ADC
ADC
ADC
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Representing a continuously varying
physical quantity by a sequence of discrete
numerical values.
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reference -
voltage
3 Basic Types
Digital-Ramp ADC
Successive Approximation ADC
Flash ADC
Conversion from analog to digital form
inherently involves comparator action
where the value of the analog voltage at
some point in time is compared with some
standard.
A common way to do that is to apply the
analog voltage to one terminal of a
comparator and trigger a binary counter
which drives a DAC.
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The output of the DAC is applied to the
other terminal of the comparator.
Since the output of the DAC is increasing
with the counter, it will trigger the
comparator at some point when its voltage
exceeds the analog input.
The transition of the comparator stops the
binary counter, which at that point holds the
digital value corresponding to the analog
voltage.
Conversion from analog to digital form
inherently involves comparator action
where the value of the analog voltage at
some point in time is compared with some
standard.
A common way to do that is to apply the
analog voltage to one terminal of a
comparator and trigger a binary counter
which drives a DAC.
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Much faster than the
digital ramp ADC
because it uses digital
logic to converge on
the value closest to
the input voltage.
A comparator and a
DAC are used in the
process.
If N is the number of bits in the
output word….
Then 2N comparators will be
required.