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The application area for waveform analysis instruments is considerably extended by the use of digitised signals and the signal processing capabilities of microcomputers. Wide band signals require digital to analogue converters with fast conversion rates, and techniques are available which achieve conversion times to 8-bit accuracy as low as a few nanoseconds. Various constraints are imposed on the signal processing algorithms by the quantisation of the analogue input signals. Two applications selected from a wide range are semiconductor device testing and signal spectral analysis.
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Jackson, R.D., Prendergast, E.J. (1983). Microcomputer-Based Waveform Analyzers and their Applications. In: Tzafestas, S.G. (eds) Microprocessors in Signal Processing, Measurement and Control. International Series on Microprocessor-Based Systems Engineering, vol 1. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-7007-6_5
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