Abstract
Nowadays, data converters are considered one of themost relevant blocks in electronics, having a large amount of applications. In the last years, a fast trend in different fields, such as in digital processing and in semiconductor industry, boosted the performance of analog-to-digital converters (ADCs) and of digital-to-analog converters (DACs).
In this chapter a concise historical perspective and a brief background related to ADCs is given. The main architectures are referred, emphasizing the operationmode of successive approximation ADCs (SAR-ADCs) and of sigma-delta (\(\Sigma \Delta \)) ADCs, taking into account their current relevance. Additionally, and given the purpose of this book, the usage of thin film technologies in circuits is analyzed, especially when they are applied in ADCs.
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The opposite function, conversion from a digital signal into an analog signal is also extremely relevant in this field. However, digital-to-analog converters (DACs) will not be explored in this book.
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It is extremely relevant to emphasize that, to the best of the authors’ knowledge, and up to date no kind of reference was found regarding the use of oxide semiconductors TFTs in designing (\(\Sigma \Delta \)) ADCs.
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Correia, A., Barquinha, P.M.C., Goes, J. (2016). Analog-to-Digital Converters. In: A Second-Order ΣΔ ADC Using Sputtered IGZO TFTs. SpringerBriefs in Electrical and Computer Engineering. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-27192-7_4
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