Electronic Design

Fast ADC Facilitates Direct RF Sampling at Higher Frequencies (.PDF Download)

The critical component in all digital communications receivers is the analog-to-digital converter (ADC). The ADC sampling rate, bandwidth, and noise tolerance establishes the specifications and ...
EDN

RF-sampling ADCs for multiband receivers

Editor’s note: Here is another ‘Golden nugget’ from my former TI colleague from my days at TI. I recommend that you observe Keller’s insights—he is an expert in the RF arena. High-speed data ...
Electronic Design

High-Speed RF Sampling ADC Boosts Bandwidth, Dynamic Range

This file type includes high-resolution graphics and schematics when applicable. Modern telecommunications applications like 4G Long Term Evolution (LTE) systems as well as forthcoming 5G systems use ...
EDN

Breakthrough Direct RF-Sampling ADCs from National Semiconductor Revolutionize Radio Architectures

The ADC12Dxx00RF family includes five 12-bit ADCs that enable system designers to eliminate multiple intermediate frequency (IF) down-conversion stages including amplifiers, mixers and filters. A ...
Semiconductor Engineering

Open RAN Direct RF Sampling Radio Transceiver Architectures For Massive MIMO

With the exponential increase in wireless traffic, mobile networks are transformed into more software-driven, virtualized, flexible, intelligent, and energy efficient systems. These trends have ...