National Semiconductor intros ultra-high-speed ADC

This 8-bit, ultra-highspeed ADC family from National Semiconductor comes with a sampling speed of 6 giga-sample per second (GSPS) data capture at 3.6W. The ADC-083000 ADC operates at 3GSPS and can be interleaved in a pair for 6GSPS data capture without any additional clock adjustment circuitry. A full-power input bandwidth of 3GHz, dynamic performance and low power consumption of 1.8W complete the list of quality features.

Two other ADCs have also been introduced — the ADC082500, capable of sampling speeds up to 2.5GSPS; and the ADC08B3000. The ADC083000 and ADC082500 are suited for communications and test and measurement applications. The ADC08B3000, which combines 3GSPS sampling and a programmable 4Kbyte memory buffer, is ideal for ranging applications such as RADAR and LIDAR (light detecting and ranging), where the data is captured in bursts and transferred at lower, more manageable data rates.
National Semiconductor Corporation, www.national.com