Articles ADC, DAC

Thomas Tzscheetzsch, Analog Devices Analog Dialogue Question: How could a multiplying DAC be used other than as a DAC? Answer: Most digital-to-analog converters (DACs) are operated with a fixed positive reference voltage and output voltage or a ...

Alan Walsh, Analog Devices Precision measurement is extending into application areas that require greater and greater power efficiency. This is particularly true with the advent of IoT, which is driving greater need for wireless sensor nodes with ...

Alan Walsh, Analog Devices Part 1 If the ADC throughput is reduced to 10 kSPS then the current consumption of the ADC scales linearly down to 15 uA (factor of ~100) and correspondingly, the switching frequency ripple of the ADP5300 scales to 46.5 ...

Daniel E. Fague, Analog Devices Analog Dialogue Abstract High speed data converters have been used in communications applications for many years and can be found in much of the equipment that forms the basis of our connected world, from cellular ...

Thomas Mosteller, Aaron Schultz, Linear Technology Electronic Design A simple op amp clipping circuit can limit input-voltage excursions into an ADC, thus preventing input overload and possible damage to the converter. It can be a challenge to ...

Alan Walsh, Analog Devices EDN A common issue that arises when designing an ADC circuit is how to protect the ADC inputs from over voltage. Protection of ADC inputs have many scenarios and potential solutions. ADCs from all vendors have similar ...

Jim Williams, Linear Technology Application Note 120, Appendix A People have been converting digital-to-analog quantities for a long time. Probably among the earliest uses was the summing of calibrated weights (Figure A1, left) in weighing ...

Umesh Jayamohan, Analog Devices Analog Dialogue Introduction The design of the input, or front end, of any high-performance analog-to-digital converter (ADC), especially an RF-sampling ADC, is critical to achieving the desired system-level ...

Steven Xie, Analog Devices Analog Dialogue Introduction Successive-approximation analog-to-digital converters, called SAR ADCs due to their successive-approximation register, are popular for applications requiring up to 18-bit resolution at up to 5 ...

Don Tuite Electronic Design Texas Instruments, Analog Devices, Maxim Integrated, and Linear Technology have launched 18-bit and even 20-bit resolution SARs at sampling rates of 500 to 5000 ksamples/s 2013 has been a remarkable year for performance ...