• DocumentCode
    3437787
  • Title

    DFT Technique for Quick Characterization of Flash Offset in Pipeline ADCs

  • Author

    Nair, P. ; Viswanathan, N.

  • Author_Institution
    Texas Instrum. India Pvt. Ltd., Bangalore, India
  • fYear
    2015
  • fDate
    3-7 Jan. 2015
  • Firstpage
    375
  • Lastpage
    380
  • Abstract
    This paper proposes a novel DFT block and associated method for characterizing the offsets of the coarse flash used in a pipelined ADC. In non-SHA architecture, due to the presence of dynamic offset, measuring flash offsets across input frequency becomes important. By adding special data output modes, the proposed DFT technique allows speedy characterization of flash offset, across PVT, using the standard single-tone test and measurement setup for the ADCs.
  • Keywords
    analogue-digital conversion; discrete Fourier transforms; DFT technique; analog to digital converter; coarse flash; discrete Fourier transforms; flash offset; measurement setup; nonSHA architecture; pipeline ADC; quick characterization; sample and hold amplifier; standard single-tone test; Discrete Fourier transforms; Frequency measurement; Heuristic algorithms; Measurement uncertainty; Pipelines; Redundancy; Standards; Differential Non-Linearity (DNL); Multiplying Digital to Analog Converter (MDAC); Process; Sample and Hold Amplifier (SHA); Voltage and Temperature (PVT);
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    VLSI Design (VLSID), 2015 28th International Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Bangalore
  • ISSN
    1063-9667
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/VLSID.2015.69
  • Filename
    7031763