[Description]
* Covers the fundamentals of linear/analog circuit and system design to guide engineers with their design challenges.
* Based on the Application Notes of Linear Technology, the foremost designer of high performance analog products, readers will gain practical insights into design techniques and practice.
* Broad range of topics, including power management tutorials, switching regulator design, linear regulator design, data conversion, signal conditioning, and high frequency/RF design.
* Contributors include the leading lights in analog design, Robert Dobkin, Jim Williams and Carl Nelson, among others.
* Online support package, including LTspiceÒ software, Design Notes, plus videos and data sheets can be found at
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Analog circuit and system design today is more essential than ever before. With the growth of digital systems, wireless communications, complex industrial and automotive systems, designers are challenged to develop sophisticated analog solutions. This comprehensive source book of circuit design solutions will aid systems designers with elegant and practical design techniques that focus on common circuit design challenges. The book’s in-depth application examples provide insight into circuit design and application solutions that you can apply in today’s demanding designs.
[Table of Contents ]
Analog Circuit Design, 1st Edition
Part 1: Power Management
Section 1 Power Management Tutorials
Performance Enhancement Techniques for 3-Terminal Regulators (AN2)
Ceramic Input Capacitors Can Cause Overvoltage Transients (AN88)
Minimizing Switching Regulator Residue in Linear Regulator Outputs (AN101)
Transient Load Testing for Voltage Regulators (AN104)
Section 2 Switching Regulator Design
Switching Regulators: Theory and Practice (AN19)
Switching Regulators for Poets (AN25)
Some Thoughts on DC/DC Converters (AN29)
Step-Down Switching Regulators (AN35)
Theoretical Considerations for Buck Mode Switching Regulators (AN44)
A Monolithic Switching Regulator with 100µV Output Noise (AN70)
Powering Complex FPGA-Based Systems Using Highly Integrated DC/DC µModule Regulator Systems (AN119A)
Powering Complex FPGA-Based Systems Using Highly Integrated DC/DC µModule Regulator Systems (AN119B)
Diode Turn-On Time Induced Failures in Switching Regulators (AN122)
Section 3 Linear Regulator Design
High Efficiency Linear Regulators (AN32)
Performance Verification of Low Noise, Low Dropout Regulators (AN83)
Section 4 High Voltage and High Current Applications
Parasitic Capacitance Effects in Step-Up Transformer Design (AN39)
High Efficiency, High Density, PolyPhase Converters for High Current Applications (AN77)
High Voltage, Low Noise, DC/DC Converters (AN118)
Section 5 Powering Lasers and Illumination Devices
A Fourth Generation of LCD Backlight Technology (AN65)
Ultracompact LCD Backlight Inverters (AN81)
A Thermoelectric Cooler Temperature Controller for Fiber Optic Lasers (AN89)
Current Sources for Fiber Optic Lasers (AN90)
Bias Voltage and Current Sense Circuits for Avalanche Photodiodes (AN92)
Simple Circuitry for Cellular Telephone/Camera Flash Illumination (AN95)
Section 6 Automotive and Industrial Power Design
Extending the Input Voltage Range of PowerPath Circuits for Automotive and Industrial Applications (AN107)
Developments in Battery Stack Voltage Measurement (AN112)
Part 2: Data Conversion, Signal Conditioning and High Frequency/RF
Section 1 Data Conversion
Some Techniques for Direct Digitization of Transducer Outputs (AN7)
Circuitry for Single Cell Operation (AN15)
The Care and Feeding of High Performance ADCs: Get All the Bits You Paid for (AN71)
Component and Measurement Advances Ensure 16-Bit DAC Settling Time (AN74)
A Standards Lab Grade 20-Bit DAC with 0.1ppm/°C Drift (AN86)
Delta Sigma ADC Bridge Measurement Techniques (AN96)
1ppm Settling Time Measurement for a Monolithic 18-Bit DAC (AN120)
Section 2 Signal Conditioning
Applications for a Switched-Capacitor Instrumentation Building Block (AN3)
Application for a New Power Buffer (AN4)
Thermal Techniques in Measurement and Control Circuitry (AN5)
Application Considerations and Circuits for a New Chopper-Stabilized Op Amp (AN9)
Designing Linear Circuits for 5V Operation (AN11)
Designs for High Frequency Voltage-to-Frequency Converters (AN14)
Power Gain Stages for Monolithic Amplifiers (AN18)
Applications for a DC Accurate Lowpass Switched-Capacitor Filter (AN20)
Composite Amplifiers (AN21)
Micropower Circuits for Signal Conditioning (AN23)
Thermocouple Measurement (AN28)
FilterCAD User’s Manual, Version 1.00 (AN38)
Take the Mystery Out of the Switched-Capacitor Filter: The System Designer’s Filter Compendium (AN40)
Bridge Circuits (AN43)
High Speed Amplifier Techniques (AN47)
A Seven Nanosecond Comparator for Single Supply Operation (AN72)
30 Nanosecond Settling Time Measurement for a Precision Wideband Amplifier (AN79)
Understanding and Applying Voltage References (AN82)
Instrumentation Applications for a Monolithic Oscillator (AN93)
Slew Rate Verification for Wideband Amplifiers (AN94)
Instrumentation Circuitry Using RMS -> DC Converters (AN106)
Section 3 High Frequency/RF Design
Low Noise Varactor Biasing with Switching Regulators (AN85)
Low Cost Coupling Methods for RF Power Detectors Replace Directional Couplers (AN91)
WCDMA ACPR and AltCPR Measurements (AN99)
Measuring Phase and Delay Errors Accurately in I/Q Modulators (AN102)