A practical guide for design engineers especially those involved with digital/analog interfaces to how analog switches and multiplexers work, how to design with them, and how to select the best device for a particular application. Circuit diagrams illustrate the best applications in terms of the system cost, function, and performance. General principles are presented through a range of examples. The discussion is limited to "signal switching" with typical power supplies of 15 volts or less, rather than with "power switching", which has quite different applications, though some devices described range up to 44 volts capacity. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.
Preface -- An Overview of Analog Switch Uses -- Standard Functional Configurations for Analog Switches and Multiplexers -- Understanding Data Sheet Specifications -- Application-Specific and User-Specific (ASIC /USIC) Switches -- Analog Switches in Sampled-Data Systems -- Signal Routing Applications -- Passive Component Switching Circuits -- Level Translation Applications -- Precision Signal Control -- Wideband /Video Switching and Routing -- Reliability Considerations -- Appendix A 1: Analog Switch Technologies -- Appendix A2: Analog Switch, Multiplexer and Array Design Topologies -- Appendix A3: Product Selection Guides -- Index.
STEVE MOORE is a Marketing Manager at Micro Linear Corporation, San Jose, California. Previously, Mr. Moore was a Marketing Manager at Siliconix, Inc. and a Design Engineer at Precision Monolithics, Inc., Santa Clara, California. A member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, he received the B.S.E.E. degree (1977) from the University of California, Berkeley.
