EDN

Analog-to-digital converter (ADC) accuracy in simple terms

The previous blog discussed how makers can select an A/D converter by understanding the application and how manufacturers optimize a part for that role. Now, what happens when an A/D fires up—how ...
EDN

ADC’s Analog-to-Digital Converters basics

As much as it’s an analog world, it is often being chopped up into digital pieces. As communications go digital and the computing power increases, signals are being transformed into digital words that ...
Embedded

Leveraging FPGA and CPLD digital logic to implement analog to digital converters

Designers of digital systems are familiar with implementing the 'leftovers' of their digital design by using FPGAs and CPLDs to glue together various processors, memories, and standard function ...
Electronic Design

Input Sampling Architectures in Analog-to-Digital Converters

Today's analog system designers face many design challenges. Not only do designers need to select the proper integrated-circuit components, but they also must accurately predict the interactions of ...
Nature

Successive Approximation Register Analog-to-Digital Converters

Successive approximation register (SAR) analog-to-digital converters form a critical link between the analogue and digital realms in modern electronics. Operating through a binary search algorithm, ...
Nature

Noise-Shaping Successive Approximation Register Analog-to-Digital Converters

The noise‐shaping successive approximation register (NS‐SAR) analogue‐to‐digital converter represents an attractive hybrid architecture that merges the inherent energy efficiency and simplicity of ...