Communications Analog Front Ends

Communications Analog Front Ends

Analog Devices communications analog front end (AFE) products are components optimized to take advantage of smart partitioning by integrating amplifiers, filters, receive ADCs, and/or transmit path data conversions (DACs). In some cases, they also integrate auxiliary data converters and other support functions. These products provide a highly integrated solution for various applications, including communications infrastructure, broadband wireless, home networking, cable modems, and set-top boxes.

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High Speed Communications AFEs

Analog Devices’ high speed analog front-end (HS AFE) ICs combine high speed and low speed data converters in a single device to help meet size, cost, and power targets for mobile products. Our high speed AFEs are optimized for high dynamic performance and ultra low power, and are ideal for wideband communication applications operating in full-duplex (FD) or half-duplex (HD) mode. Our high speed AFEs will help you achieve fast time to market with low initial investment and proven capability.

IF/RF Receivers

IF/RF receivers are designed for communications infrastructure applications. Wide bandwidth and high sample rates allow implementing a software configurable design for digitizing close to the antenna. Various receiver architectures, such as zero-IF, IF sampling and direct RF sampling, are supported. IF/RF Receivers take advantage of smart partitioning by integrating configurable digital filtering allowing to offset resource demands in the FPGA or digital ASIC and easing of analog filtering.

Mixed-Signal Front Ends (MxFE)

Scalable Software-Defined Radio Solution with 18 GHz Bandwidth

The MxFE^® products from Analog Devices offer a smart integration of RF analog-to-digital converters (ADC), RF digital-to-analog converters (DAC), on-chip digital signal processing, and clock/PLL for multichip synchronization. This allows for the elimination of discrete data converters and traditional RF front-end components to reduce size, weight, power, and cost. Integrated digital signal processing supports the transition to software-defined radio platforms, creating a highly configurable, common hardware/software platform that can be used in multiple applications across a broad array of end markets.