Meanwhile, chipmakers now can integrate all the old analog components of a radio with silicon, obliterating their cost and size.

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Part of his job is writing the clear, precise notes that lay out for engineers in hundreds of companies how to use the analog components Linear Technology makes to bring life to everything from hybrid cars to digital cameras.

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Meanwhile mixed signal devices proliferate with both analog and digital components on a single chip.

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General Manager Alex von Lichtenberg is anxious that the tube components in his analog transmitter are about to burn out.

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Studio-grade components, which include external digital-to-analog converters (DACs) that deliver 127dB signal-to-noise ratio (SNR), sockets for swappable Op-Amps, a high-end 80mW into 600 ohm headphone amplifier, and 192kHz pass through, are used to deliver phenomenal audio quality.

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Cirrus Logic produces high precision analog and mixed signal semiconductors for use in smart phones and smart grid components.

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Patriot missile components including advanced radar waveguides, microwave devices, high-speed analog to digital converters, microprocessors, precision gimbals for the missile-seeker system, highly miniaturized radio frequency communications, on-board sensors, advanced signal-processing systems.

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Don't worry -- it plays nicely with your other components -- there's also an ADC stage so that the unit can accept analog inputs from traditional preamplifiers.

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