Measuring and evaluating dynamic ADC parameters - Dynamic ADC testing, Part 2

ANALOG-TO-DIGITAL converters (ADCs) represent the link between analog and digital worlds in receivers (Rxs), test equipment, and other electronic devices. As outlined last month in Part 1 of this article series, a number of key dynamic parameters provide a fairly accurate correlation of the performance to be expected from a particular ADC. In this concluding article installment, some of the test setups and measurement procedures for testing the dynamic parameters of high-speed ADCs will be presented. This installment will describe the required software tools, hardware configurations, and test instruments needed to evaluate a 10-b, +3-VDC converter-family example.