Analog Devices Tutorial Index (Rev.

0, 2-22-2016)
Quantization and Sampling Theory

MT-001: Taking the Mystery out of the Infamous Formula,"SNR = 6.02N + 1.76dB" and Why You
Should Care

MT-229: Quantization Noise: An Expanded Derivation of the Equation, SNR = 6.02 N + 1.76 dB

MT-002: What the Nyquist Criterion Means to Your Sampled Data System Design

MT-009: Data Converter Codes—Can You Decode Them?

Converter Dynamic Specifications

MT-003: Understand SINAD, ENOB, SNR, THD, THD + N, and SFDR so You Don't Get Lost in the Noise
Floor

MT-004: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly Aspects of ADC Input Noise—Is No Noise Good Noise?

MT-005: Noise Power Ratio (NPR)

MT-006: ADC Noise Figure—An Often Misunderstood and Misinterpreted Specification

MT-007: Aperture Time, Aperture Jitter, Aperture Delay Time—Removing the Confusion

MT-008: Converting Oscillator Phase Noise to Time Jitter

MT-011: Find Those Elusive ADC Sparkle Codes and Metastable States

MT-012: Intermodulation Distortion Considerations for ADCs

MT-013: Evaluating High Speed DAC Performance

Converter DC Specifications

MT-010: The Importance of Data Converter Static Specifications—Don't Lose Sight of the Basics!

DAC Architectures

MT-014: Basic DAC Architectures I: String DACs and Thermometer (Fully Decoded) DACs

MT-015: Basic DAC Architectures II: Binary DACs

MT-016: Basic DAC Architectures III: Segmented DACs

MT-017: Oversampling Interpolating DACs

MT-018: Intentionally Nonlinear DACs

MT-019: DAC Interface Fundamentals

MT-091: Digital Potentiometers

ADC Architectures

MT-020: ADC Architectures I: The Flash Converter

MT-021: ADC Architectures II: Successive Approximation ADCs

MT-022: ADC Architectures III: Sigma-Delta ADC Basics

MT-023: ADC Architectures IV: Sigma-Delta ADC Advanced Concepts and Applications

MT-024: ADC Architectures V: Pipelined Subranging ADCs

MT-025: ADC Architectures VI: Folding ADCs

MT-026: ADC Architectures VII: Counting ADCs

MT-027: ADC Architectures VIII: Integrating ADCs

V/F, Optical, and Resolver-to-Digital Converters

MT-028: Voltage-to-Frequency Converters

MT-029: Optical Encoders

MT-030: Resolver-to-Digital Converters

Op Amp Basic Architectures

MT-032: Ideal Voltage Feedback (VFB) Op Amp

MT-033: Voltage Feedback Op Amp Gain and Bandwidth

MT-034: Current Feedback (CFB) Op Amps

MT-035: Op Amp Inputs, Outputs, Single-Supply, and Rail-to-Rail Issues

MT-036: Op Amp Output Phase-Reversal and Input Over-Voltage Protection

Op Amp Specifications

MT-037: Op Amp Input Offset Voltage

MT-038: Op Amp Input Bias Current

MT-039: Op Amp Total Output Offset Voltage Calculations

MT-040: Op Amp Input Impedance

MT-041: Op Amp Input and Output Common-Mode and Differential Voltage Range

MT-042: Op Amp Common-Mode Rejection Ratio (CMRR)

MT-043: Op Amp Power Supply Rejection Ratio (PSRR) and Supply Voltages
MT-044: Op Amp Open Loop Gain and Open Loop Gain Nonlinearity

MT-045: Op Amp Bandwidth and Bandwidth Flatness

MT-046: Op Amp Settling Time

MT-047: Op Amp Noise

MT-048: Op Amp Noise Relationships: 1/f Noise, RMS Noise, and Equivalent Noise Bandwidth

MT-049: Op Amp Total Output Noise Calculations for Single-Pole System

MT-050: Op Amp Total Output Noise Calculations for Second-Order System

MT-051: Current Feedback Op Amp Noise Considerations

MT-052: Op Amp Noise Figure: Don't Be Mislead

MT-053: Op Amp Distortion: HD, THD, THD + N, IMD, SFDR, MTPR

Precision Op Amps

MT-054: Precision Op Amps

MT-055: Chopper Stabilized (Auto-Zero) Precision Op Amps

High Speed Op Amp Techniques

MT-056: High Speed Voltage Feedback Op Amps

MT-057: High Speed Current Feedback Op Amps

MT-058: Effects of Feedback Capacitance on VFB and CFB Op Amps MT-059: Compensating for the
Effects of Input Capacitance on VFB and CFB Op Amps Used in Current-to-Voltage Converters

