Title :
A 1.2GS/s 15b DAC for precision signal generation
Author :
Jewett, Bob ; Liu, Jacky ; Poulton, Ken
Author_Institution :
Agilent Labs., Palo Alto, CA, USA
Abstract :
A 1.2GS/s 15b DAC achieves untrimmed SFDR of -70dBc to fs/4 and -63dBc to Nyquist (with 10dB better results at 500MS/s). A per-element resampling scheme and dynamic element matching achieve DNL of 2LSB. In RZ output mode, ACPR for a 20MHz band at 900MHz is 69dB. The chip uses 40GHz-fT NPN and is implemented in 0.35 μm CMOS.
Keywords :
CMOS integrated circuits; digital-analogue conversion; signal generators; signal sampling; 0.35 micron; 15 bit; 20 MHz; 40 GHz; 900 MHz; ACPR; CMOS; DAC; DNL; RZ output mode; dynamic element matching; per-element resampling scheme; precision signal generation; untrimmed SFDR; Clocks; Density measurement; Frequency; Latches; Noise figure; Noise measurement; Resistors; Signal generators; Switches; Testing;
Conference_Titel :
Solid-State Circuits Conference, 2005. Digest of Technical Papers. ISSCC. 2005 IEEE International
Conference_Location :
San Francisco, CA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-8904-2
DOI :
10.1109/ISSCC.2005.1493893