ECE203 - Lecture 12: Low-Power ADCs

Lecture 12 in UCSD's biomedical integrated circuits and systems course.

In this lecture we introduce the concept of analog to digital converters, and briefly discuss where they fit in to typical biomedical systems. Then, we discuss several common ADC structures such as flash, pipeline, and SAR. We conclude with some brief remarks on how to make a SAR ADC energy efficient.