Signals-from-Noise
A semi-regular column dedicated to helping engineers make
sense of it all
Introduction
It's my pleasure to introduce Dave Van Ess and his new column Signals-from-Noise. When we published his article "Comparator Hysteresis In A Nutshell" early in 2006, it was pretty apparent that experience as an applications engineer had given his fertile mind some rather unique insights on the art of electronics. So when Dave approached me with the idea of doing a semi-regular column in analogZONE, I jumped at the chance.
I am still not sure of what exactly Dave has in mind for his columns (and I'm not sure that Dave does either), but you'll enjoy his lively, offbeat style and ability to explain subtle technical concepts in plain English. And whatever he decides to write about, you can be sure that he will share the valuable experience he's picked up from his years as a design engineer and an applications engineer, two jobs where you get to know how circuits really work, as opposed to how the text books and specification sheets say they do.
While it's a good bet that some of the topics you'll see here may not appear to be directly related to the digital-heavy environment of the interconnect world, so much of what's essential to making a high-speed digital design work well goes on below the ones-and-zeroes level. That's why I think that whatever thei field of expertise is, most readers at connectivityZONE will really enjoy the insights Dave provides.
Signals-from-Noise
Single-Bit ADCs in a Nutshell - Part III
by Dave Van Ess, Principal Application Engineer, Cypress Semiconductor
In our last installment, we explored how to
build delta-sigma modulators, handy little devices that convert an analog
input into digital densities. Now we're going to put them to use as building
blocks that let us construct several different kinds of ADCs that you'll
find interesting, and maybe even useful for your work.
...download complete article here (314kb PDF file)
...download complete Part II here (242kb PDF file)
...download complete Part I here (192kb PDF file)
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