Slick transfer
What’s the correct buffer amplifier for a high speed a/d converter? By Joe Dipilato, Dan Terlep and Tanja Hofner.
The ideal digital receiver signal processing chain is an antenna, filter, low noise amplifier and an a/d converter, followed by digital demodulation and signal processing. Whilst this may be some years off, communications receivers have steadily eliminated frequency conversion stages, whilst placing greater importance on the front end a/d converter.
