Alexandria

University
Faculty of engineering

Comparison between ADC

types

-: Name
Mohammed Abdel-Fattah
. Abdel-Hameed Halaby

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cost

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Resolution

-3
speed
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conversio
n time

Counter
Flash type Tracking Pipeline
Type ADC ADC
type ADC d ADC
type
Low because of Expensive
low
low
less complexity
.in design
we could build
that ADC type
with any
precision we
need

Min. 4 bit
Max. 10 bit

Medium
resolution
(8-12 bits)

Low, start
from zero
every time
is varied
2n Clock Period
for Full Scale
input

Ultra high
speed

Medium fast High

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T * ( 2n - 1 )
Conversion Also it's max.
.time equ
conv. Time

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effect of
noise

Min. 8 bit
Max. 14 bit

speed

Fast conversion is varied

time due to
2n Clock
parallel process Period for Full
Scale input

T * ( 2n - 1 )
Also it's
max. conv.
Time

Parallel

Sigma
-Delta
Low cost

come in 16 to
24-bit
resolution
high

Dual Slope Successive

Integrating - ApproxiADC
mation
Low cost

High
resolution
(10-20 bits)
Low

Higher cost
than dual
slope
integrating

Medium
resolution
(8-16 bits)

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Resolution

speed

2n 2

Excellent
Noise
Rejection

cost

Higher speed -3

maximum
Fixed
conversion of conversion
2 2n clock
time
cycles, n is no.
of bits

has
better noise
rejection than
many others

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-4
conversio
n time

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Conversion
.time equ

Highly
susceptible to
,noise
must pre-filter

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effect of
noise

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