A 4-Bit 5 GS/s Current Steering DAC Integrated Circuit

2014 ◽  
Vol 513-517 ◽  
pp. 4555-4558
Author(s):  
Weng Yuan Li ◽  
Teng Xiao Jiang
Keyword(s):  
Integrated Circuit ◽  
Dynamic Range ◽  
Transmission Rate ◽  
Cmos Technology ◽  
Signal Frequency ◽  
Current Steering ◽  
Clock Frequency ◽  
Digital To Analog Converter ◽  
Input Signal Frequency ◽  
5 Ghz

In order to satisfy the higher and higher transmission rate and broadband requirement of modern communication, a 4-bit 5 GS/s digital-to-analog converter (DAC) integrated circuit is presented. The DAC circuit is based on current steering architecture and segmented with a 4 bit unary. The circuit is designed and analyzed in TSMC 0.18 μm CMOS technology. The chip size is 0.675 mm 0.525 mm. Simulation results show that the maximum integral nonlinearity (INL) is 0.15 LSB. The DAC can achieve a spurious-free dynamic range (SFDR) of 22.76 dB under a clock frequency of 5 GHz with an input signal frequency of 250 MHz, while the power consumption is 11.6 mW.

A 12-BIT 400-MS/s CURRENT-STEERING DAC WITH DEGLITCHING TECHNIQUE

2014 ◽  
Vol 23 (01) ◽  
pp. 1450004 ◽  
Author(s):  
XIAOBO XUE ◽  
XIAOLEI ZHU ◽  
QIFENG SHI ◽  
LENIAN HE
Keyword(s):  
Dynamic Range ◽  
Supply Voltage ◽  
Cmos Technology ◽  
Signal Frequency ◽  
Current Steering ◽  
Digital To Analog Converter ◽  
Measurement Results ◽  
Voltage Swing ◽  
Current Steering Dac ◽  
Low Supply Voltage

In this paper, a 12-bit current-steering digital-to-analog converter (DAC) employing a deglitching technique is proposed. The deglitching technique is realized by lowering the voltage swing of the control signal as well as by using a method of glitch counteraction (GC). A new switch–driver structure is designed to enable the effectiveness of the GC and provide sufficient driving capability under a low supply voltage. Moreover, the control signal's rise/fall asymmetry which increases the glitch error can be suppressed by using the proposed switch–driver structure. The 12-bit DAC is implemented in 180 nm CMOS technology. The measurement results show that the spurious free dynamic range (SFDR) at low signal frequency is 78.8 dB, and it is higher than 70 dB up to 60 MHz signal frequency at 400 MS/s. The measured INL and DNL are both less than ±0.6 LSB.

A 12-bit 200-MHz CURRENT-STEERING DAC WITH CALIBRATION

2014 ◽  
Vol 23 (04) ◽  
pp. 1450053 ◽  
Author(s):  
FAN XIA ◽  
YIQIANG ZHAO ◽  
GONGYUAN ZHAO
Keyword(s):  
Dynamic Range ◽  
Current Source ◽  
Cmos Technology ◽  
Signal Frequency ◽  
Current Steering ◽  
Digital To Analog Converter ◽  
Differential Nonlinearity ◽  
Spurious Free Dynamic Range ◽  
Source Block ◽  
Current Steering Dac

In this paper, a 12-bit current-steering digital-to-analog converter (DAC) with high static and dynamic linearity is proposed. Compared to traditional intrinsic-accuracy DACs, the static linearity is obtained by a series of subsidiary DACs which can shorten the calibration cycle with smaller additional circuits. The presented DAC is based on the segmented architecture and layout has been carefully designed so that better synchronization among the current sources can be achieved. The DAC is implemented in a standard 0.18-μm CMOS technology and the current source block occupies less than 0.5 mm2. The measured differential nonlinearity (DNL) and integral nonlinearity (INL) performance is ± 0.3 LSB and ± 0.5 LSB, respectively, and the spurious free dynamic range (SFDR) is 75 dB at 1 MHz signal frequency and 200 MHz sampling frequency.

