Description of Business

12 Months Ended

Nov. 02, 2013

Organization, Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements [Abstract]

Analog Devices, Inc. (“Analog Devices” or the “Company”) is a world leader in the design, manufacture and marketing of a broad portfolio of high-performance analog, mixed-signal and digital signal processing integrated circuits (ICs) used in virtually all types of electronic equipment. Since the Company’s inception in 1965, it has focused on solving the engineering challenges associated with signal processing in electronic equipment. The Company’s signal processing products play a fundamental role in converting, conditioning, and processing real-world phenomena such as temperature, pressure, sound, light, speed and motion into electrical signals to be used in a wide array of electronic devices. As new generations of digital applications evolve, new needs for high-performance analog signal processing and digital signal processing (DSP) technology are generated. As a result, the Company produces a wide range of innovative products — including data converters, amplifiers and linear products, radio frequency (RF) ICs, power management products, sensors based on micro-electro mechanical systems (MEMS) technology and other sensors, and processing products, including DSP and other processors — that are designed to meet the needs of a broad base of customers.

The Company’s products are embedded inside many types of electronic equipment including:



	• Industrial process control systems		• Medical imaging equipment
	• Factory automation systems		• Patient monitoring devices
	• Instrumentation and measurement systems		• Wireless infrastructure equipment
	• Energy management systems		• Networking equipment
	• Aerospace and defense electronics		• Optical systems
	• Automobiles		• Digital cameras
	• Digital televisions		• Portable electronic devices