Input Voltage Range
  • Output Currents Up to 1.8A
• One Boost Controller Allows Buck Converters to Regulate with V_BATT << V_OUT
• Selectable Burst Mode^® Operation Allows Low 28µA I_Q
• Programmable Power-On Reset
• Individual Channel Power Good Indicators
• Step-Down Switching Frequency: 250kHz to 2.2MHz
• Available in 40-Lead QFN 6mm × 6mm Package

300MHz to 9GHz High Linearity I/Q Demodulator Supports 1GHz Bandwidth & Achieves up to 60dB Image Rejection

NORWOOD, MA – February 22, 2018 – Analog Devices  announces LTC5594, a wideband, high linearity true zero-IF (ZIF) demodulator with 1GHz instantaneous I and Q 1dB bandwidth. The demodulator is capable of 37dB image rejection typical. Using the on-chip serial port, the device allows correction of the I and Q phase and amplitude imbalance, hence can be tuned to achieve an image rejection of better than 60dB. This feature greatly eases calibration while significantly improving receiver performance and reducing FPGA resources needed to null the residual image. In addition, the device has integrated baseband amplifiers with adjustable gain, providing a maximum power conversion gain of 9.2dB at 5.8GHz, while delivering 37dBm output IP3 performance. The RF input has an integrated wideband balun transformer, allowing single-ended operation with 50Ω matching from 500MHz to 9GHz. The same input can be matched at lower frequencies from 300MHz to 500MHz by changing one external matching component value. Its high level of integration results in minimum external components and small solution size.

• View the LTC5594 product page, download data sheet, order samples and evaluation boards: http://www.linear.com/product/LTC5594

By using the on-chip serial port, all the calibration can be easily set. Besides image rejection, the linearity performance including IP2 (2^nd order intercept), HD2 (2^nd order harmonic distortion), HD3 (3^rd order harmonic distortion), and IIP3 can also be optimized. Moreover, the output DC offset voltage can be nulled via the serial port to allow DC coupling to the ADC for true ZIF operation. Once calibrated at room temperature, these performance metrics are remarkably stable at cold or hot, right up to the rated temperature extremes from –40°C to 105°C case.

            The LTC5594 is ideally suited for 5G microwave wireless infrastructure platforms that require 1GHz or more bandwidth, and dynamic range performance to support the high order modulation and gigabit data rates required. In addition, the device benefits other applications such as broadband microwave point-to-point backhaul, high performance GPS systems, satellite communications, aircraft avionics, RF test equipment and radar systems. Its superb linearity and image rejection performance are particularly compelling for DPD (digital pre-distortion) receiver applications.

The LTC5594 is offered in a 32-lead, 5mm x 5mm plastic QFN package. The demodulator is powered from a single 5V supply, drawing a nominal 470mA current. The baseband amplifiers can be selectively disabled, so the demodulator can run on 250mA current. An enable pin allows an external controller to shut down the device. When disabled, the device typically draws 20μA supply current. Samples and production quantities are available immediately. For more information, go to www.linear.com/product/LTC5594.

Summary of Features: LTC5594

• Matched RF Input Frequency             500MHz to 9GHz
• I & Q Baseband Bandwidth (1dB)      1GHz
• Image Rejection                                 37dB Typical

With Calibration                                  60dB Typical

• High Output IP3                                  37dBm at 5.8GHz

• Adjustable Gain                                 8dB in 1dB Steps           
• Max Power Gain                                 9.2dB @5.8GHz

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NORWOOD, MA – February 12, 2018 – Analog Devices announces the Power by Linear™ LTC3777, a 150V high efficiency (up to 99%) 4-switch synchronous buck-boost DC/DC controller, which operates from input voltages above, below or equal to the regulated output voltage. Its 4.5V to 150V input voltage range operates from a high input voltage source or from an input that has high voltage surges, eliminating the need for external surge suppression devices, ideal for transportation, industrial and medical applications.

• View the LTC3777 product page, download data sheet, order samples and evaluation boards: www.linear.com/product/LTC3777

To prevent high on-chip power dissipation in high input voltage applications, the LTC3777 integrates a low quiescent current high efficiency switching bias supply for its internal power consumption. The output voltage of the LTC3777 can be set from 1.2V to 150V at output currents up to tens of amps, depending on the choice of external components. Output power up to 500W can be delivered with a single device. Higher powers can be achieved when multiple circuits are configured in parallel. The LTC3777’s powerful 1.5Ω N-channel MOSFET gate drivers can be adjusted from 6V to 10V, enabling the use of logic-level or standard-threshold MOSFETs.

            The LTC3777 employs a proprietary current mode control architecture for constant frequency in buck, boost or buck-boost modes. The operating frequency can be synchronized to an external clock from 50kHz to 600kHz, while an input/output constant current loop provides support for battery charging and overload protection. The user can select either forced continuous mode or discontinuous mode to maximize light load efficiency. Additional features include seamless transfers between operating regions, a power good output voltage monitor, adjustable soft-start and input overvoltage lockout, and output voltage disconnect during shutdown.

The LTC3777 is available in a 48-lead e-LQFP package with pin skipping for high voltage spacing. Extended and industrial versions are available from –40 to 125°C. For more information, go to www.linear.com/product/LTC3777

Summary of Features: LTC3777

• 4-Switch Synchronous Current Mode Buck-Boost Architecture
• Operation with Input Voltages Above, Below or Equal to the Output Voltage
• 4.5V to 150V Input Voltage Range
• 1.2V to 150V Output Voltage Range
• Up to 99% Efficiency
• Integrated Switching Bias Supply
• Input or Output Average Current Limit
• Adjustable 6V to 10V MOSFET Gate Drivers
• Compatible with Logic-Level or Standard-Threshold NMOS 
• 500 Watts Output Power Capable with a Single Device
• Fixed Synchronizable Operating Frequency from 50kHz to 600kHz
• Output Voltage Disconnect from V_IN During Shutdown
• Adjustable Soft-Start
• ±1% Reference Voltage Accuracy over –40^oC to 125^oC
• 48-Lead e-LQFP Package with High Voltage Pin Skipping