SLVAEX3 October 2020 TPS8802 , TPS8804
Calculating the RMS noise in Equation 17 involves a factor of square root of two caused by the root-sum-square of two ADC samples noise. One of these ADC samples is used to measure the base voltage of the photo amplifier signal and the other is used to measure the top voltage. If multiple ADC samples are used to measure the base voltage, the signal measurement dominates the total noise, improving the SNR by the square root of two. Taking multiple base ADC samples is a simple way to improve the SNR from the two ADC sample measurement.