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Wood Chiang, BYU professor of electrical and computer engineering, works on the analog-to-digital converter (ADC) microchip. (Jaren Wilkey/BYU Photo)
BYU electrical and computer engineering professor Wood Chiang and a team of engineering students have created the world’s most efficient, high-speed analog-to-digital converter (ADC) microchip. ADC microchips convert analog signals to digital signals. The piece is present in almost every electronic; the faster and more efficient it works the faster it is to upload and download items and other aspects like video quality, Wi-Fi and battery life improves.
Chiang and the engineering students beat the current record by a long shot. Their ADC uses only 21 milli-Watts of power at 10GHz for ultra-wideband wireless communications. In comparison, competing ADCs use hundreds of milli-Watts or even Watts of power at similar speeds. This makes their ADC faster while using less ener
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