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Finally, increasing speed, tuning precision, and meeting stringent safety standards tend to
increase power needs, yet minimizing power requirements at the component and IC levels
remains a constant design requirement.
Maxim TIAs help reduce power requirements by:
• Offering 2 times higher bandwidth and 20 percent less power consumption overall
compared with other solutions on the market;
• Consuming only 181.5 mW of power when operating at 440 MHz; and
• Offering a low-power mode of 26 mW when the TIA is not in use.
"Increasing the signal-
to-noise ratio is a major
concern. In terms of the
receiver-end hardware,
the aperture size of
the receive lens could
affect the return power.
The type of photon
detectors and their
amplification gain can
affect the return signal
power."
Kai Zhou
ADAS Sensor Engineer,
Ansys
Design Challenge #5: Minimizing Power
Requirements When Increasing Speed,
Fine-Tuning Precision, and Meeting Stringent
Safety Standards
Chapter One: Solving Key Design Challenges
"Power is a challenge because high-performance systems with wide
bandwidths and low noise are power hungry."
Maurizio Gavardoni
Product Definition Engineer at Maxim Integrated
Chapter One: Solving Key Design Challenges
