2010-04-27

Arctic Silicon Devices releases New Family of Octal Analog-to-Digital Converters

The Norwegian-based analog chip company Arctic Silicon Devices, ASD, today introduced a new
set of octal 12-bit Analog-to-Digital Converters, the GLACIER family.
This family of products is tailored to meet the strong demand for power reduction in high performance applications as Medical Ultrasound and in Multiple Antenna Radio Systems such as the emerging standards for wireless communication and Distributed Antenna Systems.

The GLACIER family consists of 8 channel 12-bit ADCs, speed graded at 20 -, 50 -, 65 -, and 80 MSPS. Both 12-bit and 14-bit LVDS output modes are available and can be selected through the SPI control interface. Noise performance (SNR) at 50 MSPS with 8 MHz input frequency and 14- bit output is 72.2 dB (typ) and 71 dB (worst).
Power dissipation at 50 MSPS is 40 mW per channel, including LVDS outputs. The GLACIER family has a Power Down Mode with typically less than 10 μW power dissipation and an unprecedented wake-up time of 18 μs. In addition, there is a Sleep Mode with 0.5 μs wake-up time, and power dissipation in Sleep Mode is 3 mW per channel. These idle modes allow the user to further reduce the average power dissipation by switching off the converter during idle periods.

The GLACIER family consists of different versions of the part number ASD1000, which are pin compatible with the ADS527x and ADS528x families from Texas Instruments. Later versions will also include pin compatibility with AD9222, AD9212 and AD9252 from Analog Devices.

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