The noise power ratio - Theory and ADC testing

Authors
Irons, FH Riley, KJ Hummels, DM Friel, GA
Citation
Fh. Irons et al., The noise power ratio - Theory and ADC testing, IEEE INSTR, 49(3), 2000, pp. 659-665
Citations number
3
Categorie Soggetti
Instrumentation & Measurement
Journal title
IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON INSTRUMENTATION AND MEASUREMENT
ISSN journal
00189456 → ACNP
Volume
49
Issue
3
Year of publication
2000
Pages
659 - 665
Database
ISI
SICI code
0018-9456(200006)49:3<659:TNPR-T>2.0.ZU;2-V
Abstract
This paper develops the theory behind the noise power ratio (NPR) testing o f analog-to-digital converters (ADC's), A mid-riser formulation is used for mathematical simplicity. Both simulated and measured results, using digita l-to-analog converter (DAC) generated signals, suggests that the uniformly distributed signal is more sensitive to amplitude dependent distortion.