EDN

Sigma-delta modulation improves resolution in programmable interrupt controller analog outputs

One popular way to reconstruct analog signals in microcontrollers (µCs) is through pulse width modulation (PWM). However, this modulation produces a large number of harmonic components, which limits ...
Electronic Design

What’s the Difference Between SAR and Delta-Sigma ADCs?

This file type includes high-resolution graphics and schematics when applicable. Today, almost every electronic product contains an analog-to-digital converter (ADC). When designing a new product, one ...
Electronic Design

What’s The Difference Between Continuous-Time And Discrete-Time Delta-Sigma ADCs?

This file type includes high resolution graphics and schematics when applicable. Yet recently, continuous-time delta-sigma ADCs have gained popularity in technical journals and the industry. They have ...
Embedded

Leveraging FPGA and CPLD digital logic to implement analog to digital converters

Designers of digital systems are familiar with implementing the 'leftovers' of their digital design by using FPGAs and CPLDs to glue together various processors, memories, and standard function ...
EDN

Essential principles for practical analog BIST

For almost 20 years, researchers and semiconductormanufacturers have been trying to developa practical analog BIST (built-in self-test) formixed-signal ICs. By enabling mixed-signal ICtesting on ...