About the number of records to be acquired for histogram testing of A/D converters using synchronous sinewave and clock generators1
The number of records and samples to be acquired for the measurement of INL or DNL was determined in [J. Blair, Histogram measurement of ADC nonlinearities, IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement, 43, June 1994, 373383.] as a function of the desired test tolerance and confidence level. In the present work, that analysis is reconsidered, to show that a slightly more conservative formulation is advisable, taking into account effects neglected in the original work.
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