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Data Conversion Technical Articles
Title Author Publication Publication Date
PCB Layout Techniques for Giga-sample ADCs Edison Fong EDN 11/09
Solutions for time interleaving ultra-high-speed ADCs at the PCB level Paul McCormack Planet Analog 11/09
Sensor signal conditioning need not be difficult (Part 1 / Part 2) Nicholas Gray Planet Analog 10/09
Designing a Second-Order Anti-aliasing Filter for a Sensor Signal Path Bob Hennink Sensors Magazine 8/09
Use Current-Feedback Amplifiers to Speed Up Data-Acquisition and High-End Video Systems Loren Siebert Planet Analog 6/09
Windowing high-resolution analog/digital converter data (2-part article) Josh Carnes Planet Analog 2/09
Simplifying Sensor Signal Path Design Harold Joseph Sensors Magazine 12/08
Minimizing ADC Power Consumption Nicholas Gray EDN 8/08
Taking the 'Black Magic' Out of RF Design Paul McCormack Analog DesignLine (Europe) 7/08
Understanding Continuous-Time Sigma-Delta ADCs Scott Kulchycki Planet Analog 5/08
Using National's PowerWise Reference System for Energy-efficient Design Paul McCormack Embedded.com 5/08
Demanding Drivers (amp driver and clocking for the ADC14V155) Uwe Kopp Components in Electronics (Europe) 2/08
Continuous-Time Sigma-Delta ADCs White Paper (PDF 109KB) Scott Kulchycki White Paper 1/08
Temperature Sensor Tips and Tricks Emmy Denton Sensors Magazine 1/08
Understand Analog/Digital Converter Clock Jitter--And Why You Should Care Bill Odom Planet Analog 12/07
Smart ADC Architecture -- How to increase ADC converter speed and resolution while reducing pin count Ted Harris Electronic Products 5/07
Using Continuous Time Delta-Sigma ADCs to Reduce Power Consumption in High-speed Designs Mark Holdaway Industrial Control DesignLine 2/07
An Intuitive, Practical Approach to Mixed Signal Grounding Nicholas Gray Planet Analog 8/06
Effects and Benefits of Undersampling in High-Speed ADC Applications (PDF 129KB) Paul McCormack Design and Elektronik 5/04
How To Ground Mixed-Signal Circuits Properly Nicholas Gray Electronic Design 10/03
Power Supply Effects on Noise Performance Nicholas Gray App Brief 102 2001
Easing the ADC Selection Process Nicholas Gray Analog Edge 3/01
Pay Attention To The Clock And Output Bus to Improve High-Speed ADC Designs (PDF 253KB) Nicholas Gray Electronic Design 6/00
Maintaining Signal Integrity Enhances ADC Circuit Performance (PDF 105KB) Nicholas Gray Electronic Design 5/00
Sometimes, One Capacitor is Better Than Two (PDF 20KB) Nicholas Gray EDN 5/00
Attack The Noise Gremlins That Plague High-Speed ADCs (PDF 247KB) Nicholas Gray Electronic Design 12/99
Selecting High Speed A/D Converters Nicholas Gray Electronic Products 11/99
Improve Group Delay Response in the Anti-Aliasing Filter (PDF 23KB) Nicholas Gray
Terrance Smith		 Electronic Design 5/98
Video Circuit Clamps Under All Conditions (PDF 52KB) Nicholas Gray
Terrance Smith		 EDN 4/98
Reduce Hum In Video Circuits (PDF 31KB) Nicholas Gray
Terrance Smith		 Electronic Design 4/98

 
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