Event-driven, continuous-time ADCs and DSPs for adapting power dissipation to signal activity

We present a tutorial review of digital signal processing in continuous time, and associated analog-to-digital conversion. The systems presented do no utilize a clock and are fully event-driven, with power dissipation that adapts to the input signal automatically. An integrated view of several related techniques is offered.

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