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   Converters, Analog to Digital

An analog-to-digital converter (abbreviated ADC, A/D or A to D) is an electronic circuit that converts continuous signals to discrete digital numbers. The reverse operation is performed by a digital-to-analog converter (DAC).

Typically, an ADC is an electronic device that converts an input analog voltage to a digital number. The digital output may be using different coding schemes, such as binary and two's complement binary. However, some non-electronic or only partially electronic devices, such as shaft encoders, can also be considered as ADCs.



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TelCom Semiconductor, Inc.
Television Equipment Associates
Texmate Inc
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CMOS Integrated Analog-to-Digital and Digital-to-Analog Converters (The International Series in Engineering and Computer Science)
Rudy J. van de Plassche

Excerpt - page 58: "... Figure 2.5: Definition of the Integral Non-Linearity of a D/A converter In an analog-to-digital converter monotonicity means that no misting codes can occur. It ..."
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Data Conversion Handbook (Analog Devices)
Engineering Staff Analog Devices Inc.

Excerpt - page 25: "... filings Figure 1.27: Sigma-Delta ADC Architecture Timeline References: 1.2 Data Converters of the 1950s and 1960s 1. G.G. Bowers, "Analog to Digital Converters," Control Engineering, April 1957, pp. 107-118. 2. Bernard M. ..."
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Analog-Digital Conversion Handbook (Analog Devices Technical Handbooks)
Inc. Analog Devices

Analog-to-Digital and Digital-to-Analog Conversion Techniques, 2nd Edition
David F. Hoeschele

Excerpt - page 14: "... of 4 to 6 bits. For a perfectly accurate D/A converter, the analog voltage equivalent versus the digital word input would look exactly as shown in Figure 1.3. ..."
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Systematic Design of SIGMA-Delta Analog-To-Digital Converters (The International Series in Engineering and Computer Science)
Ovidiu Bajdechi, Johan H. Huijsing, and J. H. Huijsing

Excerpt - page 1: "... transceivers. As the "brain" of almost any control/communications system, the digital processor connects to the external world through analog-to-digital converters (ADCs) for inbound analog data and digital-to-analog converters (DACs) for ..."
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Renesas' 16bit microcontroller provides on-chip 14-bit analog-to-digital converter.(Renesas Technology America, Inc announces the H8/38086F): An article from: EDP Weekly's IT Monitor

Modular Low-Power, High-Speed CMOS Analog-To-Digital Converter for Embedded Systems (Kluwer International Series in Engineering and Computer Science,) ... Series in Engineering and Computer Science)
Keh-La Lin, Armin Kemna, and Bedrich J. Hosticka

Excerpt - page 24: "... not necessarily an accurate system. Survey of the state-of-the-art A/D converters shows that the high-speed A/D converters can be classified into ..."
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Electronic Analog-To-Digital Converters: Principles, Circuits, Devices, Testing
Dieter Seitzer

Analog-To-Digital and Digital-To-Analog Converters (The International Series in Engineering and Computer Science)
Rudy J. van de Plassche

Time-interleaved analog-to-digital converters for digital communications: (Dissertation)
Tsung-Heng Tsai

Renesas Technology's 16-bit microcontroller provides on-chip 14-bit analog-to-digital converter.(Renesas Technology America's H8/38086F): An article from: Software Industry Report

TI's latest 16-bit, 500-MSPS dual-channel digital-to-analog converter targets 3G wireless base stations.(Texas Instruments Inc.): An article from: EDP Weekly's IT Monitor

TI's latest 16-bit, 500-MSPS dual-channel digital-to-analog converter targets 3G wireless base stations.(Texas Instruments Inc.): An article from: Federal Computer Market Report

NEW TECHNOLOGY: Converter Gives Better Graphics.(Fairchild Semiconductor International's FMS9884A-175 analog-to-digital converter)(Product Announcement): An article from: Display Development News

Benchmark media systems DAC 1.(digital to analog converters): An article from: Sensible Sound

A novel compressing analog-to-digital converter: (Dissertation)
Keir Christian Lauritzen

Online calibration of Nyquist-rate analog-to-digital converters: (Dissertation)
Udaykiran Eduri

ATMEL LAUNCHES DUAL 8-BIT 1 GSP ANALOG-TO-DIGITAL CONVERTER.: An article from: Electro Manufacturing

Design techniques for low-voltage and low-power analog-to-digital converters: (Dissertation)
Gil Cho Ahn

High Speed Analog-to-Digital Converters; PLLs and Synthesizers
Rudy J. van de Plassche, Johan H. Huijsing, and Willy M.C. Sansen

