Analog Devices Offers AD727x Family of ADCs

Analog Devices Inc. (ADI, Wilmington, MA) introduced 10 new serial analog-to-digital converters (ADCs) that bring ultra-compact packaging technology to the high-speed, high-accuracy world of medical instrumentation, data acquisition equipment, optical communications, and automotive systems. The AD727x family features a 3 MSPS throughput rate, very low power dissipation (8 mW) and 1 LSB INL - all in a 3 mm x 3 mm thin small-outline-transistor (TSOT) package.

Available in 12-bit, 10-bit and 8-bit resolutions, the AD727x serial ADC family is pin-compatible with the company’s existing line of SOT-23 and MSOP packaged AD747x ADCs, allowing engineers to easily upgrade their designs to achieve higher throughput rates. The AD727x family operates from a single 2.35 V to 3.6 V power supply and contains a low-noise, wide-bandwidth track/hold amplifier.

The AD727x family is sampling now and will be in full production in March 2005. The products are priced per unit in 1,000-piece quantities at $6.50 for the AD7274, $6.25 for the AD7276, $3.60 for the AD7277, $3.75 for the AD7273, and $1.85 for the AD7278.