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Signal Chain Basics # 122: Traditional RF device specifications for RF sampling data converters

Recent advances in high-speed data converters now digitize or generate signals directly at radio frequencies up to several gigahertz, replacing traditional radio frequency (RF) components like mixers, ...
WTNH

Spectrum Instrumentation launches DDC processing to convert RF signals down to baseband signals

Fig. 1: A Spectrum M5i digitizer and frequency domain screenshots of a 702 MHz signal before and after DDC. Data is continuously streamed at 12.8 GB/s to a GPU for on-the-fly processing prior to ...
Electronic Design

Noise Considerations in ADC Signal Chains

Many noise sources can plague high-speed radio-frequency (RF) analog signal chains, making design considerations that much more challenging. Both megahertz and sub-terahertz sampling-rate converters ...
EDN

Signal Chain Basics #118: Time-interleaving high-speed ADCs

Editor’s note: I am pleased to bring you the next edition of TI’s Signal Chain Basics, authored by one of the most talented RF/High Speed Systems guys with whom I have ever worked—Robert Keller. Enjoy ...