ENOB: The Best Digitizer Performance Metric

March 26, 2024

This article describes measurement of the Dynamic Parameters and presents measurements for a leading edge GaGe 12-bit Digitizer.

While the nominal vertical resolution of a high-speed waveform digitizer (specified in bits) is often promoted, its true performance is provided by its measured Dynamic Parameters and in particular by its Effective Number of Bits (ENOB). This article describes measurement of the Dynamic Parameters and presents measurements for a leading edge GaGe 12-bit Digitizer

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