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The Next Step Towards Ideal A/D and D/A Converters

Authors: Dijkmans, E. C.; Naus, P. J. A.

AES Conference: 7th International Conference: Audio in Digital Times · Paper 7-015 · May 1989

Abstract

Though conversion of analog audio signals to and from digital data is supposed to be a mature technology, the correlation between audibility and type of imperfection in the converted signal is only partly covered. Test signals from available records explore only a small part of the converter characteristic with sufficient detail. Bias-dependent glitches, slew-rate distortion, noise-switching, clock-jitter and crosstalk which can seriously degrade the signal are mostly ignored. Especially low signal level reproduction requires differential linearity to be much better than usually specified.

Details

Published in
AES Conference: 7th International Conference: Audio in Digital Times
Paper number
7-015
Publication date
May 6, 1989
Session subject
Audio in Digital Times
Affiliation
Philips Research Laboratories, Eindhoven, The Netherlands (See document for exact affiliation information.)
Type
Conference Paper