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Article #22606Re: Why no "1-bit" ADC or DAC chips available?
From: Wayne Smith
Date: Mon, 30 Nov 1992 20:20
Date: Mon, 30 Nov 1992 20:20
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>Excuse me, but, by ADC and DAC, do you mean Analog-2-digital convertor, >and digital-2-analog converter? If so, why would anyone make a whole-chip >1-bit convertor. If not, what are you talking about? For one thing, I don't think there such a thing as a 1-bit ADC, because the ADC process does not employ the 1 bit process, (unless id does so internally as a successive approximation converter). What he is asking is is there a commercially available (small qty) 1 bit DAC, as these are now widely available in CD players. >Why would anyone make a whole-chip 1-bit convertor. ??? These are 8 or 12 or 16 (or more) bit ADC's that compute an output voltage in a bit-wise manner, instead of the traditional ladder-type resistor circuit. They (supposedly) offer better linearity and mono-tonicity than the regular kind of ADC, but I doubt that they make an audible difference in CD players...
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