Aperture Jitter Calculator for ADCs

Abstract:ThisapplicationnoteclarifiestheoperationandapplicationsoftheMaximJitterCalculatorprovidedaspartoftheADCdesigntools.ThisdocumentassumesthatthereaderhasabasicunderstandingofterminologyandconceptsrelatedtoADCs(Formoreinformation,seeapplicationnote641,"ADCandDACGlossary.")Maxim>AppNotes>A/DandD/AConversion/SamplingCircuitsHigh-SpeedSignalProcessingKeywords:ADCApertureJitterCalculatorSNRSep08,2009APPLICATIONNOTE4466ApertureJitterCalculatorforADCsAbstract:ThisapplicationnoteclarifiestheoperationandapplicationsoftheMaximJitterCalculatorprovidedaspartoftheADCdesigntools.ThisdocumentassumesthatthereaderhasabasicunderstandingofterminologyandconceptsrelatedtoADCs(Formoreinformation,seeapplicationnote641,"ADCandDACGlossary.")IntroductionTheMaximJitterCalculatorisintendedforusewithADCsthathaveaclock-based,input-samplingscheme(sample/track-and-hold(T/H)front-end)foracquisitionofdynamicinputsignals