SBAU448 September 2024 ADS8681W
The linearity analysis tool measures and generates the DNL and INL plots over code for the specific ADS8681W installed in the evaluation board. A 1kHz sinusoidal input signal with very low distortion is applied for linearity analysis, which is slightly saturated and verifies there is no damage to the ADC, as shown in shown in Figure 4-8. The external source linearity to be better than the ADC linearity is critical. This is important to make sure that the measured system performance reflects the linearity errors of the ADC and is not limited by the performance of the signal source.