Advanced Techniques for High-Performance Analog-to-Digital Converters

从医学成像到智能手机，我们日常生活中的无数设备都依赖于一种称为模数转换器或简称ADC的专用电路。这些ADC在物理世界和数字计算机领域之间转换信号。不幸的是，先进的医疗诊断工具和个人通信系统的能力受到ADC及时执行信号转换的能力的限制。在这项研究计划中，正在探索大规模并行ADC，以克服信号转换瓶颈。预计这些大规模并行ADC将带来更快的转换速率，从而使新一代医疗成像系统具有更好的诊断能力，个人通信系统具有更好的用户体验。

From medical imaging to smart phones, a myriad of devices in our daily lives rely on a specialized circuit known as an analog-to-digital converter or ADC for short. These ADCs translate signals between the physical world and the realm of digital computers. Unfortunately, the capabilities of advanced medical diagnostic tools and personal communications systems are limited by the ADC's ability to perform the signal translations in a timely manner. In this research program, massively parallel ADCs are being explored to overcome the signal-translation bottleneck. It is anticipated that these massively parallel ADCs will lead to significantly faster translation rates, thereby enabling new generations of medical imaging systems with improved diagnostic capabilities and personal communication systems with a greatly improved user experience.