EDN

DAC BASICS, Part 3: Static specifications

In DAC Basics DAC BASICS, Part 2: DAC Architectures, the coverage included three digital-to-analog converter (DAC) topologies (Figure 1): a) resistor string DAC, b) R-2R DAC and c) multiplying DAC ...
EDN

DAC BASICS, Part 2: DAC Architectures

In this series of DAC Basics, we start out by briefly discussing three architectures (Figure 1). This will give us a good frame of reference as we work through the critical digital-to-analog converter ...
Electronic Design

How to Determine ADC/DAC Performance for Digital Control Systems

Explore how digital feedback controllers manage motors, pressure, temperature, and more, and learn why ADC and DAC performance are crucial when designing robust embedded systems. How to define the ...
Design-Reuse

Specifying a PLL Part 1: Calculating PLL Clock Spur Requirements from ADC or DAC SFDR

It is common for an ADC or DAC to be required to meet a SFDR (spurious free dynamic range) specification. Definition: “Spurious-free dynamic range (SFDR) is the strength ratio of the fundamental ...
Electronic Design

Extract the Best AC Performance from Your Precision DAC

Sometimes it seems as though digital designers get all of the attention. In all of the excitement surrounding "gigaFLOPS," "22 nm," and such, there's still one crumb of comfort for we non-digital ...