The conversation speed of an analog to digital converter is maximum with the following
technique.
(A) Dual slope AD converter.
(B) Serial comparator AD converter.
(C) Successive approximation AD converter.
(D) Parallel comparator AD converter.

1 Answer

Answer :

(D) Parallel comparator AD converter.

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