Electronic Design

Microchip's new SAR ADC family enables high-speed, high-resolution conversion in harsh environments

CHANDLER, AZ—To address applications that demand higher-speed and higher-resolution analog-to-digital conversion, Microchip Technology Inc. has announced 12 new Successive Approximation Register (SAR) ...
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Multichannel SAR ADC offers high resolution, low noise

Housed in a 32-lead, 5×5-mm QFN package, the LTC2373-18 from Linear Technology is an eight-channel successive-approximation register (SAR) ADC that provides 18-bit resolution with no missing codes and ...
Embedded

Using input-referred noise to improve analog-to-digital converter resolution

All analog-to-digital converters (ADCs) have a certain amount ofinput-referred noise. In most cases,less input noise is better. There are some cases, however, where inputnoise can actually be helpful ...
EDN

Understanding noise, ENOB, and effective resolution in ADCs

One of the major trends for ADCs is the movetoward higher resolution. The trend affectsa range of applications, including factoryautomation, temperature sensing, and dataacquisition. The need for ...