Practical Analog Design Techniques SECTION 1 SINGLE-SUPPLY AMPLIFIERS Rail-to-Rail Input Stages Rail-to-Rail Output Stages Single-Supply Instrumentation Amplifiers SECTION 2 HIGH SPEED OP AMPS Driving Capacitive Loads Cable Driving Single-Supply Considerations Application Circuits SECTION 3 HIGH RESOLUTION SIGNAL CONDITIONING ADCs Sigma-Delta ADCs High Resolution, Low Frequency Measurement ADCs SECTION 4 HIGH SPEED SAMPLING ADCs ADC Dynamic Considerations Selecting the Drive Amplifier Based on ADC Dynamic Performance Driving Flash Converters Driving the AD9050 Single-Supply ADC Driving ADCs with Switched Capacitor Inputs Gain Setting and Level Shifting External Reference Voltage Generation ADC Input Protection and Clamping Applications for Clamping Amplifiers Noise Considerations in High Speed Sampling ADC Applications SECTION 5 UNDERSAMPLING APPLICATIONS Fundamentals of Undersampling Increasing ADC SFDR and ENOB using External SHAs Use of Dither Signals to Increase ADC Dynamic Range Effect of ADC Linearity and Resolution on SFDR and Noise in Digital Spectral Analysis Applications Future Trends in Undersampling ADCs SECTION 6 MULTICHANNEL APPLICATIONS Data Acquisition System Considerations Multiplexing Filtering Considerations for Data Acquisition Systems SHA and ADC Settling Time Requirements in Multiplexed Applications Complete Data Acquisition Systems on a Chip Multiplexing into Sigma-Delta ADCs Simultaneous Sampling Systems Data Distribution Systems using Multiple DACs SECTION 7 OVERVOLTAGE EFFECTS ON ANALOG INTEGRATED CIRCUITS Amplifier Input Stage Overvoltage Amplifier Output Voltage Phase Reversal Understanding and Protecting Integrated Circuits from Electrostatic Discharge (ESD) SECTION 8 DISTORTION MEASUREMENTS High Speed Op Amp Distortion High Frequency Two-Tone Generation Using Spectrum Analyzers in High Frequency Low Distortion Measurements Measuring ADC Distortion using FFTs FFT Testing Troubleshooting the FFT Output Analyzing the FFT Output SECTION 9 HARDWARE DESIGN TECHNIQUES Prototyping Analog Circuits Evaluation Boards Noise Reduction and Filtering for Switching Power Supplies Low Dropout References and Regulators EMI/RFI Considerations Sensors and Cable Shielding |