Op amps set new standard in power, performance to increase accuracy, battery life

2011-11-10T20:02:00Z

Following up on Deepali’s post last month, we’ve officially announced new general-purpose, low-power, rail-to-rail output op amps for driving low-power SAR and delta-sigma ADCs that provide the industry’s highest performance-to-power ratio.

The single OPA836 and dual OPA2836 use 33% less power than similar solutions while providing more than twice the bandwidth, 15 times faster slew rate, 40 times better THD and 75% higher precision.

For customers needing even lower power for battery-operated consumer electronics, we now have the single OPA835 and dual OPA2835 ADC drivers. These op amps use 60% less power than the competition while still providing a best-in-class performance-to-power ratio.

Paul McGoldrick of En-Genius.net analyzed the devices and posted his thoughts earlier this week, writing:

“The single OPA836 and the dual OPA2836 . . . stand out from the crowd with typical 1 mA quiescent current per channel while offering 200 MHz unity-gain bandwidth . . . The OPA836 and the OPA2836 are going to find multiple applications in driving ADCs (low-power SAR and delta-sigma) up to 12 bits and in many other low-power signal circuits, especially wideband video. The incorporation of the gain resistors in the RUN version of the single channel op amp will save some dramatic amounts of real estate. Both products are priced well and will be extremely successful.”

See Paul’s full write up here.

Samples, EVMs and production quantities of the single-channel OPA836 and OPA835 and the dual-channel OPA2836 and OPA2835 are available now. Order yours today!

Texas Instruments ADC drivers set new standard in power and performance to increase accuracy and battery life

Driver amplifiers provide best-in-class power consumption, bandwidth, slew rate, total harmonic distortion and precision

DALLAS (Nov. 7, 2011) – Texas Instruments Incorporated (TI) (NYSE: TXN) today expanded its portfolio of general-purpose, low-power, rail-to-rail output operational amplifiers (op amps) with the introduction of new single and dual analog-to-digital converter (ADC) drivers that provide the industry’s highest performance-to-power ratio. The OPAx836 op amps use 33 percent less power than similar solutions while providing more than twice the bandwidth, 15 times faster slew rate, 40 times better total harmonic distortion (THD) and 75-percent higher precision. For more information and to order samples, visit www.ti.com/opa2836-pr.

“Customers designing portable industrial measurement devices, until now, have been limited by op amp performance when designing with 12-, 14- and 16-bit precision SAR and delta-sigma ADCs in their high-precision applications, such as ultrasonic flow meters, smart pumps and power quality meters,” said Steve Anderson, senior vice president of TI’s High Performance Analog business. “By providing the industry’s highest performance-to-power ratio, the OPAx836 op amps allow customers to drive these data converters to data sheet performance while providing ultra-low power consumption. These ADC drivers allow designers to extend the battery life of portable industrial and medical devices while delivering high accuracy."

For customers needing even lower power for battery-operated consumer electronics, such as cameras, notebooks and cell phones, the OPAx835 ADC drivers are also available. The OPAx835 op amps use 60-percent less power than the competition while still providing a best-in-class performance-to-power ratio. For more information on the OPAx835 op amps, visit www.ti.com/opa2835-pr.

Key features and benefits of the OPAx836 ADC drivers:

Lowest power consumption: Extends the battery life of portable industrial, consumer and medical applications with power consumption of 1 mA per channel while providing 205 MHz of bandwidth for driving low-power SAR and delta-sigma ADCs, such as the ADS7945 and the National ADC128S102.
Highest performance: Offers 205 MHz of bandwidth with a slew rate of 560 V/us, THD of 130 dBc and noise of 4.6 nV/rtHz to achieve the highest linearity, signal-to-noise ratio and spurious-free dynamic range in its class, resulting in enhanced sensitivity and data converter performance.
High precision: Typical input-offset voltage of 0.065 uV and drift of 1.1 mV/degree C for accurate measurement.
Smallest package: Ultra-small 2-mm x 2-mm WQFN package with integrated gain setting resistors reduces board space up to 75 percent, compared to the competition.

Tools and support

Evaluation modules (EVMs) are available today for the single-channel OPA836 (OPA836IDBVEVM) and dual OPA2836 (OPA2836IDGSEVM) for a suggested retail price of $99 and $149, respectively. A reference design for the OPA836 is also available with the ADS7945 (ADS7945EVM-PDK) and ADS7946 (ADS7946EVM-PDK).

EVMs for the single-channel OPA835 (OPA835IDBVEVM) and dual OPA2835 (OPA2835IDGSEVM) can be purchased today for a suggested retail price of $99 and $149, respectively.

PSpice and TINA-TI Spice models and TINA-TI reference designs are also available for all four devices.

Availability, packaging and pricing

Samples and production quantities of the single-channel OPA836 and OPA835 are available in two package options: 1) a 10-pin, 2-mm x 2-mm WQFN, or 2) a 6-pin, 3-mm x 3-mm SOT23. Suggested retail pricing for 1,000 units is $0.90 for the OPA836 and $ 0.85 for the OPA835.

Samples and production quantities of the dual OPA2836 and OPA2835 are available today in three package options: 1) an 8-pin, 4-mm x 5-mm SOIC, 2) a 10-pin, 3-mm x 3-mm MSOP, or 3) a 10-pin, 2-mm x 2-mm WQFN. Suggested retail pricing for 1,000 units is $1.50 for the OPA2836 and $1.35 for the OPA2835.

Delivering industry's highest performance to power ratio - OPA2835 & OPA2836 released!

2011-10-14T15:21:59Z

TI just released the ultra low power family of SAR ADC drivers - OPA2835 and OPA2836. The OPA2835 and OPA2836 are dual, ultra low power, rail to rail output, voltage feedback amplifiers. These amplifiers are available in singles and dual versions with standard and advanced packaging with integrated "on chip" gain setting resistors enabling upto 75% space savings.

This family is designed to be used for almost any signal conditioning application and is ideal for driving TI's 12/14/16 bit SAR ADCs with sampling rate higher than 500Ksps to enable industrys best in class performance to power ratio for high accuracy data acquisition systems.

To learn more about about the family, please go to the URL listed below

http://www.ti.com/product/opa2836

Thank you,

Deepali Chugh

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