Calibration Techniques in Nyquist A/D Converters

Calibration Techniques in Nyquist A/D Converters analyses different A/D—converter architectures with an emphasis on the maximum achievable power efficiency. It is shown that in order to achieve high speed and high accuracy at high power efficiency, calibration is required. Calibration reduces the overall power consumption by using the available digital processing capability to relax the demands on critical power hungry analog components. Several calibration techniques are analyzed.

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