16-Bit, 1-MSPS 4x2/2x2 Simultaneous Sampling SAR ADC: The fast, high-performance ADS8363 features dual, 4-channel pseudo-differential or 2-channel differential configurable inputs coupled with a dual 2.5-V programmable reference. Improved application accuracy combines with reduced power to meet the demands of higher performing industrial motor control, automation, and power quality and protection-based systems.
Resources: Data sheet, block diagram, evaluation module, IBIS model

• Dual ADCs with true 16-bit performance; NMC @ 93-dB SNR (typ)
• Integrated FIFO enables a 75% reduction in number of host accesses
• Lower resolution, pin-compatible 14-bit and 12-bit versions available
• Applications: Motor control, power quality meter, protection relays, industrial automation

ADS8363: Price (1ku): $9.95 – $11.45

Digital PWM System Controller: The UCD9244 digitally controls and monitors up to 4 rails to provide complete power system health and efficiency monitoring; it eliminates the need for an external sequencer IC, 3 resistors, and capacitors needed to configure timing and threshold values per output. There is no need to rework boards to make external component changes to power supply programming, sequencing, or fault threshold settings as this is accomplished through the digital GUI.
Resources: Data sheet, application note

• Manages up to 4 rails
• 3 VID interface options: 4-bit parallel, 6-bit parallel, 8-bit serial 
• Applications: Power supply for TI’s TMS320C6670 and TMS3206672/74/78 DSP VID interfaces, networking and telecom equipment, merchant power supplies, FPGA, DSP and memory power, server

UCD9244: Price (1ku): $5.85 – $6.75

White LED Driver for LCD Monitor Backlighting: The TPS61199, developed to address mid-sized LCD panels up to 24", incorporates flexible protection features such as adjustable overvoltage protection and adjustable short LED fault. The device integrates a current-mode boost controller and 8 current sinks for driving up to 8 LED strings with multiple LEDs in series.
Resources: Data sheet, block diagram, evaluation module

• 3% current matching between strings improves display quality
• Adaptive boost output to LED voltages
• Applications: Monitor LCD backlight, LCD TV backlight, general LED lighting

TPS61199: Price (1ku): $1.85 – $2.25

Isolated ProfiBus Transceiver with Integrated Transformer Driver: The ISO1176T is an isolated differential line transceiver with integrated oscillator outputs that provide the primary voltage for an isolation transformer. It is ideal for long transmission lines because the ground loop is broken to allow the device to operate with a much larger common-mode voltage range.
Resources: Data sheet, block diagram, evaluation module

• Complies with the radiated electromagnetic field test and has power efficiency of 60% as compared to 34% efficiency of integrated isolated signal and power solutions
• 20% saving in board space due to integration of transformer driver
• Applications: Energy meter networks, power inverter, industrial automation, building automation networks, motor control, HVAC

ISO1176T: Price (1ku): $3.65

Low-Power, Dual-Channel Digital Isolators: The ISO7420FE supports fail-safe LOW, where the output of the isolator transitions to a low state in any fault condition—a key spec for safe operation of MOSFET and IGBT gate drivers to prevent accidental turning ON of the machines/motors in a fault condition.
Resources: Data sheet

• Silicon-integrated SiO2 dielectric capacitor
• Low power consumption: Typ ICC per channel (3.3V): 1.4mA at 1Mbps, 2.5mA at 25Mbps
• Applications: Industrial field-bus, servo control interface, motor control, power supply, battery packs

ISO7420FE: Price (1ku): $1.90

Two-Channel SATA 3-Gb/s Redriver with Cable Detect: The SN75LVCP412CD is the industry's first true in-band cable detect eSATA redriver, requiring no sideband signal or mechanical modification in an eSATA connector to detect attachment or detachment of an external HDD. The cable detect pin feature enables a notebook PC to save up to 200mW of standby power in a typical system running with a 65W-hour battery, providing 5 minutes of extra battery life.
Resources: Data sheet

• Applications: Server, desktop PC, notebook PC, set-top box/DVR/streaming media, internal and external solid state drives

SN75LVCP412CD: Price (1ku): $1.90 – $2.00

Remote 8-Bit I²C and SMBus I/O Expander: The TCA9554A provides general-purpose remote I/O expansion for most microcontroller families via the I²C interface or SMBus.
Resources: Data sheet

• Internal power-on-reset, and No Glitch on power-up
• 1.65-V to 5.5-V supply range
• Applications: Housekeeping functions, sensor inputs, common output from a MCU

TCA9554A: Price (1ku): $0.85

High-Speed, Fully Differential ADC Driver Amp with 10- to 13-dB Selectable Gain: The THS770012 op amp drives 16-bit high-speed ADCs up to 200MHz. This device provides high bandwidth, high-voltage output with low distortion and low noise, critical in high-speed data acquisition systems that require very high dynamic range, such as wireless base stations and test and measurement applications.
Resources: Data sheet, block diagram, evaluation module, application note, PSpice model, TINA-TI Spice model

