Analog-to-digital converters: A comparative study and performance analysis

Analog-to-Digital Converters (ADCs) are critical components of biomedical, communications and signal processing systems which require low power consumption and high conversion efficiency and are used to convert the real world signal to digital signal for the purpose of processing. In this paper various state-of-the-art ADC's including experimental converters, have been explored keeping in mind their application requirements. A comparative study of these ADC's, keeping in mind the various performance parameters like power consumption, resolution, sampling rate has also been presented, providing an insight into their shortcomings.