Electronic Design

Fast ADC Facilitates Direct RF Sampling at Higher Frequencies

The critical component in all digital communications receivers is the analog-to-digital converter (ADC). The ADC sampling rate, bandwidth, and noise tolerance establishes the specifications and ...
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Signal Chain Basics #160: Making sense of coherent and noncoherent sampling in data-converter testing

Bad Fast Fourier Transfer (FFT) data captures can cause you to misunderstand the true performance of your analog-to-digital converter (ADC). Some engineers like to coherently sample and capture data ...
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Basics of ADCs and DACs, part 4

The AD9042 is a 12-bit, 41 MSPS wideband ADC designed for communications applications where high SFDR is important. The SFDR for a 19.5 MHz input and a sampling frequency of 41 MSPS is shown in Figure ...
Electronic Design

ADC Performance: What’s Jitter Got To Do With It?

Meeting the demanding performance requirements of today’s system-on-a-chip (SoC) applications, whether in high-data-rate telecom systems or high-quality audio and video equipment, requires extensive ...