Electronic Design

Digging Deeper: The ABCs Of AFE ADCs

The three most popular ADC types generally found in analog front ends are successive-approximation (a), pipelined (b), and delta-sigma (c). These block diagrams represent extremely simplified concepts ...
EDN

Let’s Compare SAR & Δ-Σ Converters for a Mux’d DAS, Part 2

In part 1 of this series, we started looking at the differences between the successive approximation register (SAR) ADC and the delta-sigma (Δ-Σ) ADC. We looked at how they work and some advantages ...
EDN

How do ADCs work?

If you asked me to nominate one electronic component as the workhorse inside test-and-measurement equipment, I’d nominate the analog-to-digital converter (ADC). ADCs convert voltages that represent ...
Electronic Design

What’s the Difference Between SAR and Delta-Sigma ADCs?

This file type includes high-resolution graphics and schematics when applicable. Today, almost every electronic product contains an analog-to-digital converter (ADC). When designing a new product, one ...
Design-Reuse

UWB Time-interleaved ADC exploiting SAR

The current technology trend for Analog-to- Digital Converters (ADCs) is particularly keen on power reduction, together with high-speed performance. The goal of the paper is to demonstrate that both ...