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ADI defines innovation and excellence in signal processing. Our breakthrough technologies enable and accelerate next-generation healthcare designs.

• KarmelSonix Asthma Management Devices Utilize Analog Devices' Technology for Disease Management

  KarmelSonix, pioneers in medical device development for asthma management, have chosen Analog Devices' Blackfin digital signal processors and advanced signal chain components to power its products.

  iCoupler^® Digital Isolation

  A transformer-based approach to isolation that combines the advantages of optocoupler, transformer, and semiconductor technologies.

  128 Channel, 24-bit Current-to-Digital ADC for High Slice Count CT Scanners

  The ADAS1128 lowers CT system cost and enables enhanced imaging using the industry's highest level of channel integration and speed

• Octal LNA/VGA/AAF/ADC and Crosspoint Switch Family

  The AD927x offers a complete 8-channel ultrasound receiver on a single chip.

  CapTouch^® Capacitance-to-Digital Converters (CDC)

  Enables accurate measurement and improved responsiveness for user interface controls including touch pads and scroll wheels.

  Impedance-to-Digital Converter (IDC)

  A fully integrated impedance-to-converter system on a single chip.

  iMems^® and iSensor^® Inertial Motion Sensors

  MEMS inertial sensing components and intelligent integrated inertial measurement units (IMUs) for motion detection and measurement.

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Solution Bulletin Library

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• Deconstructing an Electrocardiogram: A Basic Survey of the Challenges and their Solutions

  Explore the ECG signal-chain and learn tips and techniques for solving design challenges such as ESD, RFI, saturating amplifiers, sensor interface and isolation.

  Enabling the Next Generation of Medical Instrumentation

  Examine a multiplicity of issues involved in providing the variety of precise measurements and stimuli needed to accurately diagnose health and disease.

  Solving Medical Equipment Signal Path Design Challenges: The Analog Rx

  Medical devices need to be smaller and lower power, yet must deliver high performance and accuracy in harsh and noisy environments. Learn about available high performance analog and mixed-signal solutions, their proper application, and the impact on signal fidelity.

• Understanding and Optimizing Sampled Data Systems (Part II)

  Broadcast Date: Wednesday, May 20, 2009, 12:00 PM ET
  Understanding sampled data systems is essential to achieving a successful data conversion signal chain design. Join the second of our two-part webinar series and learn from the experts.

  Understanding and Optimizing Sampled Data Systems (Part I)

  Understanding sampled data systems is essential to achieving a successful data conversion signal chain design. Join our webinar and learn from the experts.

  Detecting Five Distinct Motions with MEMS Inertial Sensors

  The need to detect and process motion, tilt, rotation, vibration, and shock, has permeated many industries and markets. Learn how to detect these five distinct motions with MEMS inertial sensors.

  Noise Optimization in Signal Conditioning Circuits, Part III

  Understanding correlated and uncorrelated noise, finding the noise bandwidth of a circuit, when to balance or unbalance an amplifier input for best noise performance, ...join our webinar and learn how to manage noise in your design.

  Noise Optimization in Sensor Signal Conditioning Circuits (Part I & II)

  Our expert will step through the design process and demonstrate how to manage noise to meet required signal chain performance objectives. Design "Do's" and "Don'ts" as well as a number of circuit optimization techniques will be presented.

  Webinar Library

• 10/29/09 Analog Devices Promotes Patrick O'Doherty to Vice President of Healthcare Group

  ADI healthcare group focuses on technology innovations for medical imaging, patient monitoring, medical instrumentation, and consumer/home healthcare products.

• 5/20/09 Analog Devices Enables Isolated USB Connections for Medical and Industrial Equipment

  First single-IC USB isolator; device significantly reduces the cost, size, and design time to realize an isolated USB solution.

• 4/27/09 Analog Devices Unveils Industry's Smallest, Lowest Power Instrumentation Amplifier

  AD8235 in-amp enables palm-sized medical devices and activity-monitoring medical products with 50% less power consumption than competitive offerings.

