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Analog Devices, Inc. ( ADI), also known simply as Analog, is an American multinational semiconductor company specializing in data conversion, signal processing, and power management technology, headquartered in Wilmington, Massachusetts.Hoovers. " Analog Devices, Inc.." Retrieved January 4, 2011.
The company manufactures analog, mixed-signal and digital signal processing (DSP) integrated circuits (ICs) used in electronic equipment.Reuters. " Analog Devices, Inc.." Retrieved January 4, 2011. These technologies are used to convert, condition and process real-world phenomena, such as light, sound, temperature, motion, and pressure into electrical signals.ECE lab. " Digital Signal Processors (DSP's) ." Retrieved January 30, 2011.
Analog Devices has approximately 100,000 customers in the following industries: communications, computer, instrumentation, military/aerospace, automotive, and consumer electronics applications.Bloomberg. " ADI: Analog Devices Inc Summary." Retrieved January 30, 2011.
Data converters include analog-to-digital converters (ADCs) and digital-to-analog converters (DACs) that convert electrical signal representations of real-world analog phenomena, such as light, sound, waveforms, temperature, motion, and pressure into digital signals or data, and back again.Rick Nelson. " IC vendors seek green applications ." January 6, 2011. Retrieved January 6, 2011. Analog Devices ADC and DAC ICs are used in , scientific instrumentation, wireless and wired communications, radar, industrial process control, audio and video equipment, and other digital-processing-based systems, where an accurate signal conversion is critical. Data converters account for more than 50% of ADI's revenue.Pradeep Chakraborta. " Analog Devices leads global data conversion market." July 22, 2010. Retrieved January 20, 2011. ADI's companion amplifier ICs provide accurate, high-speed and precise signals for driving data converters and are key for applications such as digital audio, current sensing, and precision instrumentation.bNET. " Analog Devices’ Current Sense Amplifier Achieves Industry's Highest Accuracy for Industrial and Automotive Applications." September 8, 2010. Retrieved January 5, 2011.
The company's data converter chips are used by National Instruments in high-precision measurement instrumentation systems.James DeTar, Investor's Business Daily. " EyeMario Lets Eyes Control Games; New Research To Be Unveiled ." October 29, 2010. Retrieved January 4, 2011. Its data converters and amplifiers are also used by scientists and researchers in project "IceCube" – an underground neutrino telescope that uses digital optical modules (DOMS) to detect subatomic particles in the South Pole.The Boston Globe. " Ice telescope uses Analog Devices components." June 30, 2010. Retrieved January 4, 2011.EE Times. " IceCube telescope: Extreme science meets extreme electronics." June 25, 2010. Retrieved February 2, 2010.
Power management products for customers in the industrial, wireless infrastructure and digital camera markets support signal chain design requirements, such as dynamic range, transient performance, and reliability.Peter Henry, EE Times. " Power Management: Designing from a System-level Perspective." August 30, 2010. Retrieved January 4, 2011.
Interface products include a broad range of interface IC products offered by the company in product categories such as CAN (controller area network),EDN. " Industrial CAN transceivers are fully isolated." October 25, 2010. Retrieved March 14, 2011. digital isolators,PowerPulse.Net. " Analog Devices Introduces Digital Isolator with Integrated Transformer Driver & PWM Controller." October 26, 2010. Retrieved March 14, 2011. level translators, LVDS, mobile I/O expander and keyboard controller, USB, and RS-232.DigiKey. " ADM3251E Line Driver/Receiver ." Retrieved March 14, 2011.
Amplifiers includes precision and operational amplifiers,EDN. " The Hot 100 Electronic Products of 2009 ." December 15, 2009. Retrieved March 3, 2011. instrumentation,Richard Gawel, Electronic Design. " Instrumentation Amplifier Provides Industry-Best CMR In Half The Space." December 10, 2008. Retrieved March 3, 2011.DesignNew. " National Instruments Demonstrates 'Eyes Only' Game Technology ." February 7, 2011. Retrieved March 3, 2011. current sense, differential amplifiers,Paul Buckley, EE Times Europe. " Differential RF/IF amplifier claims best-in-class performance for driving high-speed data converters ." June 8, 2011. Retrieved July 18, 2011.Louis E. Frenzel, MobileDesign.com. " 5-GHz Differential Amp Solves The Drive Problem." June 15, 2010. Retrieved July 18, 2011. audio amplifiers, video amplifiers/buffers/filters, variable gain amplifiers, comparators, voltage, other specialty amplifiers and products for special linear functions.
