Date: 18/08/2009

Dual channel, 16-bit, 160-MSPS, pipeline ADC offering best dynamic performance

The new ADC ADC16DV160 from National Semiconductor is a dual-channel 16-bit, 160 mega-samples per second (MSPS) pipeline analog-to-digital converter (ADC). ADC16DV160 offers industry's best dynamic performance and smallest footprint (10 mmx10 mm), claims National Semiconductor. The suggested applications for ADC16DV160 are mobile/cellular wireless communication base-stations.

When it comes to power consumption, National Semiconductor says, ADC16DV160 consumes less than half the power per ADC channel (650 mW) compared to competing single-channel 16-bit 160-MSPS pipeline ADCs, while offering the largest input-bandwidth (1.4 GHz). The ADC16DV160 dynamic specifications are, it offers 91.2 decibels full scale (dBFS) spurious-free dynamic range (SFDR), 76.3 dBFS signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) and 97.3 dBFS higher-order harmonic distortion at 197 MHz input frequency.

Other technical features and specs are,

On-chip precision reference and sample-and-hold circuit
On-chip automatic calibration during power-up
Dual data rate LVDS output port
Dual Supplies: 1.8V and 3.0V operation
Selectable input range: 2.4, 2.0, 1.5 and 1.0VPP
Sampling edge flipping with clock divider by 2 option
Integer clock divider by 1 or 2
On-chip low jitter duty-cycle stabilizer
Power-down and sleep modes
Output fixed pattern generation
Output clock position adjustment
3-wire SPI
Offset binary or 2's complement data format

Availability: Now in samples and volumes in 4Q09
Price: Each $140 in 1K pieces
Package: 68-pin LLP package (10x10x0.8, 0.5mm pin-pitch)

For further details visit: www.national.com/pf/DC/ADC16DV160.html.
To access datasheet visit http://www.national.com/ds/DC/ADC16DV160.pdf