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Analog Signal Chain Guide
Table of Contents
Overview ........................................................... 3
Amplifiers and Comparators
Operational Amplifiers ......................................... 4
High-Speed Amplifiers ...................................... 16
Instrumentation Amplifiers ................................ 24
Logarithmic Amplifiers ....................................... 27
Power Amplifiers and Buffers ............................ 28
Comparators ..................................................... 29
Data Converters
Analog-to-Digital Converters (ADCs).....................
Delta-Sigma ADCs ........................................ 32
SAR ADCs ..................................................... 35
Pipeline ADCs ................................................ 44
ADC by Architecture – Folding and Interpolating ... 51
Digital-to-Analog Converters (DACs).....................
String and R2R DACs .................................... 52
Current Steering DACs .................................. 58
Digital Potentiometers ................................... 60
Integrated ADCs and DACs ............................... 61
Analog Front Ends .................................................
Sensor AFEs .................................................. 62
Medical .......................................................... 63
Monitoring and Control
Motor Drivers ..................................................... 66
Haptic Drivers .................................................... 72
Touch-Screen Controllers .................................. 74
Pulse-Width Modulation .................................... 75
Current Shunt Monitors/Current Sense Amplifiers ....76
Temperature Sensors ........................................ 78
4-20 mA Transmitters ........................................ 85
Voltage References
Voltage References ........................................... 86
Clocks and Timing
Clock Distribution (Fanout Buffers, Zero-Delay Buffers) ..88
Clock Generation
(Crystal Oscillator Replacements, Jitter Cleaners) ......93
Interface
Signal Conditioners:
Repeaters, Equalizers and Retimers ................. 97
Crosspoint and Redundancy MUX .................... 99
Communications – Data Buffers and Translators
(LVDS, M-LVDS, PECL/ECL) ............................ 100
SerDes (Serial Gigabit Transceivers) ............... 105
Consumer/Computing ...........................................
USB ............................................................. 107
1394 ............................................................. 111
Display Port Switch/Redriver ...................... 113
Flatlink™/FPD-LINK .................................... 114
SerDes ...................................................................
Automotive .................................................. 116
Video and Imaging....................................... 117
Consumer/Computing ...........................................
PCI ............................................................... 120
HDMI ........................................................... 121
Industrial ................................................................
CAN Transceivers ........................................ 122
Digital Isolators ............................................ 123
Ethernet PHY ............................................... 126
Ethernet ....................................................... 128
RS-485/RS-422 ........................................... 129
Other Line Circuit ............................................ 132
SerDes – Industrial .......................................... 134
General
UARTs .......................................................... 134
ESD/EMI ...................................................... 137
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RS-232 ........................................................ 141
Voltage-Level Translators ............................ 142
Radio Frequency
Broadband RF ................................................. 143
Wireless Connectivity ...................................... 145
Wi-Fi
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/IEEE 802.11 ......................................... 147
Resources
TI Worldwide Technical Support ...................... 151