Circuit Note
CN-0350 
 
Circuits from the Lab reference designs are engineered and 
tested for quick and easy system integration to help solve todays 
analog, mixed-signal, and RF design challenges. For more 
information and/or support, visit www.analog.com/CN0350. 
Devices Connected/Referenced 
AD8608 
Precision, Low Noise, Quad CMOS, Rail 
to Rail Input/Output Op Amp  
AD7091R  1 MSPS, Ultralow Power, 12-Bit ADC  
12-Bit, 1 MSPS, Single-Supply, Two-Chip Data Acquisition System for 
Piezoelectric Sensors  
 
EVALUATION AND DESIGN SUPPORT 
Circuit Evaluation Boards 
CN0350 Circuit Evaluation Board (EVAL-CN0350-PMDZ)  
SDP/PMD Interposer board (SDP-PMD-IB1Z) 
System Demonstration Platform (EVAL-SDP-CB1Z) 
Design and Integration Files  
Schematics, Layout Files, Bill of Materials 
CIRCUIT FUNCTION AND BENEFITS 
The circuit shown in Figure 1 is a 12-bit, 1 MSPS data 
acquisition system utilizing only two active devices.  
 
The system processes charge input signals from piezoelectric 
sensors using a single 3.3 V supply and has a total error of less 
than 0.25% FSR after calibration over a 10C temperature 
range, making it ideal for a wide variety of laboratory and 
industrial measurements.  
The small footprint of the circuit makes this combination an 
industry-leading solution for data acquisition systems where 
accuracy, speed, cost, and size play a critical role.  
 
 
 
Figure 1. Charge Input Single Supply Data Acquisition System for Piezoelectric Sensors (All Connections and Decoupling Not Shown) 
 
 
 
