Maxim communications ICs support a wide range of applications, and support multiple communications technologies including wired, powerline, optical, and RF.

Wireless and RF
Powerline Communications (PLC)

Optical
T/E Carrier and Packetized

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1-Wire®
Secure NFC Tags and RFID Readers

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DS1922E
Industry's smallest low-cost data logger measures and logs temperatures up to 140°C

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DS4830A
Advanced optical µC enables high-performance MSA-compliant SFP+, QSFP+, and PON-OLT transceivers

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DS3923
Advanced optical µC enables high-performance MSA-compliant SFP+, QSFP+, and PON-OLT transceivers

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DS3177
Single-chip DS3/E3 transceiver combines exceptional performance with high integration

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MAX2880
High-performance fractional/integer-N PLL synthesizer delivers wideband frequency coverage (250MHz to 12.4GHz)

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Reference Designs

Type	ID	Title
System Board	5984	MAXREFDES62#: RS-485 Communications Micro PLC Card
System Board	5822	Alcatraz (MAXREFDES34#): SHA-256 Secure Authentication Design
System Board	5723	Sonoma (MAXREFDES14#): Isolated Energy Measurement Subsystem Reference Design
Reference Circuit	5508	Create a 1-Wire Master with Xilinx PicoBlaze
Reference Circuit	5391	LFRD002: Wireless Automatic Meter Reading Reference Design
Reference Circuit	5390	LFRD014: Tube Motor Receiver Reference Design
Reference Circuit	5364	Femtocell Radio Reference Designs Using the MAX2550–MAX2553 Transceivers
Reference Circuit	451	REP023: 3.5GHz Upconverter from 350MHz Achieves 9dB Gain and 1.3dBm IIP3
Reference Circuit	4477	Reference Design of a 1-Wire® Bidirectional Voltage-Level Translator for 1.8V to 5V
Reference Circuit	446	REP015: Dual-Path CDMA PA Tuned for High Linearity
Reference Circuit	442	REP002: Dual-Band IS-136 TDMA RF Front-End Needs no Special Components
Reference Circuit	441	REP001: AMPS FM Mixer Trades Off IIP3 for Gain
Reference Circuit	4171	Transmitter Reference Design for a 900MHz Full-Duplex Radio
Reference Circuit	2135	HFRD-04.0: 2.7Gbps, 1310nm Small Form Factor Pluggable (SFP) Transceiver

Reference Designs