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8. Look-Up Tables, Dithering and Volterra Series for ADC Improvements

Authors : Henrik Lundin, Peter Händel

Published in: Design, Modeling and Testing of Data Converters

Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg

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This chapter gives an introduction and an overview to correction methods for analog-to-digital converters (ADCs), including methods that are implemented using look-up tables, the method known as dithering, and methods that are based on a mathematical model of the ADC.

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Title: Look-Up Tables, Dithering and Volterra Series for ADC Improvements
Authors: Henrik Lundin
Peter Händel
Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Book: Design, Modeling and Testing of Data Converters
Print ISBN: 978-3-642-39654-0

Electronic ISBN: 978-3-642-39655-7

Copyright Year: 2014
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-39655-7_8