Data Converter Simulation Tool Simplifies System Design; ADIsimADC Behavioral-Modeling Tool is Available as Free Download From ADI Website.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers NORWOOD, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 24, 2004 Analog Devices, Inc. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange : ADI), a global leader in high-performance semiconductors for signal processing applications and the market leader in data converters, today announced the launch of its ADIsimADC(TM) software design tool that allows systems designers to simulate analog-to-digital converter (ADC (1) See A/D converter. (2) (Apple Display Connector) A peripheral connector from Apple that combines digital video display, USB and power in one cable. ) performance, speeding the evaluation and design process. The software is available as a free download from the ADI website at http://www.analog.com/ADIsimADC and is being demonstrated for the first time during ADI's Data Converter Seminar series. This seminar is currently being held in 42 cities in North America--and in Europe and Asia later this year. For dates and locations of the seminar, please visit: http://www.analog.com/2004converter seminar. Typically, system engineers design a system based on product specification sheets and then implement a test board to confirm system performance. With the ADIsimADC software design tool, designers can now reduce risk during the system design phase by running simulations across various system parameters and architectures. Based on proprietary behavioral modeling technology used in ADI's state-of-the-art design labs, the ADIsimADC software design tool allows rapid comparison between ADCs operating at various conditions of temperature, supply voltage, and full-scale input range. System designers can test their designs earlier in the process, helping to prevent costly mistakes at the system level. The ADIsimADC software design tool provides detailed performance variation in ac and dc performance parameters (SNR See signal-to-noise ratio. SNR - signal-to-noise ratio , SFDR SFDR Spurious-Free Dynamic Range SFDR Spurious Free Dynamic Range (RF communications) SFDR Standard Flight Data Recorder SFDR Secondary Flight Display Repeater (aviation) SFDR System Functional Design Review , ENOB ENOB - effective number of bits , DNL DNL Day-Night Average Sound Level DNL Differential Non-Linearity DNL Daily News Live DNL Department of National Lotteries (Ghana) DNL Delete to New Line and INL INL Idaho National Laboratory INL Inner Nuclear Layer INL Instituut voor Nederlandse Lexicologie INL Integral Non-Linearity INL International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs Bureau (US Department of State) ) for the desired operating conditions that determine if an ADC will actually meet the system goals. The designer can then validate the system design by using the evaluation board for a specific converter. "As designers look for new ways to surmount the challenges of shorter design cycles and tighter resources, systems modeling tools can offer a huge competitive advantage," said Brad Brannon, staff applications engineer for high-speed converters at Analog Devices. "The ADIsimADC software design tool brings us one step closer to providing customers with the ability to model real converters in their system simulations, thus reducing overall system risk and time to market." Virtual ADC Evaluation Tool Used within ADI's ADC Analyzer(TM), a software package that allows the customer to capture ADC data and review performance using a real evaluation board, the ADIsimADC software design tool provides design engineers with a virtual evaluation board to test system assumptions against real silicon performance. A design engineer can configure a system design based on simulations, and then verify desired ADC performance with the evaluation board. The system engineer can also gain further knowledge of the system by analyzing real-world effects, like those from timing nonlinearity (jitter). Furthermore, the performance of an ideal converter can be compared to that of a real converter, providing insight as to how these real-world characteristics affect the overall system performance. The ADIsimADC software design tool is developed to run on any Windows-based PC platform. The tool currently supports most of ADI's newest high-speed ADCs Additional models will be added over time, allowing ADI's wide range of ADC products to be simulated. Availability The ADIsimADC software design tool is available free of charge as a download from http://www.analog.com/ADIsimADC. ADIsimADC also is offered within ADI's ADC USB USB in full Universal Serial Bus Type of serial bus that allows peripheral devices (disks, modems, printers, digitizers, data gloves, etc.) to be easily connected to a computer. FIFO (First In First Out) A storage method that retrieves the item stored for the longest time. Contrast with LIFO. See traffic engineering methods. FIFO - first-in first-out evaluation kit, which is available free of charge as a download from http://www.analog.com/hsc-FIFO. About Analog Devices Analog Devices, Inc. is a leading manufacturer of precision high-performance integrated circuits used in analog and digital signal processing See DSP. Digital Signal Processing - (DSP) Computer manipulation of analog signals (commonly sound or image) which have been converted to digital form (sampled). applications. ADI is headquartered in Norwood, Massachusetts, and employs approximately 8,700 people worldwide. It has manufacturing facilities in Massachusetts, California, North Carolina, Ireland, and the Philippines. Analog Devices' common stock is listed on the New York Stock Exchange New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) World's largest marketplace for securities. The exchange began as an informal meeting of 24 men in 1792 on what is now Wall Street in New York City. and ADI is included in the S&P 500 Index. |
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