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Everything about SNDR
Signal-to-noise and distortion ratio
Signal-to-noise and distortion ratio (SNDR) is a term used for a set of measures of the quality of a signal from a communications device. These include SINAD and SINADR. Wikipedia →
🧭 Start here: a 6-step reading path
- Read the overview: SNDRA 5-minute orientation
- Skim a recent paper: A 14-b 20-MS/s 78.8 dB-SNDR Energy-Efficient SAR ADC With Background Mismatch Calibration and Noise-Reduction Techniques for Portable Medical Ultrasound SystemsInfluential work since 2022
- Read the landmark paper: A 90-MS/s 11-MHz-Bandwidth 62-dB SNDR Noise-Shaping SAR ADCCited 252 times
- Go sideways: Spurious-free dynamic rangeA closely related topic
- Go sideways: Sensitivity (electronics)A closely related topic
🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)
A 90-MS/s 11-MHz-Bandwidth 62-dB SNDR Noise-Shaping SAR ADC
A 78 dB SNDR 87 mW 20 MHz Bandwidth Continuous-Time $\Delta\Sigma$ ADC With VCO-Based Integrator and Quantizer Implemented in 0.13 $\mu$m CMOS
An Oversampling SAR ADC With DAC Mismatch Error Shaping Achieving 105 dB SFDR and 101 dB SNDR Over 1 kHz BW in 55 nm CMOS
A 2.8 GS/s 44.6 mW Time-Interleaved ADC Achieving 50.9 dB SNDR and 3 dB Effective Resolution Bandwidth of 1.5 GHz in 65 nm CMOS
A 1 mW 71.5 dB SNDR 50 MS/s 13 bit Fully Differential Ring Amplifier Based SAR-Assisted Pipeline ADC
A 480 mW 2.6 GS/s 10b Time-Interleaved ADC With 48.5 dB SNDR up to Nyquist in 65 nm CMOS
A 14b 80 MS/s SAR ADC With 73.6 dB SNDR in 65 nm CMOS
A 130 mW 100 MS/s Pipelined ADC With 69 dB SNDR Enabled by Digital Harmonic Distortion Correction
🆕 Influential since 2022
A 14-b 20-MS/s 78.8 dB-SNDR Energy-Efficient SAR ADC With Background Mismatch Calibration and Noise-Reduction Techniques for Portable Medical Ultrasound Systems
A 1.8–65 fJ/Conv.-Step 64-dB SNDR Continuous- Time Level Crossing ADC Exploiting Dynamic Self-Biasing Comparators
A 1.2-V 2.87-μ W 94.0-dB SNDR Discrete-Time 2–0 MASH Delta-Sigma ADC
An 84-dB-SNDR Low-OSR Fourth-Order Noise-Shaping SAR With an FIA-Assisted EF-CRFF Structure and Noise-Mitigated Push-Pull Buffer-in-Loop Technique
A 65-dB-SNDR Pipelined SAR ADC Using PVT-Robust Capacitively Degenerated Dynamic Amplifier
📚 Books worth reading
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🔗 Related topics
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- Sensitivity (electronics) The sensitivity of an electronic device, such as a communications system receiver, or detection device, such as a PIN diode, is the minimum magnitude of…
- Effective number of bits Effective number of bits (ENOB) is a measure of the real dynamic range of an analog-to-digital converter (ADC), digital-to-analog converter (DAC), or associated…
- Total harmonic distortion The total harmonic distortion (THD or THDi) is a measurement of the harmonic distortion present in a signal; THD is defined as the ratio of the sum of…
- Carrier-to-noise ratio In telecommunications, the carrier-to-noise ratio, often written CNR or C/N, is the signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) of a modulated signal. The term is used…
- Signal-to-noise ratio Signal-to-noise ratio (SNR or S/N) is a measure used in science and engineering that compares the level of a desired signal to the level of background…
- Signal-to-quantization-noise ratio Signal-to-quantization-noise ratio (SQNR or SNqR) is widely used quality measure in analysing digitizing schemes such as pulse-code modulation (PCM). The…
- Signal-to-noise ratio (imaging) Signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) is used in imaging to characterize image quality. The sensitivity of a (digital or film) imaging system is typically described…