SNDR Calculator

Signal-to-Noise-and-Distortion Ratio. SNDR = Psignal/(Pnoise + Pdistortion).

Model: Textbook approximation

SNR = 70.00 dB

SINAD, analog only = 69.59 dB (no quantisation)

SINAD incl. quantisation (12-bit) = 68.25 dB

SDR (signal / distortion) = 80.00 dB

THD = -80.00 dBc

ENOB = (SINAD incl. quantisation − 1.76)/6.02 = 11.043 bits

Ideal 12-bit SQNR = 6.02·N + 1.76 = 74.01 dB

Powers are referred to the ADC input; SQNR assumes a full-scale sine and uniform quantisation error.

Model and references

Textbook approximation. A standard approximation from the literature (for example paraxial, plane-wave or Gaussian-beam), valid within the range the page states. About the tiers

Power ratios as defined by IEEE 1241; the ideal SQNR assumes a full-scale sine and quantisation error uniform over one LSB. THD is the entered distortion power, not a sum of measured harmonics.

  1. IEEE Std 1241-2010. IEEE Standard for Terminology and Test Methods for Analog-to-Digital Converters. SINAD, ENOB and THD definitions. doi:10.1109/IEEESTD.2011.5692956
  2. Kester W. (2009). MT-001: Taking the mystery out of the infamous formula SNR = 6.02N + 1.76 dB, and MT-003: Understand SINAD, ENOB, SNR, THD, THD + N, and SFDR. Analog Devices tutorials.
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