TP1
C
CAL
1nF
  C2
1nF
C8
4.7nF
C9
1F
4
J1
3
2
1
TP2   TP3
R3
100M
  R1
10k
R2
10k
R7
10k
R10
100
R6
51
R4
1k
  R5
270
R8
DNP
TP4
2.5V
+3.3V
+3.3V
+3.3V
TP6
1.25V
  U1B
1/4
AD8608
U1A
1/4
AD8608
  U1D
1/4
AD8608
U1C
1/4
AD8608
U2
AD7091R
HREF
TP5
VIN
VREF
GND   REGCAP
CS
SCLK
CONVST
SDATA
VDRIVE
V
DD
CAL
POS
NEG
INPUT CON
PIEZOELECTRIC SENSOR
GND
SS
SCK
+3.3V
J2
PMOD CON
12 PIN
CONV
MISO
GND
HREF
HREF
+3.3V
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CIRCUIT DESCRIPTION 
The circuit consists of an input signal conditioning stage and an 
ADC stage. The current input signal is converted to voltage by 
charge-to-voltage converter (charge amplifier of the U1A op amp 
and capacitor C2) and amplified by a noninverting amplifier 
(the U1D op amp and the R7 and R8 resistors). The buffered 
and attenuated (the U1B and U1C op amps and the resistors R1 
and R2) voltage reference (VREF =2.5 V) from the ADC is used 
to generate an offset HREF of 1.25 V for conditioning the ac signal 
from sensor to input range of the ADC. Op amps U1A, U1B, 
U1C, and U1D are one quad AD8608. The output of the U1D 
op amp is 0.1 V to 2.4 V which matches the input range of the 
ADC (0 V to 2.5 V) with 100 mV headroom to maintain linearity. 
Resistor and capacitor values can be modified to accommodate 
other sensor ranges as described in this circuit note.  
The circuit design allows single supply operation. The minimum 
output voltage specification of the AD8608 is 50 mV for a 2.7 V 
power supply and 290 mV for 5 V power supply with 10 mA 
load current, over the temperature range of 40C to +125C. A 
minimum output voltage of 45 mV to 60 mV is a conservative 
estimate for a 3.3 V power supply, a load current less than 1 mA, 
and a narrower temperature range.  
Considering the tolerances of the parts, the minimum output 
voltage (low limit of the range) is set to 100 mV to allow for a 
safety margin. The upper limit of the output range is set to 2.4 V 
in order to give 100 mV headroom for the positive swing at the 
ADC input. Therefore, the nominal output voltage range of the 
input op amp is 0.1 V to 2.4 V.  
The AD8608 is chosen for this application because of its low 
bias current (1 pA maximum), low noise (12 nV/Hz maximum) 
and low offset voltage (65 V maximum). Power dissipation is 
only 15.8 mW on a 3.3 V supply.  
A single-pole RC filter (R6/C8) follows the op amp output stage 
to reduce the out-of-band noise. The cutoff frequency of the RC 
filter is set to 664 kHz.  
The AD7091R 12-bit 1 MSPS SAR ADC is chosen because of its 
ultra-low power 349 A at 3.3 V (1.2 mW) which is significantly 
lower than any competitive ADC currently available in the market. 
The AD7091R also contains an internal 2.5 V reference with 
4.5 ppm/C typical drift. The input bandwidth is 7.5 MHz, and 
the high speed serial interface is SPI compatible. The AD7091R 
is available in a small footprint 10-lead MSOP.  
The total power dissipation of the circuit is approximately 
17 mW when operating on a 3.3 V supply.  
The AD7091R requires a 50 MHz serial clock (SCLK) to achieve 
a 1 MSPS sampling rate. In most piezoelectric sensor applications, 
a lower sampling rate can be used. The test data taken in this 
circuit note used an SCLK of 30 MHz and a sampling rate of 
300 kSPS. 
The digital SPI interface can be connected to the microprocessor 
evaluation board using the 12-pin PMOD-compatible connector 
(Digilent PMOD Specifications). 
Circuit Design 
The circuit shown in Figure 2 converts the input charge to voltage 
and level shifts to the ADC input range of 0.1 V to 2.4 V. 
Figure 2. Charge Input Signal Conditioning Circuit 
Piezoelectric elements are commonly used for the measurement 
of acceleration and vibration. Here, the piezoelectric crystal is 
used in conjunction with a seismic mass m. If the mass is 
subjected to an acceleration a, then there is a resulting inertial 
force F = m  a acting on the seismic mass and the piezoelectric 
crystal. This results in the crystal acquiring a charge q = d  F, 
where d (measured in coulombs/newton, C/N) is the crystal 
charge sensitivity to force.  
The resulting steady-state charge sensitivity Sa of piezoelectric 
accelerometer is Sa = q/a (measured in C  s
2
/m).  
Note that acceleration can be converted to g using the 
relationship 1 g = 9.81 m/s
2
.  
If the accelerometer is used with a charge amplifier with 
feedback capacitance C2, as is shown in Figure 2, the voltage 
developed across C2 due to a charge q is V = q/C2. The 
corresponding steady state voltage sensitivity is: 
SV= V/a = Sa/C2.  Eq. 1 
The first stage of the signal conditioning circuit in Figure 1 is a 
charge amplifier (U1A and capacitor C2), where the output 
voltage is changing corresponding to Equation 1. The output of 
the circuit is shifted to handle bipolar input signals (for example, 
vibration measurements). The zero of the circuit is shifted to 
the middle of the input range of the ADC, using a reference of 
1.25 V. The output voltage of the charge amplifier is: 
a
C
S
V
C
q
V dt i
C
V V
  a
HREF HREF N HREF O
2 2 2
1
1
  + = + = + =
  
