The distinction between analog and digital signals is very simple, but it can still be a challenge to wrap one's mind around the concepts that define the two systems. Just when you think you've got it ...

Analog and Mixed Signal Integrated Circuits (AMS ICs), which have many different components on a single chip, can now be integrated due to technological advancements. However, controllability and ...

Ultra-broadband analogue-to-digital converters (ADC) are key to a variety of applications in science and industry, ranging from high-speed communications 1 to radar and security 2 and to capturing of ...

Past columns have discussed sampling analog signals and analog-to-digital converter (ADC) technologies. In my experience, though, engineers who simply want to use ADCs rather than design with them, ...

The BlasterAmp [1] has proven useful to me in testing all sorts of analog-to-digital converter (ADC) circuits, even my digital oscilloscopes. While I mainly conceived it to test integrated ADCs in ...

Analog behavior is difficult to compress into simple pass/fail decisions that could reduce redundant coverage.

Here are some interesting points regarding Equation 1. First, there is no direct dependence on sample frequency. However, the integration of phase-noise to calculate jitter depends on the sample ...

How analog signal engineering is performed, in broad strokes. What are the component-selection considerations for new designs? What are VFAs and how are they used? Analog signal engineers specialize ...

RF absorption and PLL phase calibration help phased-array subsystems reduce clock spurs while preserving spectral purity and ...

In today’s radio plant, one of the biggest opportunities for air chain improvement is surprisingly simple: Remove analog ...