ADC modeling and testing

The testing of ADCs can be performed either with the aim of globally assessing the performance of the converter in response to a standard stimulus, or with the aim of setting up a model of ADC operation which may help in predicting the response to an arbitrary stimulus. The first approach can be used for rough comparisons of similar devices, while the development of effective ADC models opens the way to calibration. In this context, the paper reviews some recent results in the strictly related fields of modeling and testing.