Eq. 2 
The second stage of the signal conditioning circuit in Figure 1 is 
a non-inverting amplifier with an output voltage of: 
a
C
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R
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V V
  a
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C2
1nF
R3
100M
R7
10k
R8
DNP
R4
1k POS
NEG
R5
270
V
O1
V
O1
 =   a
C
S
i
IN
i
IN
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+3.3V
U1A
1/4
AD8608
U1D
1/4
AD8608
V
O2
HREF
a
(ACCELERATION)
+1.25V
PIEZOELECTRIC
CRYSTAL
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The resistor R3 (100 M to 10 G for ceramic sensors and 
10 G to 10 T for crystal sensors) provides dc feedback for 
the op amp and supplies the input bias current. This resistor 
must be as small as possible for the minimum frequency 
measured and determines the lowest limit of frequency input 
range. At low frequency, the corner frequency fCL is 
approximately 
2 3 2
  1
C R
f
CL
=
  Eq. 4 
Adding a resistor R4 (1 k to 10 k) in series with the op amp 
inverting input improves stability and limits input currents due 
to accidental high input voltage. Increasing R4 further leads to a 
reduction in the high frequency response. At high frequency R4 
may be comparable to the impedance ZS of the sensor (1/CS, 
where CS is the capacitance of the piezoelectric sensor).  
The high frequency corner frequency fCH is: 
S
CH
C R
f
4 2
  1
=
  Eq. 5 
Using Equation 1 to Equation 5, the parameters of the circuit 
(C2, R7, R8, fCL, and fCH) can be calculated for a specific 
application.  
For example, the Kistler type 8002K quartz accelerometer has 
the following specifications: 
  Range, 1000 g 
  Sensitivity, 1 pC/g 
  Capacitance, 90 pF typical 
  Frequency Response, 1%, +5% 0 Hz to 6000 Hz 
  Insulation Resistance, >10
13
 
For an output voltage swing at VO1 of 1 V, Equation 1 is used 
to calculate C2. 
C2 = Sa a /V = (1 pC/g  1000 g)/1 V =1 nF 
For an ADC input voltage swing of 0.1 V to 2.4 V (1.25 V  
1.15 V), the gain of noninverting amplifier has to be equal to 
1.15, and the ratio R7/R8 = 0.15. Choose a standard value 
resistor for R7 =10 k, then R8 = 66.67 k. 
Choose R3 = 100 M and neglect the input resistance of the op 
amp and insulation resistance of the piezoelectric sensor. The 
corner frequency at low frequency is (see Equation 4) 
Hz
C R
f
CL
  6 . 1
10 10 2
  1
2 3 2
  1
9 8
  =
 
= =
  
 
 
Choosing R4 =1 k, the corner frequency at high frequency is 
(see Equation 5) 
MHz
C R
f
S
CH
  77 . 1
10 90 10 2
  1
4 2
  1
12 3
  =
  
= =
  
 
 
Thus, the protecting resistor R4 = 1 k does not affect the high 
pass frequency response because the upper frequency response 
of the sensor is only 6 kHz. 
Gain and Offset Error due to Tolerances of Resistors and 
Reference Voltage 
From Equation 3, the gain of the signal conditioning circuit is 
2
1
8
7
1
C R
R
GAIN
  |
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 + =
   Eq. 6 
The relative gain error is, 
G
GAIN
dGAIN
 =
   
Using the logarithmic derivative principle, 
2 ln 8 ln ) 7 8 ln( ln   C R R R GAIN     + =
 
Taking the derivative of lnGAIN, 
2
2
8
8
8 7
 7
8 7
 8
C
dC
R
dR
R R
dR
R R
dR
GAIN
dGAIN
 
+
+
+
=
 
2
2
8
8
8 7
 7
7
7
8 7
 8
8
8
C
dC
R
dR
R R
R
R
dR
R R
R
R
dR
GAIN
dGAIN
 
+
+
+
=
 
2 8 7 8
8 7
 7
8 7
 8
C R R R G
R R
R
R R
R
        
+
+
+
=
 
2 7 8
8 7
 7
1
8 7
 8
C R R G
R R
R
R R
R
      
+
+
|
.
|
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+
=
 
2 7 8
8 7
 7
8 7
  7
C R R G
R R
R
R R
R
      
+
+
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+
=
 
(   )
  2 8 7
8 7
 7
C R R G
R R
R
       
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+
=
  Eq. 7 
Using 1% tolerance devices R7, R8 and C2, the summing gain 
error can be estimated. 
Worst case relative gain error: 
% 26 . 1 %) 1 % 2 13 . 0 ( % 1 % 2
7 . 66 10
  10
) (
8 7
 7
) (
  2 8 7 max
 = +   =
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  + 
 + 
  
