Components Of Soc Devices - Agilent Technologies 93000 SOC Series Training Manual

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Components of SOC Devices

Today's integrated circuits are rarely restricted to pure digital
building blocks, but represent so-called "System on a Chip" (SOC)
devices.
Components of a "System on a Chip"
In addition to a digital processor, memory, and interfaces, System
on a Chip (SOC) devices may, for example, contain:
• Video generator or video sampler
Audio generator and/or audio sampler
•
Frequency synthesizer and phase-locked loops
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• Analog amplifiers and attenuators
Digital to analog converters (DACs), analog to digital converters
(ADCs) and analog buffers are typical mixed-signal components of
an SOC device.
With its digital and mixed-signal test capabilities, the Agilent
93000 SOC Series addresses the test requirements of today's and
tomorrow's SOC devices.
Lesson 2 – Introduction to the Test System
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