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E8A11
Which of the following is a measure of the quality of an analog-to-digital converter?
Pick an answer to check it.
Answer: A. Total harmonic distortion
Total harmonic distortion shows how faithfully an ADC reproduces a signal without adding unwanted harmonics. Peak envelope power and power factor describe other things entirely.
Tip: Good ADC = low total harmonic distortion.