Crunching FFTs with Microsoft Excel

Abstract:Thisapplicationnotedemonstrateshowtoquicklyverifythedynamicperformanceofanyanalog-to-digitalconverter(ADC)withoutrequiringexpensivedata-processingsoftware.AlthoughMicrosoft®Excel®limitsthenumberofdatapointsto4096,thisapplicationnoteshowsthesuccessfuluseofExcelforFFTprocessinganddisplayingtheresultsinatypicalFFTspectrum.Maxim>DesignSupport>AppNotes>A/DandD/AConversion/SamplingCircuits>APP3292Maxim>DesignSupport>AppNotes>Basestations/WirelessInfrastructure>APP3292Maxim>DesignSupport>AppNotes>High-SpeedSignalProcessing>APP3292Keywords:fastfouriertransform,FFT,analog-to-digitalconverter,ADC,coherentsampling,SNR,THD,SINAD,SFDR,single-toneFFT,fourieranalysis,Excel,Excel2003,Excel2007Aug06,2004APPLICATIONNOTE3292CrunchingFFTswithMicrosoftExcelAbstract:Thisapplicationnotedemonstrateshowtoquicklyverifythedynamicperformanceofanyanalog-to-digitalconverter(ADC)withoutrequiringexpensivedata-processings