 =
=
(
  + +
+
 =
k k
k
R R
R
C R R G
     
 
Mean square error (root-sum-square error): 
% 0168 . 1 % 1 % 1 13 . 0 2
) (
8 7
 7
) (
2 2 2
2
2
2
8
2
7
2
 = +    =
+ +
|
.
|
\
|
+
 =
  C R R MSqE G
R R
R
   
 
From Equation 3, the output offset of the signal conditioning 
circuit is 
REF
V
R R
R
HREF OFFSET
2 1
 2
+
= =
  Eq. 8 
and the relative offset error is 
VREF R R OS
R R
R
       
+
=   ) (
2 1
 1
1 2
  Eq. 9 
For 1% tolerance of R1, R2, and VREF, the summing offset error 
can be estimated. 
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Worst case relative offset error: 
% 2 ) (
2 1
 1
) (
  1 2 max
   =
(
  + +
+
 =
  VREF R R OS
R R
R
   
 
Mean square offset error (root-sum-square error): 
% 225 . 1 % 1 % 1 5 . 0 2 ) (
  2 2 2
= +    =
MSqE OS
 
The errors, caused by the tolerances of the resistors, the offsets 
of the AD8608 op amps (75 V), and the ADC AD7091R, are 
eliminated after calibration procedure. It is still necessary to 
calculate and verify that the U1D op amp output is within the 
required range (0.1 V to 2.4 V). 
Gain and Offset Error due to Temperature Drift of 
Resistors and Voltage Reference 
Using Equation 7 and Equation 9, the errors due to the temper-
ature drift of components can be calculated. For example, for 
100 ppm/C temperature drift of resistors and for 25 ppm/C 
drift for reference voltage the worst case gain error is less than 
0.013%/C, and the worst case offset error is about 0.01%/C, 
which corresponds to a worst case total error of less than 0.25% 
for 10C temperature changes. 
Effect of Active Component Temperature Coefficients on 
Overall Error 
The dc offsets of the AD8608 op amps (75 V) and the 
AD7091R ADC are eliminated by the calibration procedure.  
The offset drift of the AD7091R internal reference is 
4.5 ppm/C typical and 25 ppm/C maximum. 
The offset drift of the AD8608 op amp is 1.5 V/C typical and 
6 V/C maximum. 
Note that resistor drift is the largest contributor to total drift if 
100 ppm/C resistors are used, and the drift due to active 
components can be neglected. 
Calibration and Test  
Test the sensitivity of a charge amplifier before interfacing it with 
the sensor so that the gain in the system can be calibrated. An 
electronic calibration system that does not require application 
of any mechanical load (acceleration, force, pressure, etc.) is 
shown in Figure 3. An adjustable amplitude and frequency low 
impedance output voltage source in series with the calibration 
capacitor CCAL drives the charge input. The output of the voltage 
source must be floating with respect to the circuit board ground 
so that it can operate at the HREF common-mode voltage of 1.25 V.  
 
 
 
Figure 3. Calibrated Charge Input Signal Conditioning Circuit 
The amount of input charge is Q = CCAL  VIN. For example, an 
input sine wave voltage with 1 V amplitude and a 1 nF calibration 
capacitor produces a peak charge input of 1000 pC. This can 
be used to calibrate the system. It is important that a 1% tolerance 
or better capacitor is selected for CCAL to minimize errors. Note 
that the tolerance of CCAL affects the calibration accuracy. The 
tolerance of C2 is responsible for the output range, however the 
temperature change of C2 affects accuracy.  
The circuit can then be checked and adjusted using an external 
simulation capacitor CSIM. Another way to check the circuit is to 
use the CAL input and an adjustable voltage source. For calibration 
and simulation purposes, the capacitor CCAL can be changed by 
connecting an external parallel capacitor with the appropriate 
value and accuracy across TP1 and TP2. For other input ranges 
the capacitor C2 can be changed by connecting an external 
parallel capacitor with appropriate value and accuracy across 
TP3 and TP4.  
Figure 4 shows the measured ADC output for a 1V 1 kHz sine 
wave input and CSIM = 1 nF. The charge input is therefore 
1000 pC.  
 
