ADC: Analog Digital Converters Successive Approximation Register (SAR)

Where you find ADCs

Successive Approximation Register (SAR)

Sample and Hold Amplifier (SHA)

Cap charges to input voltage HOLDS it.

Time to Settle Down

Sets max speed of SHA

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Advantages of SAR ADC

Accurate

Relatively Small

Sampling Rate

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www.maximintegrated.com/en/app-notes/index.mvp/id/1080• http://

www.analog.com/static/imported-files/tutorials/MT-090.pdf

• Sunix.com• Neil Young (Sample and Hold) https://

www.youtube.com/watch?v=vgjnHdsQFZM• The Samples (Nothing lasts for long)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WURwbU2Gd64