An efficient pre-processing scheme to enhance resolution in band-pass signals acquisition

IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement

Volumn 61, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 2932-2940

  Angrisani, Leopoldo ^a   D'Arco, Mauro ^a   Ianniello, Giacomo ^a   Vadursi, Michele ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES PARTHENOPE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Band pass filtering; data acquisition systems (DAS); effective number of bits (ENOB); enhanced resolution; signal to noise and distortion ratios (SINAD)

Indexed keywords

BAND PASS; BAND PASS FILTERING; DATA ACQUISITION SYSTEM; DATA STREAM; EFFECTIVE NUMBER OF BITS; EXPERIMENTAL TEST; INPUT SIGNAL; PRE-PROCESSING; PROCESSING TIME; RESOLUTION IMPROVEMENT; SIGNAL TO NOISE AND DISTORTION RATIO; SIGNALS ACQUISITIONS;

BANDPASS FILTERS;

SIGNAL PROCESSING;

EID: 84867573977     PISSN: 00189456     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TIM.2012.2202188     Document Type: Article

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