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A new technique for on-chip error estimation and reconfiguration of current-steering digital-to-analog converters
K. P Sunil Rafeeque,
Published in
2005
Volume: 52
   
Issue: 11
Pages: 2348 - 2357
Abstract
In this paper, we propose a reconfigurable current-steering digital-to-analog converter (DAC). The differential nonlinearity error (DNL) of the DAC is estimated on-chip. This is used to reconfigure the switching sequence to get a lower integral nonlinearity error (INL). We propose a novel technique for estimation of DNL based on a step-size measurement. This greatly reduces the linearity and dynamic range requirements of the measuring circuits. A 10-b segmented DAC, along with the associated circuits for DNL estimation and reconfiguration, was designed using 0.35-μm CMOS technology and fabricated through Europractice. The paper includes theoretical analysis, simulation, and experimental results for the proposed technique. © 2005 IEEE.
About the journal
JournalIEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems I: Regular Papers
ISSN10577122
Open AccessNo
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