Radio frequency integrated circuits (RFICs)Janine Love, EE Times. " Free RF design tools aim to speed time to market." June 2, 2011. Retrieved July 15, 2011.Paul O'shea, EE Times. " Active receive mixer meets demanding wireless signal processing needs." April 7, 2004. Retrieved July 15, 2011. address the RF signal chain and simplify RF system development.Paul Buckley, EE Times Europe. " New RF design tools simplify RF system development to speed time-to-market ." June 1, 2011. Retrieved July 15, 2011. The company's RF portfolio includes TruPwrAnuradha Shukla, TMCnet. " ADI Introduces TruPwr RF Power Detector for 3G and 4G Mobile Terminals." June 15, 2010. Retrieved March 3, 2011. RMS power detectors and logarithmic amplifiers; PLL and DDS synthesizers; RF prescalers; variable gain amplifiers;Janine Love, EE Times. " Variable gain amplifier takes aim at wireless infrastructure." January 16, 2006. Retrieved July 15, 2011.Ismini Scouras, EE Times. " Variable gain amplifier drives low impedances from one power supply." February 11, 2008. Retrieved July 15, 2011.Ismini Scouras, EE Times. " RF/IF variable-gain amplifier fits wireless infrastructure apps." February 1, 2006. Retrieved July 15, 2011. ADC drivers, gain blocks, LNAs and other RF amplifiers.Compound Semiconductor. " Analog Devices Unveils Highly integrated SiGe BiCMOS and GaAs RF/IF Amplifier ." September 28, 2010. Retrieved March 3, 2011.
Processors and DSP are programmable signal processing integrated circuits that execute specialized software programs, or algorithms, associated with processing digitized real-time data. Analog Devices Processors and DSPs are the Blackfin,Colin Holland, EE Times. " Cost-conscious Blackfin packs in the processing power." September 14, 2010. Retrieved March 3, 2011. SHARC,BDTi. " Analog Devices Introduces Lower-Cost SHARC Processors." April 21, 2010. Retrieved March 3, 2011. SigmaDSP,Embedded Insights. " Analog Devices: SigmaDSP." Retrieved March 3, 2011. TigerSHARC, ADSP-21xx and Precision Analog Microcontrollers. These make up the company's embedded processing and DSP portfolio, that are multi-DSP signal processing,Jeff Bier, EE Times. " A Survey of Mainstream DSP Processors." April 4, 2007. Retrieved July 15, 2011.
In 1969, Analog Devices filed an initial public offeringComputer History Museum. " Companies." Retrieved January 19, 2011. and became a publicly traded company. Ten years later, the company was listed on the New York Stock Exchange.Juggle.com " Analog Devices ." Retrieved January 19, 2011.
In 1973, the company was the first to launch laser trim wafers and the first CMOS digital-to-analog converter. By 1996, the company reported over $1 billion in company revenue.Company Timeline. " ADI's interactive timeline." 2005. That same year, Jerald Fishman was named president and CEO, a position he held until his death in 2013 (see below).Company Fact Sheet. " ADI Fact Sheet ." Retrieved January 20, 2011.Reuters. " Analog Devices, Inc. (ADI): Jerald Fishman." Retrieved January 20, 2011.
In 2000, Analog Devices's sales grew by over 75% to $2.578 Billion and the company acquired five companies including BCO Technologies PLC, a manufacturer of thick film semiconductors, for $150 million.
By 2004, Analog Devices had a customer base of 60,000 and its portfolio included over 10,000 products.