Figure 4. ADC Output for 1000 pC Input Charge, 1 kHz Sine Wave 
 
 
 
H
REF
 = 1.25V
V
IN
 = 1V PEAK
1kHz SINE WAVE
C
CAL
C
SIM
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Figure 5 shows the actual output using a Loudity LD-BZPN-2312 
Piezoelectric Sensor with excitation from a loudspeaker with 
about 120 Hz sine wave vibrations. The circuit was calibrated with 
a peak input sine wave voltage of 1 V and CCAL = C2 = 10 nF.  
 
Figure 5. Measured Output of LD-BZPN-2312 Piezoelectric Sensor with 
Excitation from Loudspeaker with 120 Hz Sine Wave Vibrations  
Printed Circuit Board (PCB) Layout Considerations 
In any circuit where accuracy is crucial, it is important to consider 
the power supply and ground return layout on the board. The 
PCB must isolate the digital and analog sections as much as 
possible. The PCB for this system was constructed in a simple 
2-layer stack up, but a 4-layer stack up will give better EMS. See 
the MT-031 Tutorial for more discussion on layout and grounding 
and the MT-101 Tutorial for information on decoupling tech-
niques. The power supply to AD8608 must be decoupled with 
10 F and 0.1 F capacitors to properly suppress noise and reduce 
ripple. The capacitors must be placed as close to the device as 
possible with the 0.1 F capacitor having a low ESR value. Ceramic 
capacitors are advised for all high frequency decoupling. Power 
supply lines must have as large trace width as possible to provide 
low impedance path and reduce glitch effects on the supply line. 
High impedance circuits for conditioning piezoelectric sensor 
output require attention to resistors, insulation (dielectrics), and 
cabling. The low impedance input circuit of the charge amplifier 
significantly reduce the cabling problems, but the requirements 
on the resistors, insulators, and layout of electrometer amplifiers 
can also be applied to charge amplifiers built from discrete com-
ponents. A guard ring around the sensitive input terminals on 
both sides of printed circuit boards is recommended to 
minimize input leakage currents . The guard encircles the 
positive terminal and connects to the reference (common) 
voltage HREF. 
A complete documentation package including schematics, 
board layout, and bill of materials (BOM) can be found at 
www.analog.com/CN0350-DesignSupport. 
COMMON VARIATIONS 
The circuit is proven to work with good stability and accuracy 
with the component values shown. Other precision op-amps 
and other ADCs can be used in this configuration to convert 
1000 pC input charge range to digital output and for other 
various applications for this circuit. 
The circuit in Figure 1 can be designed for other than 1000 pC 
input charge ranges, following the equations given in the Circuit 
Design section. The connectors TP3 and TP4 can be used to put 
additional capacitance in parallel to C2 to build circuits for other 
ranges. The connectors TP1 and TP2 can be used to put additional 
capacitance in parallel to CCAL to calibrate the circuit for other 
ranges. 
The AD7091 is similar to the AD7091R, but without the voltage 
reference output, and the input range is equal to the power supply 
voltage. The AD7091 can be used with an ADR3425 2.5 V refer-
ence. The ADR3425 does not require buffering, therefore a 
single AD8605 and dual AD8606 can be used in the circuit.  
The ADR3425 is a precision 2.5 V band gap voltage reference, 
featuring low power and high precision (8 ppm/C of temperature 
drift) in a 6-lead SOT-23 package.  
The AD8601, AD8602 and AD8604 are single, dual, and quad 
rail-to-rail, input and output, single-supply amplifiers featuring 
very low offset voltage and wide signal bandwidth, that can be 
used in place of AD8605, AD8606, and AD8608. 
The AD7457 is a 12-bit, 100 kSPS, low power, SAR ADC, and can 
be used in combination with the ADR3425 voltage reference in 
place of AD7091R, when a higher throughput rate is not needed. 
CIRCUIT EVALUATION AND TEST 
This circuit uses the EVAL-CN0350-PMDZ circuit board, the 
SDP-PMD-IB1Z and the EVAL-SDP-CB1Z system demonstration 
platform (SDP) evaluation board. The interposer board SDP-
PMD-IB1Z and the SDP board EVAL-SDP-CB1Z have 120-pin 
mating connectors. The interposer board and the EVAL-CN0350-
PMDZ board have 12-pin PMOD matching connectors, allowing 
quick setup and evaluation of the performance of the circuit. 
The EVAL-CN0350-PMDZ board contains the circuit to be 
evaluated, as described in this note and the SDP evaluation 
board is used with the CN0350 evaluation software to capture 
the data from the EVAL-CN0350-PMDZ circuit board. 
Equipment Needed 
  PC with a USB port, Windows XP or Windows Vista (32-
bit), or Windows 7/8 (64-bit or 32-bit)  
  EVAL-CN0350-PMDZ circuit evaluation board 
  EVAL-SDP-CB1Z SDP evaluation board 
  SDP-PMD-IB1Z interposer board 
  EVAL-CFTL-6V-PWRZ power supply 
  CN0350 evaluation software 
  Precision voltage generator 
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Getting Started 
Load the evaluation software by placing the CN0350 evaluation 
software disc in the CD drive of the PC. You also can download 
the most up to date copy of the evaluation software from 
CN0350 evaluation software. Using My Computer, locate the 
drive that contains the evaluation software disc and open the 
file setup.exe. Follow the on-screen prompts to finish the 
installation. It is recommended to install all software 
components to the default locations.  
Functional Block Diagram 
Figure 6 shows the functional diagram of the test setup.  
Setup 
  Connect the EVAL-CFTL-6V-PWRZ (+6 V dc power 
supply) to SDP-PMD-IB1Z interposer board via the dc 
barrel jack 
  Connect the SDP-PMD-IB1Z (interposer board) to the 
EVAL-SDP-CB1Z SDP board via the 120-pin ConA 
connector  
  Connect the EVAL-SDP-CB1Z (SDP board) to the PC via 
the USB cable 
  Connect the EVAL-CN0350-PMDZ evaluation board to 
the SDP-PMD-IB1Z interposer board via the 12-pin 
header PMOD connector 
  Connect the voltage generator to the EVAL-CN0350-
PMDZ evaluation board via terminal block J1Test 
Launch the evaluation software. The software is able to communi-
cate to the SDP board if the Analog Devices system development 
platform drivers are listed in the device manager. Once USB 
communications are established, the SDP board can be used to 
send, receive, and capture serial data from the EVAL-CN0350-
PMDZ board. Data can be saved in the computer for various 
values of input voltages. Information and details regarding how 
to use the evaluation software for data capturing can be found at 
CN0350 Software User Guide. 
A photo of the EVAL-CN0350-PMDZ board is shown in Figure 7. 
 
