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ADC For NDET

This document discusses different types of analog-to-digital converters (ADCs). It describes flash ADCs, digital ramp ADCs, successive approximation ADCs, and tracking ADCs. For each type it provides details on their working principles, advantages, and limitations. Key aspects covered include conversion speed, resolution, sampling frequency, step recovery, and how design factors like component counts and feedback loops impact performance.

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ADC For NDET

This document discusses different types of analog-to-digital converters (ADCs). It describes flash ADCs, digital ramp ADCs, successive approximation ADCs, and tracking ADCs. For each type it provides details on their working principles, advantages, and limitations. Key aspects covered include conversion speed, resolution, sampling frequency, step recovery, and how design factors like component counts and feedback loops impact performance.

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Chaminda Abeysiri Narayana
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(ADC)

Prepared By
M.Barathy
Types
• Flash ADC or Parallel ADC
• Digital ramp ADC or Stair Step-ramp ADC or
Counter ADC
• Successive approximation ADC
• Tracking ADC
• Slope (integrating) ADC
• Delta-Sigma (ΔΣ) ADC
Flash ADC or Parallel ADC
Flash ADC or Parallel ADC
Flash ADC or Parallel ADC
Flash ADC or Parallel ADC

• If the input voltage exceeds the reference


voltage
• Comparator output will be high
• Priority encoder gives the corresponding
output
Flash ADC or Parallel ADC

• Highest speed available ADC


• Non-linear output (depends on the resistor
value)
• No any other ADC doesn't have this features
• Simple
• Speed depends on the gate propagation
delay and comparator delay(but normally
referred as highest speed ADC)
• So speed is adjustable
Flash ADC or Parallel ADC

• No clock signal
• Conversion takes place continuously
• So speed is high
Flash ADC or Parallel ADC

• Major drawback is bulky


• More components
• If the output bit increases component
doubles
Digital ramp ADC or Stair Step-ramp ADC or Counter
ADC
Digital ramp ADC or Stair Step-ramp ADC or
Counter ADC

• Free running counter starts counting first


• Counter output is converted to analog through DAC
• Then compared with input
• If the input voltage become lower than DAC output
• Counting will stop using asynchronous output
• Same time shift register also stops and show the
counter output as out
Digital ramp ADC or Stair Step-ramp ADC
or Counter ADC
Digital ramp ADC or Stair Step-ramp ADC
or Counter ADC
Digital ramp ADC or Stair Step-ramp ADC
or Counter ADC

• Output doesn’t come in a regular interval


• Ie sampling frequency is not constant
• Every time have to start from zero
Successive approximation ADC
Successive approximation ADC

• SAR is a special register


• It makes MSB to high
• It will compare with Vin
• If Vin is high SAR will make 2nd MSB to high
• If it low SAR makes 3rd MSB to high
• Trial and fit method
• It will continue until Vin equal to DAC out
Successive approximation ADC
Successive approximation ADC

• Every time one cycle of bit format is


repeating
• Sampling frequency is same
• Speed is high
Tracking ADC
Tracking ADC

• If the comparator output is low


• Up counting will proceed
• If the comparator output is high
• Down counting will proceed
• No resetting
• High speed
• No stable output
• Output have to be taken every reducing time
Tracking ADC
Practical Considerations
• Resolution
– How many bits comes from the output
– If more bits price high
– If more bits accuracy high
– Depends on the practical use
• Sampling Frequency
– Speed of the converter
• Step recovery
Sampling Frequency
Sampling Frequency
• If the sampling frequency is low
• Cause missing of analog signal
• Digital output fails to reproduce analog
• The highest frequency of the analog signal is
defined by Nyquest Frequency
• Which should be half of the sampling
frequency (ADC speed)
• Fs/2 ≥ input signal frequency
Step Recovery
• How quickly an ADC changes its output
• to match a large, sudden change in the analog
input.
• In some converter technologies especially,
• step recovery is a serious limitation.
• One example is the tracking converter,
• which has a typically fast update period
• but having slow step recovery.

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