Selecting the Optimum Test Tones and Test Equipment for Successful High-Speed ADC Sinewave Testing

Abstract: An earlier application note, "Coherent Sampling vs. Window Sampling," covered the basics of coherent sampling. It showed differences between tests performed with coherent sampling and windowed sampling conditions. The following technical discussion is a follow-up note, which deals with the proper selection of test tones and instruments to successfully test and evaluate a high-speed ADC's AC performance.
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High-Speed Signal Processing

Keywords: high-speed ADCs, analog to digital converters, coherent sampling, input test tone, sinewave testing, Dec 18, 2002
clock frequency, sampling frequency, equipment, low phase noise, signal generator, logic analyzer,
synthesizer, data acquisition software, MATLAB

APPLICATION NOTE 1819
Selecting the Optimum Test Tones and Test Equipment for
Successful High-Speed ADC Sinewave Testing


Abstract: An earlier application note, "Coherent Sampling vs. Window Sampling," covered the basics of
coherent sampling. It showed differences between tests performed with coherent sampling and windowed
sampling conditions. The following technical discussion is a follow