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Analog-to-Digital Converter Performance Signoff
Analog-to-digital converters (ADCs) are key building blocks in wireless communications and many other applications. This white paper describes ADC performance signoff with AFS transient noise at a leading provider of 3G, 4G and next-generation wireless technologies. Highlights include:
• ADC noise analysis challenges
• Description of previous ADC noise analysis methodology
• Details on new signoff methodology
High-Performance ADC Simulation at the CERN Large Hadron Collider
The ATLAS Experiment at the CERN Large Hadron Collider required the design of a custom ADC. The ADC developed for this application is a dual-channel 12-bit ADC test chip, in which each channel consists of four pipeline stages to resolve the four most significant bits, followed by an 8-bit successive-approximation-register (SAR) ADC. Learn about the extensive chip simulations performed during the design phase that led to high confidence of success at the tape-out stage in this white paper.
Overcoming SerDes Design and Simulation Challenges - Part 1
The concept of taking a parallel stream of data, converting it to a serial stream, and then converting back to a parallel stream sounds easy. However, the simulation of Serializer/Deserializer (SerDes) devices presents unique simulation challenges. Read this new white paper to learn about overcoming 6 SerDes design and simulation challenges.
