Low Power 12-Bit, Octal-Channel, Ultra-Low Glitch, Voltage Output, 2-Wire I²C Interface DAC with 2.5-V Internal Reference: The DAC7678, developed for power amp control for base station developers, can be used in any application that requires a high number of DACs (up to 8), good performance (1 LSB INL, ultra-low glitch), low power (0.28mW per channel) and low board density.
Resources: Data sheet, block diagram, evaluation module, IBIS model

• Internal reference with low 5ppm/C drift
• Ultra-small package QFN-24, TSSOP-16
• Applications: Portable instrumentation, closed-loop servo control, process control, data acquisition systems, PC peripherals, programmable attenuation

DAC7678: Price (1ku): $6.00 – $7.20

High Efficiency, Synchronous Switch-Mode Charge Controller for Solar Power: The bq24650 offers Maximum Power Point Tracking (MPPT) and controls output current to maximize the solar panel’s output power.  This standalone device can charge a 26-V (6-cell) Li-Ion stack at up to 10A and is resistor-programmable to support LiFePO4, lead acid (SLA) or NiCd/NiMH batteries.
Resources: Data sheet, block diagram, evaluation module, app note

• Constant-frequency synchronous PWM controller, highly accurate voltage regulation, charge preconditioning, charge termination and charge status reporting
• Applications: Solar charging stations in developing countries, solar street lights and remote monitoring stations

bq24650: Price (1ku): $2.85 – $3.30

2- to 4-Cell Li+ Battery SMBus Charge Controller with N-Channel Power MOSFET Selector: The bq24725 is a high-efficiency, synchronous battery charger offering low component count for space-constrained, multi-chemistry battery charging applications. The device features built-in charge pumps to separately drive n-channel MOSFETs for automatic system power source selection.
Resources: Data sheet

• Selectable 615kHz/750kHz/885kHz NMOS-NMOS synchronous buck
• Input current, charge current, and charge voltage DACs programmable via host processor (SMBus)
• Applications: Portable medical terminals, high-end tablets, industrial power banks

bq24725: Price (1ku): $3.10 – $3.60

System-Side Impedance Track™ Fuel Gauge with Integrated LDO: The bq27520 is a system-side microcontroller peripheral that provides accurate fuel gauging for single-cell Li-Ion and Li-Pol batteries for portable applications. Compensation for battery age, temperature, self-discharge, and discharge rate are applied to the capacity measurements to provide available time-to-empty information across a wide range of operating conditions.
Resources: Data sheet, block diagram

• Patented Impedance Track technology accurately predicts remaining capacity of battery (typically within 99%)
• Integrated NMOS power path selector and dynamic power management
• Applications: Smartphones, PDAs, digital still and video cameras, handheld terminals, MP3 or multimedia players

bq27520-G1: Price (1ku): $1.50 – $1.75

Ultra-Small, Low V_IN, Ultra-Low rON Load Switch with Hysteresis Control Input: The TPS22934 provides the user with a single-device, easy-to-use load switch plus hysteresis input solution optimized for low-voltage operation. In an ultra-small CSP-4 package (0.81mm²), the device is 10 times smaller than most discrete implementations, making it ideal for portable applications.
Resources: Data sheet

• Integrated hysteresis enable input (supervisory function)
• Integrated single-channel load switch
• Applications: Battery powered equipment, portable industrial equipment, portable medical equipment, portable media players

TPS22934: Price (1ku): $0.40 – $0.55

Positive Voltage, Intelligent Protection Device/Hot-Swap Controller and I²C Current Monitor: The TPS2480 combines a hot-swap controller and current monitor into the same package, saving space, cost and power. The device was designed to allow networking and computing equipment designers to incorporate real-time current monitoring into their health management and redundancy plans.
Resources: Data sheet, evaluation module

• High accuracy: 1% over temperature
• Programmable FET power limit; external N-channel FET gate drive
• Applications: Servers, hard drives, storage networks, base stations

TPS2480: Price (1ku): $3.00 – $3.60

Ultra-Low Noise LDO: The TPS7A30 LDO, paired with the positive voltage TPS7A49 LDO, provides designers with a total solution for powering precision analog applications. The LDOs feature ultra-high PSRR performance and as low as 16µVRMS of output noise—200mA for the TPS7A30 and 150mA for the TPS7A49.
Resources: Data sheet, block diagram, evaluation module, video

• Wide input voltage range: -3.0V to -36V
• 1.5% nominal accuracy
• Applications: Supply rails for op amps, DACs, ADCs, and other high-precision analog circuitry, audio, post DC/DC converter regulation and ripple filtering, test and measurement

TPS7A3001: Price (1ku): $1.50 – $1.75

Wide Common Mode Range, Bidirectional, High-Accuracy Current Shunt Monitor: The INA28x family offers an offset voltage 70% lower than any wide common mode current shunt amplifier. The device can achieve 20-µV offset across the entire common mode range of -14V to 80V, offering unparalleled accuracy for industrial applications.
Resources: Data sheet, block diagram, evaluation module