Figure 6. Functional Diagram of Test Setup 
 
 
Figure 7. Photo of EVAL-CN0350-PMDZ Board  
 
 
 
 
 
J2
PMOD
  J3
PMOD
EVAL-CFTL-6V-PWRZ
6V WALL WART
PC
EVAL-SDP-CB1Z
SDP-B BOARD
SDP-PMD-IB1Z
INTERPOSER BOARD
  USB
CON A
J1
J4
120 PINS EVAL-CN0350-PMDZ
J1
VOLTAGE
GENERATOR/
PIEZOELECTRIC
SENSOR
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LEARN MORE 
CN0350 Design Support Package: 
http://www.analog.com/CN0350-DesignSupport  
Pallas-Areny, Ramon and John G. Webster. Sensors and Signal 
Conditioning. Copyright  2001, John Wiley & Sons. 
MT-031 Tutorial, Grounding Data Converters and Solving the 
Mystery of "AGND" and "DGND." Analog Devices. 
MT-101 Tutorial, Decoupling Techniques. Analog Devices. 
MT-004 Tutorial, The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly Aspects of 
ADC Input NoiseIs No Noise Good Noise?. Analog Devices. 
Data Sheets and Evaluation Boards 
AD8608 Data Sheet 
AD7091R Data Sheet 
REVISION HISTORY 
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