High-performance data converters: Trends, process technologies and design challenges

High-performance electronic systems use more and more use high-performance data converters for improving and shaping the architecture and opening new application perspectives. The current and future trend depends on old and new factors that include global economy, technology evolution and marketing. All these elements are driving forces and create new challenges for the designer that answer the requests of new applications by exploiting the advantages and limiting the drawbacks due to the amazing growth of process technologies.