Analog-to-Digital Converters and Their Applications in Radio Receivers: Rapid advances in hardware development of analog-to-digital converters (ADCs) have paved the way for development of radio receivers using digitization at the IF, and in some cases, at the RF. The constraints placed on these receivers due to hardware limitations of these devices are discussed and some examples of high-speed, state-of-the-art ADCs are given

IEEE Communications Magazine

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 1995, Pages 39-45

  Wepman, Jeffery A ^a  

^a US Department of Commerce   (United States)

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EID: 84933372021     PISSN: 01636804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/35.393000     Document Type: Article

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