A/D Converters : Technical Articles
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Build a Smart Analog Process-Instrument Transmitter with Low-Power Converters and a Microcontroller
An analog transmitter is a field-mounted device that senses a physical parameter such as pressure or temperature and generates a current proportional to the measured variable in the standard range, 4 to 20 mA.
(Analog Transmitter, 10/28?2009)
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Clocking Requirements for High Speed Data Converters
Wireless infrastructure, broadband and instrumentation applications generally require very high performance clocking circuits. This article will discuss the clocking technologies required.
(Part 1 of 4)
(EE Times Europe, 8/18/09)
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Complete Analog Front End (AFE) for Advanced Ultrasound Equipment
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Data Acquisition Rules of the Road: Selecting High-Speed Differential ADC Drivers
As applications engineers, we are constantly bombarded with a variety of questions about driving high-speed analog-to-digital converters (ADCs) with differential inputs. Indeed, selecting the right ADC driver and configuration can be challenging.
(ECNmag.com, 9/15/2009)
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Digital X-Ray Technology Improves Patient Experience and Physician Diagnostics
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ECG Detects T-Wave Alternans and Late Potential Waveforms
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Filter Design Tools and Wizards
Filters are common in electronic equipment. The common thread is the desire to pass some frequencies, while blocking others.
(ECNmag.com, August 13, 2009)
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High Performance Electrocardiogram (ECG) Signal Conditioning
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iCMOS - A Breakthrough in Industrial-Sector Electronics
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ICs for Low Power, Low Cost ECG Holter Monitors Support Standard Medical Wireless Bands
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Integrated Analog Front End (AFE) Contains Eight Ultrasound Receive Channels in a Single IC
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Low Cost, Low Power, High Performance AED
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Low Power Continuous Wave (CW) Doppler for Portable Ultrasound Systems
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Low-Power, Low-Voltage IC Choices for ECG System Requirements
(Analog Dialogue, Vol. 29, No. 3, 1995)
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Maximizing Eight-Channel Data-Acquisition System Performance Using a Single ADC Driver
This article shows how a single op amp can be used to drive the analog-to-digital converter (ADC) in an 8-channel data-acquisition system, reducing the cost and size of the overall system.
(ECN, July 23, 2009)
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Maximizing Eight-Channel Data-Acquisition System Performance Using a Single ADC Driver
This article shows how a single op amp can be used to drive the analog-to-digital converter (ADC) in an 8-channel data-acquisition system, reducing the cost and size of the overall system.
(ECN, July 23, 2009)
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New Components Offer Fexibility in Ultrasound System Design
Ultrasound applications require increasing number of channels, range, sensitivity, and low-noise performance; new ICs offer architectural choices for these tradeoffs.
(Planet Analog, Jan 13, 2009)
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PODCAST: Designing An Energy-Efficient Future
In an interview with Electronic Design Contributing Editor John Edwards, Analog Devices' John Perzow discusses today's low-power design challenges and what the semiconductor industry is doing to help companies introduce more energy efficient products.
(Electronic Design, July 15, 2009)
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Powering High-Speed A/D Converters with Switching Power Supplies
This article demonstrates that analog-to-digital converters can be powered directly from switching power supplies with no loss in performance if careful design practice is followed.
(Power Management DesignLine, May 2009)
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Processors for Ultrasound Improve Image Quality
Ultrasound equipment is best known for letting expectant mothers follow development of their babies. But many other ultrasound applications go beyond the classical OBGYN experience.
(Medical Design, March 1, 2009)
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Reduce Noise and Power Levels with Precision Data Acquisition Solution
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Semiconductors: The Heart of Next-Generation Medical Devices
Highly integrated chips are paving the way for smaller, more portable equipment.
(Design News, May 18, 2009)
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Simplifying Design of Industrial Process-Control Systems with PLC Evaluation Boards
PLC evaluation board applications for industrial process-control systems are diverse, ranging from simple traffic control to complex electrical power grids, from environmental control systems to oil-refinery process control.
(Industrial Control DesignLine, 8/24/09 - Part 1 and 9/3/09 - Part 1)
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Simplifying Design of Industrial Process-Control Systems with PLC Evaluation Boards (Part 1 of 2)
PLC evaluation board applications for industrial process-control systems are diverse, ranging from simple traffic control to complex electrical power grids, from environmental control systems to oil-refinery process control.
(Industrial Control DesignLine, 8/24/09)
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Solving Engineering Challenges in Ultrasound Systems Through Integration and Power Scaling
Understand the unique requirements and constraints of this signal chain, along with current expectations
(Planet Analog, 11/2/2009)
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The AD9271 - A Revolutionary Solution for Portable Ultrasound
(Analog Dialogue, Vol. 41, July 2007)
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Understanding Continuous-Time, Discrete-Time Sigma-Delta ADCs And Nyquist ADCs
Due to the high performance, efficiency, and ease of use of the CT-ΣΔ architecture, manufacturers of high-performance analog-to-digital converters (ADCs) are now bringing this converter architecture to market as a standard product.
(Electronic Design, February 20, 2009)
