8.2 Selecting and Verifying the Driver Amplifier

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April 14, 2017

This video walks through how to use Texas Instruments parametric search tools to find an amplifier that will meet your application requirements. It also steps through the process of verifying that the SPICE model is accurate and sufficient for SAR drive simulations.

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