Title :
Calibration as a Functional Test: An ADC Case Study
Author :
Chang, Hsiu-Ming Sherman ; Lin, Kuan-Yu ; Cheng, Kwang-Ting Tim
Author_Institution :
SoC Technol. Center, Ind. Technol. Res. Inst. (ITRI), Hsinchu, Taiwan
Abstract :
In this paper, we analyze the relationship between calibration and linearity testing of a digitally-calibrated pipelined ADC. Simulation results validate that the calibration process, once converged, could have automatically covered the INL testing of the ADC under test.
Keywords :
analogue-digital conversion; calibration; circuit testing; nonlinear network analysis; INL testing; calibration; digitally-calibrated pipelined ADC; integral nonlinearity; linearity testing; Automatic testing; Calibration; Circuit optimization; Circuit testing; Costs; Estimation error; Linearity; Radio frequency; Sampling methods; Steady-state; INL testing; data converter testing; digital calibration; specification testing;
Conference_Titel :
Asian Test Symposium, 2009. ATS '09.
Conference_Location :
Taichung
Print_ISBN :
978-0-7695-3864-8
DOI :
10.1109/ATS.2009.25