• Device makes an excellent differential amplifier for general-purpose, high-speed differential signal chain and short-line driver applications
• At least 14dB better IMD3 than competitive differential amps and 44% less power consumption than RF amps
• Applications: High-speed ADC driver, WiMAX and wireless infrastructure equipment, test and measurement, medical imaging, military countermeasure, defense signal intelligence

THS770012: Price (1ku): $4.10 – $4.95

1-A Motor Driver Extends Battery Life with On-Chip Voltage Regulation: The DRV8830 and DRV8832 integrate a PWM voltage regulator to extend the battery life of toys, printers, or other motion control applications, as well as to drive the motor at a constant speed throughout the life of the battery. Competing solutions require a costly external regulator or use an inefficient linear regulator.
Resources:
DRV8830 - Data sheet, block diagram, application note
DRV8832 - Data sheet, block diagram

• 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

DRV8830/DRV8832 : Price (1ku): $0.85 – $1.05

Very Low-Power Stereo Codec with miniDSP and DirectPath™ Amp: The TLV320AIC3256 features two fully programmable miniDSP cores that support application-specific algorithms in the record and/or the playback path of the device. Target miniDSP algorithms, such as active noise cancellation, acoustic echo cancellation or advanced DSP filtering, are loaded into the device after power-up.
Resources: Data sheet, reference guide, evaluation module

• Integrated DirectPath stereo headphone driver eliminates capacitors between codec and load and improves audio in the 20- to 100-Hz range
• Analog and digital mic support (PDM format)
• Applications: Smartphone handset, portable media player, active noise cancellation, wireless headset, portable navigation devices

TLV320AIC3256: Price (1ku): $4.45 – $4.90

DirectPath™, 2-VRMS Line Driver with Adjustable Gain: The DRV632 is a 2-VRMS, stereo line driver designed to replace line driver circuits created with an op amp and passives. The device is ideal for single-supply electronics where size and cost are critical design parameters.
Resources: Data sheet, evaluation module, TINA-TI Spice model

• DirectPath technology removes requirement for DC blocking cap, providing much better bass response to consumer electronic devices connected to line driver output
• 2Vrms into 10kΩ/3.3V @ 106-dB SNR
• Applications: STB/DVR/streaming media, Blu-ray player and home theater, LCD, digital, and high-definition TV

DRV632: Price (1ku): $0.50 – $0.55

8-Channel Analog Front End with Passive CW Mixer for Ultrasound: The AFE5807/8 are fully integrated AFEs with B-Mode and CW-mode imaging paths for spectral doppler ultrasound equipment. The integration of the CW mixer eases design and reduces board space. Multiple power dissipation and noise performance options enable devices to be used across several different types of platforms, from portable to high-end systems.
Resources: Data sheet, evaluation module

• AFE5808: Low-noise optimization of 0.75nV/rtHz, 149mW/ch, 65 MSPS and an ADC with 77dBFS SNR
• Applications: Ultrasound system, portable ultrasound system, sonar

AFE5808: Price (1ku): $68.00

Multi-Antenna Wideband Digital Transmit and Receive IC: The GC5330 high-performance, high-density digital transmit and receive solution meets the most demanding wireless spectral standards such as multi-carrier GSM or multi-carrier LTE for bandwidths up to 120MHz. This saves designers the significant time and resource expense of developing custom IP which must be implemented in high-cost FPGAs or rolled into high development-cost ASICs.
Resources: Data sheet, IBIS model

• Highly integrated digital transmit and receive processor: digital pre-distortion, crest factor reduction and configurable wide or narrow bandwidth DUCs and DDCs
• Supports multiple transmit antennas with 5th-order adaptive DPD correction for main/diversity and MIMO applications
• Applications: Wireless repeater, wireless infrastructure—WiMax 802.16, 2.5- to 3.5-GHz RX/TX, WCDMA and CD<A2000 4/8-carrier, receive diversity RX/TX

GC5330: Price (1ku): $80.00

1.7- to 6.0-GHz Wide Bandwidth Integrated Direct Down Conversion Receiver: The TRF371135 provides excellent wideband receiver RF performance (linearity and sensitivity) and flexibility, but with a reduced form factor. The most highly integrated quadrature demodulator solution available, it integrates the baseband filters and an ADC buffer amp.
Resources: Data sheet, block diagram, evaluation module, application note, application software

• The highest integration direct down-conversion solution for wideband 3G/4G wireless infrastructure applications, offering 29% board space savings over the nearest competitor
• Allows for a very compact receive signal chain solution while maintaining the stringent linearity and sensitivity performance as required for 3G/4G applications

TRF371135: Price (1ku): $11.15 – $12.65

• Wireless Data Access Card
• RFID Reader
• High-Speed Data Acquisition and Generation

Join us at APEC 2011! The Applied Power Electronics Conference (APEC) 2011 in Fort Worth promises to be the best one yet! Come by and visit TI's Power team at Booth 608, where we'll show off some of our latest power conversion and control technologies.