CONCEPTUAL TOOLS

Neil E. Cotter

Associate Professor (Lecturer)

Electrical and Computer Engineering Dept

University of Utah

Last Updated: 3/29/18

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A/D and D/A Converters

A/D (Analog-to-Digital)

Sampling and aliasing

Sample and hold

Counting A/D

Successive approximation A/D

Dual-slope A/D

Flash A/D

Sample and hold waveforms

Aliasing and Nyquist theorem

Dual-slope converter

Flash converter

Successive approximation

D/A (Digital-to-Analog)

Weighted R D/A

R-2R ladder D/A

PWM (Pulse Width Modulated) D/A

Conversion spectrum