analog-to-digital converters (ADCs) operate differently. Their analog inputs are voltage-input-sensitive devices that leave radio-frequency (RF) engineers scratching their heads about how to match the ADC to the analog inputs.
The use of gold (Au) finish on military and space qualified parts provides useful protection to the base material of leads during storage of the parts. The use of a gold layer over the barrier metal on the lead avoids the appearance of corrosion.
The Analog to digital converters (ADC´s) convert a continuous time and amplitude analog signal to discrete time and amplitude digital signal. The conversion involves quantization of the input, (error/noise source) and sampling the input (signal BW limitation)
While the trend of increasing semiconductor content has been evident for the past 30 years, the big jump in 2017 and 2018 was primarily due to the huge surge in DRAM and NAND flash
As a continuation of our previous post “Low Voltage Differential Signaling (LVDS) overview” it is shown a brief comparison between some LVDS drivers and receivers for high reliability and space application from different manufacturers
In modern space applications, where a lot of missions recover an enormous amount of data, it is extremely important to have an efficient data acquisition system. These systems take data which is digitalized and then processed in various ways. Once processed, the data is sent to a DAC in order to convert it into analog signals.