Simplify CCD/CIS Image Capturing with a 3-Channel 16-Bit AFE/Timing Generator:When designing equipment that deals with amplifying and processing delicate signals, engineers are often faced with the decision of what to mount close to the source, and what can exist further away. These are typically sources like antennas and high impedance audio/video sources. Constraints are more severe with mechanical motion or space. National’s LM98714 3-channel, 45 MSPS Analog Front End (AFE) with integrated CCD timing generator and LVDS/CMOS outputs addresses many of these issues. Multi-Function Peripherals Multi Function Peripherals (MFPs) are relatively small image copy, scan, and print devices found in thousands of home desktop settings. Historically, these devices have had modest reproduction speeds (gauged in pages per minute) and offered the home user an inexpensive solution to document reproduction. With the speeds of MFPs increasing rapidly, more businesses are finding the MFP satisfies many office tasks once only practical with high speed, industrial-sized digital copiers. The increase in MFP performance comes with new design challenges for the system level architect.