EDN

The difference between latency and settling time for ADCs

Among ADC users, the terms “latency” and “settling time” are sometimes interchangeable. ADC designers, on the other hand, are very clear on the difference between these terms and how these phenomena ...
Design-Reuse

Time Interleaving of Analog to Digital Converters: Calibration Techniques, Limitations & what to look in Time Interleaved ADC IP prior to licensing

Analog to digital converters have three key input ports along with data output ports as per digital resolution requirements. These inputs ports are Analog Signal, Reference and Clock. If we compare ...
EDN

Let’s Compare SAR & Δ-Σ Converters for a Mux’d DAS, Part 1

Many high-performance data acquisition systems (DASs) used in instrumentation, medical equipment, industrial automation, and power-line monitoring demand wide bandwidth and precision signal ...
Electronic Design

SAR ADC Conversion Rates Jump To 4 Msamples/s

The hottest battleground today among analog-to-digital converter (ADC) suppliers is the successive-approximation register (SAR) arena. SARs serve the medical/industrial market with zero latency and ...
Electronic Design

Evaluating ADC and DAC Performance Characteristics

Functionality of ADC/DACs, their performance characteristics, and how they have been improved. Advantages, disadvantages, and applications of various ADC/DAC architectures. How ADC/DACs are used in ...