MT-060: Choosing Between Voltage Feedback (VFB) and Current Feedback (CFB) Op Amps

Instrumentation Amplifiers

MT-061: Instrumentation Amplifier (In-Amp) Basics

MT-062: Basic Two Op Amp In-Amp Configuration

MT-063: Basic Three Op Amp In-Amp Configuration

MT-064: In-Amp DC Error Sources

MT-065: In-Amp Noise

MT-066: In-Amp Bridge Circuit Error Budget Analysis

MT-067: Auto-Zero In Amps

MT-068: Difference and Current Sense Amplifiers

MT-069: In-Amp Input Overvoltage Protection

MT-070: In-Amp Input RFI Protection

Analog Isolation Amplifiers

MT-071: Analog Isolation Amplifiers

Variable Gain Amplifiers

MT-072: Precision Variable Gain Amplifiers (VGAs)

MT-073: High Speed Variable Gain Amplifiers (VGAs)

Differential Amplifiers

MT-074: Differential Drivers for Precision ADCs

MT-075: Differential Drivers for High Speed ADCs Overview

MT-076: Differential Driver Analysis

Log Amps

MT-077: Log Amp Basics

MT-078: High Frequency Log Amps

Multipliers, Mixers, Modulators

MT-079: Analog Multipliers

MT-080: Mixers and Modulators

RMS Converters

MT-081: RMS-to-DC Converters

MT-082: RF RMS Power Detectors (TruPwr™)

Comparators

MT-083: Comparators

MT-084: Using Op Amps As Comparators

Direct Digital Synthesis

MT-085: Fundamentals of Direct Digital Synthesis (DDS)

Phase Locked Loops

MT-086: Fundamentals of Phase Locked Loops (PLLs)

Converter Support Circuits

MT-087: Voltage References

MT-088: Analog Switches and Multiplexers Basics

MT-089: Video Multiplexers and Crosspoint Switches

MT-090: Sample-and-Hold Amplifiers

Converter Interfaces

MT-201: Interfacing FPGAs to an ADC Converter’s Digital Data Output

MT-228: High Speed ADC Analog Input Interface Considerations

Hardware Design Techniques

MT-031: Grounding Data Converters and Solving the Mystery of "AGND" and "DGND"

MT-092: Electrostatic Discharge (ESD)

MT-093: Thermal Design Basics

MT-094: Microstrip and Stripline Design

MT-095: EMI, RFI, and Shielding Concepts

MT-096: RFI Rectification Concepts

MT-097: Dealing with High-Speed Logic

MT-098: Low Voltage Logic Interfacing

MT-099: Analog Circuit Simulation

MT-100: Breadboarding and Prototyping Techniques MT-101: Decoupling Techniques

MT-200: Minimizing Jitter in ADC Clock Interfaces

MT-227: Operating a Typical High Speed ADC Evaluation Board Setup

MT-230: Noise Considerations in High Speed Converter Signal Chains

Filters

MT-202: Allpass Filters

MT-203: Bainter Notch Filters

MT-204: The Bessel Response

MT-205: Biquadratic (Biquad) Filters

MT-206: The Chebyshev Response

MT-208: Digitally Programmed State Variable Filter

MT-209: Dual Amplifier Band-Pass (DABP) Filter

MT-210: F0 and Q in Filters

MT-215: Low-Pass to Band-Pass Filter Transformation

MT-216: Low-Pass to Band-Reject (Notch) Filter Transformation

MT-217: Low-Pass to High-Pass Filter Transformation

MT-218: Multiple Feedback Band-Pass Design Example

MT-220: Multiple Feedback Filters

MT-222: Sallen-Key Filters

MT-223: State Variable Filters

MT-224: The Butterworth Response

MT-225: Twin T Notch Filter

General Amplifier Applications

MT-207: Amplifier Classes

MT-211: Full Wave Rectifier

MT-212: Half Wave Rectifier

MT-213: Inverting Amplifier

MT-214: Inverting Summing Amplifier