The key to obtaining the best performance on your successive-approximation-register (SAR) analog-to-digital converter (ADC) is optimizing the driver amplifier and resistor-capacitor (RC) filter ...

[Editor's note to readers: this article has several corrections: Figure 3 is corrected; also, some math symbols in equations in “Averaging to Achieve Better Resolution” and in “Bias Current ...

Ground loops can degrade circuit performance and ruin your day. Follow these tips to prevent them from occurring in circuits ...

A number of ways to reduce power consumption in ADC circuit designs are described. Fig 1. Resistive-attenuator options for measuring high-voltage signals offer a simple way to limit an input signal to ...

This file type includes high-resolution graphics and schematics when applicable. It's a common challenge to measure voltages that exceed the operating voltage of the ADC used as part of the ...

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 ...

In this article, we highlight one of the most important architectural traits of new continuous-time sigma-delta (CTSD) precision ADCs: the easy to drive resistive input and reference. The key to ...

To meet soaring demand for lightning-quick mobile technology, each year tech giants create faster, more powerful devices with longer-lasting battery power than previous models. A major reason ...

The teams at Eindhoven University of Technology, Universitá di Catania, CEA-Liten and STMicroelectronics invented the plastic analog–digital converter which brings cheap costing plastic sensor ...