Excerpt - page 1: "... High-Speed Analog-to-Digital Converters R.J. van de Plassche The application of digital techniques to process analog signals in systems on a chip continues to be a ..."
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Introduction to Media Production: From Analog to Digital, Second Edition
Gorham Kindem and Robert B. Musburger

Excerpt - page 152: "... form of energy to another form of energy. Mies convert analog sound wave action into analog fluctuations in electrical voltage. A digital signal must be created by converting the analog signal through an analog-to-digital converter. Sound is created by the very rapid vibration of objects, ..."
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High-Speed Analog-To-Digital Conversion
Michael J. Demler

Excerpt - Back Matter: "... Fisher, J. A., and Parzefall, F. (1986) A 12-bit sigma-delta analog-to-digital converter with a 15-MHz clock rate. IEEE J. Solid-State Circuits SC-21(6) ..."
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An optimization-based methodology for top-down design of filters and analog-to-digital converters: (Dissertation)
Hua Tang

Analog Circuit Design: Scalable Analog Circuit Design, High-Speed D/A Converters, RF Power Amplifiers
Johan H. Huijsing, Michiel Steyaert, and Arthur H.M. van Roermund

Excerpt - page 21: "... Transactions-on-Electron-Devices (USA), vol.48, no.8, p.1776-82, Aug. 2001. [10] Walden, R.H.: "Analog-to-Digital Converter Survey and Analysis" IEEE Journal ... pp. 539-550. [11] Bult, Klaas: "Analog Design in Deep Sub-Micron CMOS", Proceedings ESSCIRC 2000, pp. 11-17. ..."
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Photonic Analog-to-Digital Conversion (Springer Series in Optical Sciences)
Barry L. Shoop

Excerpt - page 7: "... 2. Performance Characteristics of Analog-to-Digital Converters Analog-to-digital conversion is the process by which a continuous-time, continuous-amplitude signal ..."
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Digital-To-Analog Converter Handbook (Digital to analog)
Hybrid Systems Corporation

Modular Microcontroller Family Adc Analog-to-digital Converter Reference Manual
Motorola

Analysis and Design of Pipeline Analog-to-Digital Converters
Yun Chiu

Simplified Design of Data Converters (EDN Series for Design Engineers)
John Lenk

Excerpt - page 1: "... components. This chapter describes the function and operation of IC converters to help you understand the ... terms. Some manufacturers refer to analog-to-digital converters as ADCs. Other manufactures use the term A/D converter. ..."
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SOI Design: Analog, Memory and Digital Techniques
Andrew Marshall and Sreedhar Natarajan

Excerpt - page 25: "... output swings and matching requirements of high speed operational amplifiers, analog-to-digital converters, and a variety of other analog circuits still necessitate the ..."
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Design of Multi-Bit Delta-Sigma A/D Converters (THE KLUWER INTERNATIONAL SERIES IN ENGINEERING AND (The International Series in Engineering and Computer Science)
Yves Geerts, Michiel Steyaert, and Willy Sansen

Excerpt - page 8: "... Finally, some conclusions are presented. 2.2 Operation Principle of Delta-Sigma Converters This section gradually introduces the principles of a AE converter. Starting from Nyquist- rate analog-to-digital converters, the quantization error is introduced and a simple model ..."
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Engine Drives Analog/Digital Monitor.(Brief Article): An article from: Display Development News

Design of Low-Voltage Low-Power CMOS DeltaSigma A/D Converters (The International Series in Engineering and Computer Science)
Vincenzo Peluso, Michiel Steyaert, and Willy M.C. Sansen

Excerpt - Back Matter: "... Boser and B. A. Wooley, "The design of sigma-delta modulation analog-to-digital converters", IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits, vol. SC- 23, pp. 1298-1308, ..."
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Direct Digital Synthesizers: Theory, Design and Applications (The International Series in Engineering and Computer Science)
Jouko Vankka and Kari A.I. Halonen

Excerpt - page 3: "... and phase modulation. The major components are: a quadrature direct digital synthesizer, digital-to-analog converters and lowpass filters. By programming the quadrature direct digital synthesizer, ..."
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ViXS Systems unveils first multi-stream analog/digital video processor with MPEG encoder.(XCode II): An article from: EDP Weekly's IT Monitor

Analog Circuit Design: Low-Noise, Low-Power, Low-Voltage; Mixed-Mode Design with CAD Tools; Voltage, Current and Time References
Johan H. Huijsing, Rudy J. van de Plassche, and Willy M.C. Sansen

Excerpt - page 87: "... for high-speed low-voltage sample-and-hold amplifiers used at the front-end of analog-to-digital converters. These techniques have been utilized in two 3-V sampling circuits, ..."
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