Estimating the integral non-linearity of A/D-converters via the frequency domain

Author

Csizmadia, Nico ; Janssen, A. J E M

Author_Institution

Philips Semicond., Nijmegen, Netherlands

fYear

1999

fDate

1999

Firstpage

757

Lastpage

762

Abstract

This paper proposes a method to estimate the Integral Non-Linearity of A/D-converters from the lower order output Fourier coefficients of a sinusoidal input. In order to get a high quality estimate, the lower order Fourier coefficients have to be stabilized with respect to the rounding operation of the A/D-converter. For this we use a computationally efficient and easily applied method named wobbling

Keywords

Fourier analysis; analogue-digital conversion; frequency-domain analysis; harmonic distortion; integrated circuit noise; integrated circuit testing; nonlinear network analysis; signal sampling; A/D-converters; Fourier coefficient stabilization; computationally efficient method; frequency domain method; industrial testing; integral nonlinearity estimation; lower order output Fourier coefficients; rounding operation; signal to noise/distortion; sinusoidal input; total harmonic distortion; wobbling; Distortion measurement; Frequency domain analysis; Frequency estimation; Power harmonic filters; Semiconductor device noise; Signal generators; Test equipment; Testing; Total harmonic distortion; Transfer functions;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Test Conference, 1999. Proceedings. International

Conference_Location

Atlantic City, NJ

ISSN

1089-3539

Print_ISBN

0-7803-5753-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/TEST.1999.805805

Filename

805805