Title : 
A dual 4-bit, 1.5 Gs/s analog to digital converter
         
        
            Author : 
Garuts, V.E. ; Traa, E.O. ; Yu, Y. C S ; Yamaguchi, T.
         
        
            Author_Institution : 
Tektronix Inc., Beaverton, OR, USA
         
        
        
        
        
        
            Abstract : 
A dual 4-bit analog-to-digital converter with Nyquist operation to 1.5 Gs/s and -29 dBc distortion at 1 GHz is presented. An integral digital-to-analog converter was included to observe the performance of the quantizer front end, and also to let the chip be used in a dual-rank digitizer
         
        
            Keywords : 
analogue-digital conversion; bipolar integrated circuits; digital integrated circuits; 1 GHz; 4 bit; Nyquist operation; analog to digital converter; bipolar circuit; distortion; dual 4-bit ADC; dual-rank digitizer; integral digital-to-analog converter; quantizer front end; Analog-digital conversion; Circuit synthesis; Circuit testing; Delay; Digital-analog conversion; Driver circuits; Error correction codes; Latches; Logic; Switches;
         
        
        
        
            Conference_Titel : 
Bipolar Circuits and Technology Meeting, 1988., Proceedings of the 1988
         
        
            Conference_Location : 
Minneapolis, MN
         
        
        
            DOI : 
10.1109/BIPOL.1988.51065