SLYW038D
September 2014 – April 2025
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Analog Engineer's Pocket Reference
Conversions
Standard decimal prefixes
Metric conversions
Temperature scale conversions
Error conversions ppm and percentage
Notes
Discrete Components
Resistor color code
Capacitor specifications
Capacitance type overview
Diodes and LEDs
Bipolar junction transistors (BJT)
Junction field effect transistors (JFET)
Metal oxide semiconductor field effect transistor (MOSFET)
Notes
Analog
Resistor equations
Power equations
Capacitor equations
Inductor equations
RMS and mean voltage
Logarithmic mathematical definitions
Alternative notations
dB definitions
Bode plot basics
Definitions
Log scale
Time to phase shift
Bode plots: Poles
Pole (equations)
Bode plots (zeros)
Zero (equations)
Notes
Amplifier
Basic op amp configurations
Simple non-inverting amp with Cf filter
Simple inverting amp with Cf filter
Differential filter cutoff
Calculating amplifier offset voltage
Op amp bandwidth
Small signal step response
Full power bandwidth
Large signal response (slew rate)
Settling Time
Combining noise sources
Averaging noise sources
Noise bandwidth calculation
Broadband total noise calculation
1/f total noise calculation
Thermal noise calculation
Op amp noise model
Total noise calculations
AC response versus frequency (dominant 2-pole system)
Phase margin versus AC peaking
Transient overshoot (dominant 2-pole system)
Phase margin versus percentage overshoot
Stability open loop SPICE analysis
Stability transient square wave lab test
Stability AC sine wave lab test
Power dissipation calculation
Electrical overstress (EOS) protection
Notes
PCB and Wire
PCB and Wire
PCB trace resistance for 1 oz-Cu
PCB trace resistance for 2 oz-Cu
Common package type and dimensions
PCB parallel plate capacitance
PCB microstrip capacitance and inductance
PCB adjacent copper traces
PCB via capacitance and inductance
Coaxial cable equations
Notes
Sensor
Thermistor
Resistive temperature detector (RTD)
RTD equation temperature to resistance (T≥0°C and T<0°C)
RTD equation resistance to temperature (T≥0°C or RRTD ≥ R0)
RTD equation resistance to temperature (T< 0°C or RRTD < R0)
Diode equation vs. temperature
Diode voltage versus temperature
Thermocouple (J and K)
Type J thermocouples translating temperature to voltage (ITS-90 standard)
Type J thermocouples translating voltage to temperature (ITS-90 standard)
Type K thermocouples translating temperature to voltage (ITS-90 standard)
Type K thermocouples translating voltage to temperature (ITS-90 standard)
Thermistor: Resistance to temperature, Steinhart-Hart equation
Thermistor: Temperature to resistance, Steinhart-Hart equation
Notes
Digital
Binary/hex conversions
Numbering systems: Binary, decimal, and hexadecimal
Example conversion: Binary to decimal
Example conversion: Decimal to binary
Example conversion: Binary to hexadecimal
Example conversion: Hexadecimal to decimal and decimal to hexadecimal
Data formats
Converting two’s complement to decimal: Negative number example
Converting two’s complement to decimal: Positive number example
Digital logic thresholds
Serial peripheral interface
SPI bus (Serial Peripheral Interface) hardware overview
Data and control lines
SPI data latching
SPI read sequence example
SPI critical edge
SPI modes
Inter-integrated circuit (I2C) bus
I2C bus (Inter-Integrated Circuit) hardware overview
Data and control lines
I2C addressing
I2C communication
I2C interface circuitry and rise/fall timing
I2C pull-up resistor selection
Notes
ADC
ADC transfer function
ADC definitions
ADC resolution for unipolar
Full-scale range (FSR) unipolar
ADC resolution for bipolar
Full-scale range (FSR) bipolar
Resolution voltage vs. full-scale range
Quantization error of ADC
Quantization error
Signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) from quantization noise only
Total harmonic distortion (VRMS)
Total harmonic distortion (dBc)
AC signals
Signal-to-noise and distortion (SINAD) and effective number of bits (ENOB)
DC signals
Noise free resolution and effective resolution
Settling time and conversion accuracy
ADC system noise calculation
Effect of clock jitter on ADC SNR
Notes
DAC
DAC errors
DAC definitions
DAC offset error
DAC gain error
DAC zero-code error / negative full-scale error
DAC bipolar zero error
DAC full-scale error
DAC non-linearity
DAC differential non-linearity
DAC integral non-linearity
DAC total unadjusted error
Notes
Multiplexer
CMOS switch construction
ON-resistance (RON)
RON flatness
Effective op amp gain including MUX RON
Design tips
ON and OFF capacitance (CON/ COFF)
Leakage current
Off leakage current
On leakage current
Charge injection (QINJ)
Bandwidth (BW)
Channel-to-channel crosstalk (XTALK)
OFF-isolation
Total harmonic distortion plus noise (THD+N)
Notes
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ADC transfer function