Semiconductor Technology in the Medical Devices Market Shine

ration of biological and medical electronic equipment,series will solve these problems, helping
electronic technology has become an importantmanufacturers to reduce system costs, promote
disease prevention, clinical treatment, patient care andnew Jishu's formation, which raise their innovative
personal health care and medical aid, so that thequality ultrasound systems.
semiconductor technology in medical electronicsAFE5805 integrates eight channels, including low-noise
applications shine. Global population growth andamplifier (LNA), voltage controlled attenuator,
population aging accelerates, rising health care costs,programmable gain amplifier, low pass filter, and
and rapid economic development and healthsupport 12-bit LVDS data output 50 MSPS ADC. The
awareness becomes stronger, also keep consumersanalog front-end integration of this greatest
to consider new medical electronic equipment needsadvantage is to avoid the interference of external
to increase. Health care products to become thesignals. AFE5805 using 15 mm x 9 mm package, the
post-PC products and communication equipmentsize of the existing solutions to about half. In addition,
semiconductor company effort to build anotherby reducing the component count, AFE5805 to 122
revolutionary technology applications.mW per channel power efficiency to reduce power
According to statistics, the global medical equipmentconsumption by as much as 20%, while its closest
compound annual growth rate of 11% or a hand-heldcompetitor-noise ratio performance is even lower
portable ultrasound systems market, the compound40%. AFE5805 at 2 MHz frequency noise of only 0.85
annual growth rate of 19.2%, to reach 330 million U.S.nV / rtHz, its performance can not only meet the
dollars in 2010. Thus, ultrasound / medical imaging isneeds of portable devices, can satisfy the high
the highlight of the development of medicalchannel density, medium-range ultrasonic systems.
electronics, of course, this is the majorPreviously, TI also introduced the new 8-channel ADC
semiconductor manufacturers eyeing competing toADS5281 10-12 bit range, high resolution, high sampling
seize the market, so as not to miss the opportunity.rate (up to 65MSPS), low noise and outstanding
As the semiconductor giant Texas Instruments (TI)features such as advanced digital features, such as
Zenken turn a blind eye to face this big cake, so theportable ultrasound and MRI imaging devices such as
launch of TI in the recent series of the correspondingsensitive as play a crucial role.
products to meet market demand.In the vast demand driven by new medical electronic
Medical ultrasound systems being high integration, highequipment will continue to emerge. Future portable /
performance, low power, multi-functional and portableconsumer miniaturization of medical devices, mobile
development, design increasingly complex analogdevices such trends driving the semiconductor's
front-end receiver circuit also put forward higherdifferent depending on the application of a more
requirements. How according to the systemaccurate, higher performance or lower power
requirements on the analog front-end, from theconsumption, higher integration development. TI also
system level to optimize the relevant parameters,said that promising medical electronics markets, will
integrated LNA, VCA, PGA, reduce outsidespare no effort in the development of related
interference and improve system performance, andtechnologies, and promote their development to
could well meet the system requirements? TImeet consumer demand for medical equipment.
launched a fully integrated simulation Front AFE58xx