• Low power (0.9-mA quiescent current) and low price
• Integrated reference voltage divider
• Applications: Motor control, solar inverters, telecom power supplies, server power supplies

INA282: Price (1ku): $1.25 – $1.40

High-Speed Fully Differential ADC Driver Amplifier with +6-dB Fixed Gain: The THS770006 provides the high dynamic range performance required for driving 16-bit high-speed ADCs up to 200MHz with at least 14-dB better IMD3 than competitive differential amps.  With quiescent current of 100mA and power-down of <2mA, the device consumes 44% less power than RF amplifier implementations.
Resources: Data sheet, block diagram, evaluation module, app note, video, PSpice Model, TINA-TI Reference Design, TINA-TI Spice Model

• High linearity—OIP3: 48dBm@100MHz, 2Vpp
• Applications: Wireless infrastructure, high-speed data acquisition and defense applications

THS770006: Price (1ku): $4.10 – $4.75

Three-Phase PWM Motor Driver: The DRV8312 is the highest power 3-phase motor driver available without a heat sink. It makes possible integrated drivers with extended protection for power levels up to 50V and 6.5-A peak output, previously only attainable with discrete solutions.
Resources: Data sheet

• Advanced architecture with efficiency up to 97%
• Intelligent gate drive and cross conduction prevention
• Applications: BLDC motors, three-phase permanent magnet synchronous motors, inverters, half-bridge drivers, robotic control systems

DRV8312: Price (1ku): $3.30 – $3.60

216-kHz Digital Audio Interface Transceiver (DIX) with Stereo ADC and Routing: The PCM9211, a complete analog and digital front-end for multimedia players and recorders, integrates a stereo ADC, 192-kHz S/PDIF receiver with up to 12 multiplexed inputs and 3x PCM inputs to allow other audio receivers to be multiplexed along with the analog and S/PDIF signals to a DSP. This simplifies multiple input system design and significantly reduces cost by minimizing the amount of space and digital logic required.
Resources: Data sheet, block diagram, evaluation module, video

• Standalone (H/W), SPI or I²C Control
• Applications: Home theater and AVR equipment, TV and sound bars, musical instruments, recording, high-performance sound cards

PCM9211: Price (1ku): $3.95 – $4.75

SuperSpeed USB 3.0-to-Serial ATA Bridge: The TUSB9260 ARM cortex M3 microcontroller-based bridge is a cost-competitive device in a 64-pin package. Best-in-class adaptive equalization allows for driving longer cables or longer board traces.
Resources: Data sheet, block diagram, demonstration module, app note

• Receiver sensitivity of less than 50-mV differential peak-to-peak
• Supports USB-attached SCSI protocol
• Applications: External HDD/SSD, external DVD, external DC, HDD-based portable media player

TUSB9260: Price (1ku): $3.00

First System-on-Chip for ZigBee® RF4CE and 2.4-GHz IEEE 802.15.4: The CC2533 combines an IEEE 802.15.4-compliant RF transceiver, an 8051 MCU core and rich set of peripherals in a small footprint package. This highly integrated SoC, coupled with TI’s ZigBee-compliant RF4CE stack and easy-to-use development kit, provides everything needed to design RF4CE remote control products.
Resources: Data sheet, block diagram, evaluation module, development kit, reference design

• 5-channel DMA, 23 GPIOs, 2 USARTs, SPI, I²C, IR generation hardware and 4 timers
• Supports proprietary 802.15.4 protocols

CC2533: Price (1ku): $2.85 – $3.55

PCB Thermal Calculator: This thermal analysis tool assists in estimating die junction temperature of select TI devices based on the copper content of your printed circuit board. This will take the guesswork out of thermal performance calculations for many TI devices.

• Calculate die junction temperature
• Vary PCB copper area
• View results on a graph

Technology Days 2010: The seminars provide a learning forum where practical high-performance design solutions, tools, techniques, topologies and examples will be presented. Each Tech Day includes Power Supply Design Seminar presentations.

• October 12 – Dallas, TX
• October 20 – Toronto, ON, Canada
• October 28 – Philadelphia, PA
• November 11 – Orlando, FL
• November 30 – Austin, TX

2010-2011 TI Power Supply Seminar: This seminar provides technical and practical presentations that combine new advanced power supply concepts, basic design principles and real-world application examples. It is appropriate both for those learning and those experienced in power supply design.

FPGA-Based System Design with High-Speed Data Converters: Join design experts from Avnet Electronics Marketing and Texas Instruments (TI) for an in-depth and hands-on, two-day workshop that will focus on integrating high-speed data converters using FPGA-based digital signal processing techniques. Attendees will work with the latest generation Xilinx Virtex®-6 platform, tightly coupled with TI’s high-speed data converters.  Register now.

• October 5 – Rochester, NY
• October 18 – Denver, CO
• October 21 – Salt Lake City, UT
• October 26 – San Jose, CA