1. Market
1.1 Breakdown of needs and solutions
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Requirements
Requirements are virtually unlimited, in terms of frequency, bandwidth and resolution.
It's obvious that an ADC and/or DAC with 120 dB dynamic range, speeds in excess of gigahertz, power consumption of a tenth of a watt and a cost of less than €1 would solve many conversion problems. These components do not yet exist, but we must remember that there are other limitations, such as data transfer and processing which, beyond several hundred megahertz or millions of conversions per second (MIPS), become expensive or even difficult around 1 GHz, and cost in power dissipation.
An approach to the theoretical and practical limits of converters...
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Bibliography
Software tools
On the Analog Devices Inc. website, a number of analog-to-digital and digital-to-analog simulation tools and models are available. These range from simple 'on-line' theoretical simulations on their site, to complex models that can be interfaced with tools such as Mathlab, Simulink from The MathWorks and ADS from Agilent.
Time and spectral domains are accessible.
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Websites
On the websites of major manufacturers, under the keywords below, you'll find a wealth of documentation, publications and online videos, ranging from basic knowledge to product details.
The simulation tools provided are also excellent ways of understanding and using the components.
All in English.
Keywords: Application notes, FAQs, Handbooks, Knowledge...
Events
ISCC and Imec organize annual conferences at which, among other things, results on data conversion are regularly presented.
ISCC: International Solid-State Circuits Conference. Website: http://isscc.org/
Imec (Interuniversity Microelectronics Centre). Website: http://www.imec.be
...Standards and norms
There are standards or projects on CANs and NACs, but to my knowledge, their use is never cited by manufacturers.
This is probably due to the dynamism of manufacturers and the specificity of each market segment addressed.
Project DYNAD still has a home page on the Internet, but no changes since 2002. (SMT4-CT98-2214 2002)
DYNAD: Methods and...
Directory
Manufacturers – Suppliers – Distributors (non-exhaustive list)
Analog Devices Inc. http://www.analog.com
Broadcom Corporation http://www.broadcom.com
Statistical and economic data
Databeans http://www.databeans.net
IC Insights, Inc. http://www.icinsights.com
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