EDN

Delta-sigma demystified: Basics behind high-precision conversion

At the heart of many precision measurement systems lies the delta-sigma converter, an architecture engineered for accuracy.
Medical Design & Outsourcing

Electrocardiography ADC architectures, trade-offs and use cases

Veterinary ECGs face added challenges, as muscle tremors, shivering and motion artifacts can easily dominate the signal.
EDN

Let’s Compare SAR & Δ-Σ Converters for a Mux’d DAS, Part 2

In part 1 of this series, we started looking at the differences between the successive approximation register (SAR) ADC and the delta-sigma (Δ-Σ) ADC. We looked at how they work and some advantages ...
Electronic Design

Power-Saving A/D Conversion for High-Accuracy Measurements

For power-saving or battery-operated measurement applications, combining a SAR ADC and instrumentation amplifier offers a better solution than a sigma-delta ADC/PGA combo due to its lower power ...
Nature

Photonic Analog-to-Digital Conversion

Photonic analog-to-digital conversion (ADC) represents a paradigm shift in signal processing by leveraging the inherent advantages of photonic devices to digitise analog signals. The approach aims to ...