In January 2008, ON Semiconductor completed the acquisition of the CPU Voltage and PC Thermal Monitoring Business from Analog Devices., for $184 million.
In 2012, the company led the worldwide data converter market with a 48.5% share, according to analyst firm Databeans.Database. "[44]." May 2012. Also, the company moved its listing from the NYSE to Nasdaq effective April 2, 2012.
In July 2016, Analog and Linear Technology agreed that Analog would acquire Linear in an approximately $14.8 billion cash and stock deal.
In July 2020, Analog agreed to acquire Maxim Integrated in an all stock deal that values the combined company at $68 billion.
Analog Devices has fabrication plants located in the United States and in Ireland. The company's testing facilities are located in General Trias, Philippines; Chonburi, Thailand; and Penang, Malaysia.
Design centers are located in Australia, Canada, China, Egypt, England, Germany, India, Italy,
Japan, Scotland, Spain, Taiwan, Turkey and the United States.
Vincent Roche became president and CEO of Analog Devices in May 2013 and chairman of the board in June 2022. He first joined the company in 1988 as a marketing director in Limerick, Ireland.Boston.com " Interim CEO Vincent Roche is appointed chief executive at Analog Devices."Peter Clarke for EE Times. May 8, 2013
Barrie Gilbert was named the first Technology Fellow of Analog Devices in 1979.Lucinda Mattera, Electronic Design. " Hall-Of-Famers Ponder The Future Of Electronics Engineering ." September 13, 2004. Retrieved January 19, 2011.Company press release. " Barrie Gilbert Elected to US National Academy of Engineering." March 31, 2009. Retrieved January 19, 2011. In addition, Gilbert was an IEEE Life FellowVanessa Knivett, EE Times. " ADLE's Top 10 analog engineers." January 5, 2009. Retrieved January 19, 2011. and held over 65 patents. Gilbert is best known for the "Gilbert cell" – an electronic multiplying mixer. At Analog Devices, Gilbert started the company's Northwest Labs design center in Oregon and continued to work on RF products crafted with high-speed nonlinear circuit techniques.Microwaves & RF. " Microwave Legends ." Retrieved January 19, 2011.
Paul Brokaw is an expert on integrated circuit design who has spent most of his career at Analog Devices, where he holds the position of Analog Fellow.Vanessa Knivett, EE Times. " Some more top analog engineers." February 3, 2009. Retrieved January 30, 2011. Brokaw is the inventor of many analog IC circuits, including the Brokaw bandgap reference and holds over 100 patents.Mary Duan, San Jose Business Journal. " IDT takes another shot at the Big Time after reorganization." August 5, 2010. Retrieved January 30, 2011. He is also an IEEE Life Fellow.IEEE Fellow. " IEEE Fellow ." Retrieved January 30, 2011.
Robert Adams is Technical FellowAnalog Devices. " Audio on the Move: When Microphones Convert, CODECs Compute, and Amplifiers Switch." Retrieved February 17, 2011. and manager of audio development at Analog Devices Inc.Jon Titus, ECN Magazine. " Audio ADCs Hit the High Notes ." March 18, 2009. Retrieved February 17, 2011. Adams holds many patents related to the audio and electronic field.EDN. " EDN's Innovation Competition: The Biggest Field Ever!." February 2, 1995. Retrieved February 17, 2011. He is a member of the IEEE and a Fellow in the Audio Engineering Society.EDN. " Asynchronous conversation thwarts incompatibility in sampling A/D systems ." July 21, 1994. Retrieved February 17, 2011. Adams received a finalist ranking for the EDN Innovation and Innovator of the Year award in 1995.
Jerald G. Fishman was the CEO and president of Analog Devices from 1996 until his death on 28 March 2013.Boston Globe. " CEO Jerry Fishman Dies of Apparent Heart Attack." March 29, 2013. Retrieved March 31, 2013. In 2004, Fishman was named CEO of the Year by Electronic Business. He was a 35-year veteran of Analog Devices and also served on the board of directors of Analog Devices, Cognex Corporation and Xilinx.