• 4/15/09 Analog Devices Takes Top Honors at EDN Magazine's Innovation Awards

  ADI wins first-place awards in Analog IC, Power-Controller, and Sensor categories for industry-leading medical ultrasound, digital power control and MEMS technologies.

• 4/7/09 Eight-Channel Ultrasound Receivers Now Enable High-Quality Continuous Wave Doppler Processing

  ADI's new octal ultrasound receivers reduce system size, complexity, and power consumption for mid and high-end cart-based ultrasound systems.

• 2/25/09 Low-Noise, Linear-In-DB, Quad VGA Provides 24-Db Gain Range for Communications, Medical Radiology, and Advanced Video Equipment

  ADI's AD8264 quad-channel VGA with four on-chip ADC drivers increases channel densities and resolution in PET scanners through dramatic reduction in board space.

• 2/4/09 Analog Devices' Data Acquisition Chip Enables High Slice Count CT Scanners for Faster, Clearer Images

  ADI's current-to-digital converter technology lowers CT system cost and enables enhanced imaging with industry's highest levels of channel integration and speed.

• 12/5/08 Analog Devices Healthcare Team Participates in MIT Forum on Medical Device Industry

  ADI's healthcare technology experts Patrick O'Doherty and Tom O'Dwyer offer insights on trends impacting next-generation medical electronic systems.

• 11/18/08 Analog Devices Unveils Continuous-Time Sigma-Delta Analog-to-Digital Converter Family

  ADI's new converter family optimizes bandwidth and resolution to deliver the industry's best combination of operating frequency, dynamic range and signal-to-noise ratio.

• 11/11/08 Analog Devices Healthcare Director Delivers Speech on Role of Analog Semiconductors in Next-Generation Portable Medical Equipment

  ADI's Pat O'Doherty is a featured speaker at Electronica 2008.

• 11/11/08 Analog Devices' Inertial Sensors Deliver Cost-Effective, Easy-To-Implement Motion Sensing for Industrial and Medical Instrumentation

  ADI expands inertial sensor portfolio with products that deliver unprecedented levels of system control and ease of integration at a fraction of the cost of competing offerings.

• 10/27/08 Newest Blackfin^® Processors Expand Analog Devices Convergent-Processor Portfolio, Extend Low-Power Leadership

  Blackfin BF51x series maintains family's focus on driving system-level reductions in cost, power consumption, complexity, and time-to-market.

• 9/30/08 Differential Amplifier Drives High-Speed ADCs In Sensitive Communications, Medical And Radar Applications

  High-speed amp achieves SFDR more than 6 dB better than competing devices and maintains performance over an input bandwidth range of dc to more than 100 MHz.

• 9/08/08 Analog Devices Maximizes Image Quality And Power Performance Across Multiple Ultrasound Platforms

  Leveraging ADI's data conversion technology and expertise, expanded family of ultrasound solutions maximizes image quality and reduces power consumption in cart-based and battery-powered portable ultrasound equipment.

• 9/8/08 Analog Devices To Introduce New High-Performance Solutions At Electronica 2008 Under The Theme: "Analog Devices Is Everywhere"

  • New ADI converter family, MEMS and digital signal processing solutions will be announced
  • In Hall 4, Stand 159, ADI will demonstrate the breadth of its technology portfolio for automotive, industrial, medical and consumer markets and the latest innovations in analog, DSP and convergent processing

• 6/30/08 Analog Devices' 16-Bit, 10-Msps SAR Converter Surpasses Industry Performance Benchmark

  Medical imaging and data acquisition systems gain precision and throughput with PulSAR^® ADC that achieves 15 effective number of bits and 2.5 times faster sample rate.

• 4/23/08 Analog Devices Expands Portfolio Of High-Speed Ultra-Low-Noise Operational Amplifiers

  The ADA4898's unique combination of speed and precision offers designers maximized dynamic range for 16- and 18-bit precision instrumentation applications.

• 2/13/08 Voltage-Feedback Amp Achieves Industry's Best Combination Of Performance And Power

  ADA4857 amplifier balances high speed, low noise and reduced distortion levels – at less than half the power of competing amps for high-speed instrumentation and test equipment.