ADC standard and testing in Japanese industry

Abstract This paper presents case studies of ADC standards and testing in Japanese industry from the viewpoints of ADC users, an ADC designer and an ADC tester manufacturer. These studies report the opinions of experienced ADC engineers in three Japanese companies (Iwatsu Electric, Agilent Technologies Japan, Sanyo Electric) about standards for ADCs. In most Japanese companies, ADC standards belong to engineers, and there is no comprehensive document that can be used as a Bible of ADC standards and testing methods, so ADC standards, which satisfy the requirements of engineers in industry, would be very useful.