Mahdi Mohammad Sadeghi was fired after his arrest in 2024 on charges of providing material support to a terrorist organization. Sadeghi was accused of evading U.S. sanctions by facilitating indirect sales of technology to the Iranian military, which was used by the Islamic Resistance in Iraq in the Tower 22 drone attack on a U.S. military outpost in 2024.
Analog Dialogue is a forum for the exchange of circuits, systems, and software for real-world signal processing and is the technical magazine published by Analog Devices. It discusses products, applications, technology, and techniques for analog, digital, and mixed-signal processing. Analog Dialogue is published monthly on the Web. The featured technical articles are also compiled in quarterly print editions.
Each reference circuit is documented with test data, theory of operation, and component selection decision criteria. In addition, reference circuits are tailored to meet real-world system integration needs and may also include board layout schematics, CAD tools models, device drivers, and evaluation hardware.Paul Buckley, EENews Analog. " Reference circuit program targets a growing challenge facing design engineers worldwide." May 18, 2011. Retrieved June 24, 2011.
Historical
Analog Devices had a line of micro-electromechanical systems (MEMS) microphones until it sold that business to InvenSense in 2013.October 21, 2013 Analog Devices sells its MEMS microphone business to InvenSense Analog Devices MEMS microphones were found in smart phones, tablet PCs, security systems, and medical applications.R Colin Johnson, EE Times. " Xsens, Analog Devices collaborate on 'Iron Man' MEMS sensors." May 19, 2010. Retrieved January 4, 2011.Margery Conner, EDN. " MEMS sensor provides early detection of motor-bearing irregularities." May 7, 2008. Retrieved January 10, 2010. ADI's MEMS accelerometers were designed into game pad controllers by Microsoft, Logitech and Pellican.Vanessa Knivett, EE Times Asia/Analog Designline Europe. "MEMS accelerometers find place in CE." February 13, 2009. Retrieved February 3, 2011.
History
The company was founded by Ray Stata and Matthew Lorber, two MIT graduates, in 1965. The same year, the company released its first product, the Model 101 operational amplifier (op amp),Richard Wilson, Electronics Weekly. " 50 years in electronics: Hall of Fame." October 1, 2010. Retrieved January 19, 2011. which was a hockey-puck sized module used in test and measurement equipment.ADI Fact Sheet. " ADI Fact Sheet ." Retrieved January 19, 2011. In 1967, the company published the first issue of its technical magazine, Analog Dialogue.TheFreeLibrary. " 40 Years of Analog Dialogue. ." Retrieved January 17, 2011.
Locations
Analog Devices is headquartered in Wilmington, Massachusetts, with regional headquarters
located in Shanghai, China; Munich, Germany; Limerick, Ireland; and Tokyo, Japan.
Company About ADI. " Regional Headquarters." Retrieved January 26, 2021.
Employees
Ray Stata is a founder of Analog Devices and was responsible for the business strategy and product roadmap.Doris Kilbane, Electronic Design. " Ray Stata: Reaching Out To Third World Villagers ." October 20, 2003. Retrieved January 19, 2011.The MIT Tech. " Stata chosen as the 2010 commencement speaker." March 16, 2010. Retrieved January 19, 2011. After founding the company in 1965, Stata served as the company's chairman of the board of directors from 1973 to 2022, CEO from 1973 to 1996 and president from 1971 to 1991.Forbes. " Ray Stata." Retrieved January 19, 2011. In addition, Stata is also a trustee of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, his alma mater and was awarded the IEEE Founders medal in 2003. Stata received the EE Times "Lifetime Achievement" award in 2008.Tim Moran, EE Times. " EE Times fetes ACE award winners at ESC in San Jose." April 16, 2008. Retrieved January 30, 2011. Stata served as the chairman of the Semiconductor Industry Association for the year 2011.Brian Fuller, EE Times. " Thunder in the valley." November 5, 2010. Retrieved January 30, 2011.
