Title :
A 0.36W 6b up to 20GS/s DAC for UWB Wave Formation
Author :
Baranauskas, Dalius ; Zelenin, Denis
Author_Institution :
Pulse~Link Inc., Carlsbad, CA
Abstract :
A 6b up to 20GS/s DAC is presented. The DAC is used for direct synthesis of modulated waveforms for UWB communication. The DAC has a current-steering architecture for achieving 20GS/s, a 1.8V power supply, a 4:1 MUX for reducing the line data rate, and BIST. Fabricated in a SiGe process, it consumes 0.36W and has a FOM of 0.28pJ
Keywords :
Ge-Si alloys; digital-analogue conversion; ultra wideband communication; 0.28 pJ; 0.36 W; 1.8 V; 6 bit; MUX; SiGe; built-in self-test; current-steering architecture; digital-to-analog converter; direct synthesis; line data rate; ultrawideband communication; ultrawideband wave formation; Circuit simulation; Clocks; Delay; Gaussian processes; Physical layer; Power supplies; Resistors; Switches; Temperature; Voltage;
Conference_Titel :
Solid-State Circuits Conference, 2006. ISSCC 2006. Digest of Technical Papers. IEEE International
Conference_Location :
San Francisco, CA
Print_ISBN :
1-4244-0079-1
DOI :
10.1109/ISSCC.2006.1696301
