Articles on Internet and books show how to calculate the Least Significant Bit (LSB), but they take into consideration either the voltage reference (Vref) or the full scale (FS) of the ADC or DAC. Many times this leads to confusion, as a few messages I received from my readers show. Therefore, this article shows both ways of defining the LSB, so that people will have a clear understanding how to treat an ADC’s (Analog-to-Digital-Converter) or DAC’s (Digital-to-Analog-Converter) LSB.
What is an LSB? The LSB is the smallest level that an ADC can convert, or is the smallest increment a DAC outputs. Both converters are used at the boundaries between the analog and digital realms, making it possible for the analog circuits to talk to the digital ones and backwards.
增益误差是数据转换器的增益误差,代表实际传输函数的斜率与理想传输函数的斜率的差别。
增益误差通常用LSB或满量程范围的百分比表示。增益误差可以利用硬件或软件校准,是满量程误差减去失调误差。
失调误差是指在输入为零电压时,采集获得的数字量并不为零,它与理想转移函数的零点总是差一个固定的量,这个量就是失调误差。失调误差是由信号调理电路、ADC内部转移电路和电源电压等因素造成的。
LSB(LeastSignificant Bit)意为最低有效位;MSB(MostSignificant Bit)意为最高有效位,若MSB=1,则表示数据为负值,若MSB=0,则表示数据为正。
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