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LIMITED POWER OF ATTORNEY
FOR SECTION 16 REPORTING OBLIGATIONS



       Know all by these presents, that the undersigned hereby makes,
constitutes and appoints each of Kevin P. Lanouette, William A. Martin, Francis
Sarro, Margaret Seif, Michael Simone, Rebecca Chang and Mark Devine, signing
singly and each acting individually, as the undersigned's true and lawful
attorney-in-fact with full power and authority as hereinafter described to:

       (1) 	prepare, execute and file on behalf of the undersigned Form ID in
order to obtain access codes for the undersigned to permit filing on EDGAR;

       (2) 	prepare, execute and file on behalf of the undersigned all Forms 3,
4 and 5 (including any amendments thereto) that the undersigned may be required
to file with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission as a result of
  the undersigned's ownership of or transactions in securities of Analog
Devices, Inc. (the "Company"), in accordance with
Section 16(a) ofthe Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules thereunder
(the "Exchange
Act");

       (3) 	seek or obtain, as the undersigned's representative and on the
undersigned's behalf, information regarding transactions in the Company's
securities from any third party, including brokers, employee benefit plan
administrators and trustees, and the undersigned hereby authorizes any such
person to release any such information to such attorney-in-fact and approves and
  ratifies any such release of information; and

       (4) 	take any other action of any type whatsoever inconnection with the
foregoing which, in the opinion of such attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit to,
in the best interest of, or legally required by, the undersigned, it being
understood that the documents executed by such attorney-in-fact on behalf of the
  undersigned pursuant to this Power of Attorney shall be in such form and shall
  contain such terms and conditions as such attorney-in-fact may approve in such
  attorney-in-fact's discretion.

The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact full power and
authority to
do and perform any and every act and thing whatsoever requisite, necessary, or
proper to be done in the exercise of any of the rights and powers herein
granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could
do if personally present, with full power of substitution or revocation, hereby
ratifying and confirming all that such attorney-in-fact, or such
attorney-in-fact's substitute or substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause to be
done by virtue of this
.Power of attorney and the rights and powers herein granted.  The undersigned
acknowledges that the foregoing attorneys-in-fact, in serving in such capacity
at the request of the undersigned, are not assuming or relieving, nor is the
Company assuming or relieving, any of the undersigned's responsibilities to
comply with Section 16 of the Exchange Act.  The undersigned acknowledges that
neither the Company nor the foregoing attorneys-in-fact assume (i) any liability
  for the undersigned's responsibility to comply with the requirement of the
Exchange Act, (ii) any liability of the undersigned for any failure to comply
with such requirements, or (iii) any obligation or liability of the undersigned
for profit disgorgement under Section 16(b) of the Exchange Act.

       This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the
undersigned is no longer required to file Forms 3, 4 and 5 with respect to the
undersigned's holdings of and

transactions in securities issued by the Company, unless earlier revoked by the
undersigned in a signed writing delivered to the foregoing attorneys-in-fact.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to be
executed as of this5th day of November, 2012





Signature
/s/ Thomas Wessel



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