8.6 Track-and-hold (T/H) and sample-and-hold (S/H) circuits
A sample-and-hold circuit is commonly used at the interface between analog and digital systems to hold a sample of the time-varying signal for a period of time so that the high-frequency operation is facilitated. It is commonly realized by combining switching devices, such as MOS transistors, and capacitors.
Ideally, a sample-and-hold circuit takes a sample of the input signal in zero time and holds the sample value during a period T. The output signal obtained in response to a continuous-time unit impulse signal, δ(t), is known as the impulse response, which can be represented in terms of shifted unit step functions. Thus,
(8.30) |
where us(t) is the unit ...
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