SNWA014 November   2023 LMH2110

 

  1.   1
  2.   Abstract
  3.   Trademarks
  4. 1Introduction
  5. 2Log Detector System
    1. 2.1 Block Diagram
    2. 2.2 Output Swing Derivation
    3. 2.3 Simulation Results
  6. 3Power Detector – LMH2110
    1. 3.1 Description
    2. 3.2 Log Conformance
    3. 3.3 Calibration
  7. 4Additional Approaches
    1. 4.1 External ADC Approach
    2. 4.2 Single-Ended Approach
  8. 5Summary
  9. 6References

4.1 External ADC Approach

If the processor does not have an ADC, or the ADC on-board is unavailable for this application, an external ADC such as the ADS7057 can be used to feed a digital signal into the processor.