Vincent Roche's bio from the ADI corporate page can be found here: Leadership Team - Analog Devices https://investor.analog.com/governance/leadership-team
Markets
Healthcare
Analog Devices sells linear, mixed-signal, MEMS and digital signal processing technologies for medical imaging, patient monitoring, medical instrumentation and home healthcare." Analog Devices Introduces Integrated Analog Front-End Subsystem for Diagnostic-Quality ECG Applications." February 8, 2011. Retrieved February 16, 2011. The company's precision signal-processing components and Blackfin digital signal processors are included in Karmelsonix's Wholter, an overnight pulmonary monitor, and the Wheezometer, a personal asthmatic assessment device.Paul Errico, Electronic Products. " Enabling home healthcare ." August 2, 2010. Retrieved February 16, 2011. Accelerometers produced by Analog Devices are included in ZOLL Medical's PocketCPR, which measures the depth of chest compressions and provides audible and visual feedback to a rescuer to allow adjustment to proper depth and to the correct rate of compression. In March 2024, the company announced that it had received U.S. FDA 510(k) clearance for Sensinel, a compact, wearable, non-invasive remote Cardiopulmonary Management (CPM) System that captures cardiopulmonary measurements for chronic disease management such as heart failure.
Automotive
Analog Devices develops components for safety systems, such as stability control systems and driver assistance systems, infotainment and interior applications.Christoph Hammerschmidt, EE Times. " Analog Devices appoints automotive group VP." October 30, 2009. Retrieved February 17, 2011. Powertrain systems in hybrid and electric vehicles use high-precision data conversion products in battery monitoring and control systems. In June 2025, ADI announced the formation of OpenGMSL Association to revolutionize the future on In-Vehicle Connectivity by creating a worldwide standard for transmission of video and high-speed data in the automotive ecosystem.
Industrial
Analog Devices industrial marketShara Tibken, Fox Business. " Analog Devices Reports Strong 2Q, View; Lifts Dividend." Retrieved June 22, 2011. May 17, 2011. includes process control systems that help drive productivity, energy efficiency and reliability.Paul Buckley, EE Times Europe. " Multichannel, 16-bit DAC drives productivity, energy efficiency and reliability in industrial process control I/O systems ." Retrieved June 22, 2011. July 13, 2010.BusinessWeek. " ANALOG DEVICES INC (ADI:New York)." Retrieved February 17, 2011.
Consumer
Analog Devices has technology for consumer electronics, which includes signal processing circuits for image processing, auto focus, and image stabilization for digital still cameras and camcorders, audio and video processors for home theater systems,ICFull.com. " ADI three SigmaDSP audio processor for high-end TV." Retrieved December 1, 2010. DVD recorders, and high-definition televisions and advanced touch screen controllers for portable media devices.
Analog Dialogue
In 1967, Analog Devices first published Analog Dialogue.Analog Devices. " Analog Dialogue: The best of Analog Dialogue, 1967-1991 ." Retrieved January 20, 2011. Dan Sheingold took the position of editor two years later, which he held for over four decades.OPAMP History. " OPAMP History." Retrieved January 17, 2011. The current editor is Bernhard Siegel. It is currently the longest-running in-house publication in the electronics industry.TheFreeLibrary. " 40 Years of Analog Dialogue ." Retrieved January 17, 2011.
Communities
Community
In 2009, Analog Devices announced EngineerZone, an online technical support community.Brian Fuller, Greenley's Ghost. " Analog Devices Gets More Digital." June 15, 2009. Retrieved January 30, 2011. EngineerZone was launched so the design engineering community (customers, prospects, partners, employees and students) can ask questions, share knowledge and search for answers to their questions in an open forum. EngineerZone currently hosts over 100 English forums to discuss ADI products and share projects with other engineers. Members are encouraged to self-serve by searching their rich knowledge base of FAQs and to respond to fellow member's threads. EZ China is also available for members seeking support in simplified Chinese.
Resources
Analog Devices offers reference circuits through its Circuits from the Lab program. These circuits are engineered and tested for quick system integration to help solve design challenges ranging from common to complex. Reference circuits are smaller, modular designs that are more broadly applicable than application-specific reference designs.
Acquisitions
External links
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