Circuits & Schematics Analog Devices

1. Resistive dummy load draws constant current from 1.2 to 50 V
   John Guy
   Circuits Measurement Supply Analog Devices MAX480 MAX6006A
   This dummy-load circuit has been in use at Maxim for more than 10 years (see the Figure 1). It's useful for testing power supplies and power amplifiers as well as drivers for LEDs, relays, and solenoids. Plus, it overcomes the limitations of ...
   Dec 26, 2024
2. Expanding output range of step-up converter
   Peter Demchenko
   Circuits Supply Analog Devices ADP1611
   This is one real-life quest: How do we increase the output voltage of a step-up converter? If you have unlimited access to the right ICs, you are one lucky dog, but what if you don’t? Or maybe you are limited to a specific chip due to ...
   Dec 17, 2024

3. Adjust tempco in size and sign
   Michael Wyatt
   Circuits Analogue Design Tools and Technologies Analog Devices AD590KR
   Zeroing out temperature variations on a production line is a challenging task when the device to be compensated has a temperature coefficient that varies in both magnitude and sign from unit to unit. This simple circuit can meet the challenge (see ...
   Dec 13, 2024
4. Precise photovoltaic I-V characterization
   Aaron Schultz Catherine Chang Henry Surtihadi
   Circuits Measurement Analog Devices LTC2058
   Introduction Photovoltaic (PV) modules are popular and affordable sources of renewable energy. Most photovoltaic modules last about 20 years, but thermal stress and moisture ingress, among other causes, can degrade a module’s output power ...
   Nov 6, 2024
5. 80 MHz VFC with prescaler and preaccumulator
   Stephen Woodward
   Circuits Measurement Analog Devices LT1027
   In 1986, famed analog innovator Jim Williams, in “Designs for High Performance Voltage-to-Frequency Converters” ( Reference 1 ) published his 100 MHz “King Kong” VFC. If anyone’s ever done a faster VFC, I haven’t ...
   Oct 28, 2024
6. DC-accurate, 32-bit DAC achieves 32-bit resolution
   Stephen Woodward
   Circuits Measurement Analog Devices AD586 LTC1151
   Some applications, such as ADC testing and calibration, require a DAC with extremely good resolution, monotonicity, accuracy, and resolution. In these categories of performance, the circuit in Figure 1 is hard to beat. Its typical specifications ...
   Oct 21, 2024
7. Digital pot can control gain over a 90 dB span like an electromechanical
   Stephen Woodward
   Circuits Amplifiers Analog Devices OP37
   A short while back, I published a design idea ( Ref. 1 ) that uses a single linear pot to control the gain of a high performance OP37 decompensated op-amp over an unusually wide ( 30 dB to +60 dB) range. Figure 1 shows the circuit. Figure 1. ...
   Sep 3, 2024
8. LED drivers minimize power dissipation
   Fons Janssen
   Circuits Supply Light Analog Devices MAX1951
   One option for driving high-brightness LEDs uses the standard stepdown buck converter (Figure 1). The sense resistor, R S , generates a feedback voltage, V FB , that sets the desired LED current, I LED , according to the equation Figure 1. A ...
   Aug 27, 2024
9. Floating output, variable potential battery simulator
   Jim Williams
   Circuits Measurement Supply Analog Devices LT1010 LT1012 LT1021
   Battery stack voltage monitor development ( Reference 1 ) is aided by a floating, variable potential battery simulator. This capability permits monitor accuracy verification over a wide range of battery voltage. The floating battery simulator is ...
   Aug 22, 2024
10. Simple discrete SE-to-differential precision in-amp circuit: High common-mode input range and 50% less power
    Chau Tran Jordyn Rombola
    Circuits Analogue Design Measurement Analog Devices AD629 AD7685 AD8421 ADA4807-2
    There are many applications where an ADC needs to process a small differential input signal in the presence of a large common-mode signal. Traditional instrumentation amplifiers (in-amps) are not commonly used in these applications, due to their ...
    Aug 8, 2024

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