Two-Dimensional Structure Compatible with DEM Methods Utilizing in DACs

2018 ◽  
Vol 27 (09) ◽  
pp. 1850142 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mehdi Bandali ◽  
Omid Hashemipour
Keyword(s):  
Dynamic Range ◽  
Cmos Technology ◽  
Dimensional Structure ◽  
Signal Frequency ◽  
Two Dimensional ◽  
Dynamic Element Matching ◽  
Digital To Analog Converter ◽  
Spurious Free Dynamic Range ◽  
Analog Converter ◽  
Free Dynamic

A two-dimensional digital-to-analog converter (DAC) structure compatible with dynamic element matching (DEM) methods is presented. Unlike the DACs using segmented structure for employing DEM, the new structure randomizes inter-segment error. This advantage is achieved because of the characteristics of the algorithm of two-dimensional decoding. The simulation results in 180[Formula: see text]nm CMOS technology, 319.72[Formula: see text]MHz signal frequency and 800[Formula: see text]MS/s sample rate for an 8-bit two-dimensional DAC utilizing the presented structure, shows 14.94[Formula: see text]dB spurious-free dynamic range (SFDR) improvement compared to the SFDR of the same DAC without employing the presented structure. Also, the IMD3 of the DAC employing the presented structure for [Formula: see text][Formula: see text]MHz and [Formula: see text][Formula: see text]MHz is 50.1[Formula: see text]dB.

scholarly journals A 3GS/s 12-bit Current-Steering Digital-to-Analog Converter (DAC) in 55 nm CMOS Technology

Electronics ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (4) ◽  
pp. 464 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wang ◽  
Guo ◽  
Zhou ◽  
Wu ◽  
Luan ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Dynamic Range ◽  
Cmos Technology ◽  
Oxide Semiconductor ◽  
Total Power ◽  
Current Steering ◽  
Hardware Complexity ◽  
Digital To Analog Converter ◽  
Switching Current ◽  
Analog Converter ◽  
Digital To Analog

A 3GS/s 12-bit current-steering digital-to-analog converter (DAC) fabricated in 55 nm complementary metal–oxide–semiconductor (CMOS) technology has been presented. A partial randomization dynamic element matching (PRDEM) method based on switching sequence optimization is proposed to mitigate the mismatch effect and suppress the harmonic distortion with low hardware complexity. In the switching current cell, the cascode structure together with “always-ON” small current sources are used to keep the output impedance high and uniform. A compact layout of the switching current array is carefully designed, featuring short wires routing and small parasitic capacitance. According to the measured results at 3GS/s, this DAC demonstrates a spurious-free dynamic range (SFDR) of 74.64 dBc at low frequency and 50 dBc at 1.5 GHz output. The chip occupies an active area of 0.2 × 0.48 mm2 and consumes a total power of 495 mW.

scholarly journals 1.0 V-0.18 µm CMOS Tunable Low Pass Filters with 73 dB DR for On-Chip Sensing Acquisition Systems

Electronics ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (5) ◽  
pp. 563
Author(s):  
Jorge Pérez-Bailón ◽  
Belén Calvo ◽  
Nicolás Medrano
Keyword(s):  
Power Consumption ◽  
Dynamic Range ◽  
Low Voltage ◽  
Cutoff Frequency ◽  
Cmos Technology ◽  
Active Area ◽  
Current Steering ◽  
Low Pass ◽  
On Chip ◽  
Low Pass Filters

This paper presents a new approach based on the use of a Current Steering (CS) technique for the design of fully integrated Gm–C Low Pass Filters (LPF) with sub-Hz to kHz tunable cut-off frequencies and an enhanced power-area-dynamic range trade-off. The proposed approach has been experimentally validated by two different first-order single-ended LPFs designed in a 0.18 µm CMOS technology powered by a 1.0 V single supply: a folded-OTA based LPF and a mirrored-OTA based LPF. The first one exhibits a constant power consumption of 180 nW at 100 nA bias current with an active area of 0.00135 mm2 and a tunable cutoff frequency that spans over 4 orders of magnitude (~100 mHz–152 Hz @ CL = 50 pF) preserving dynamic figures greater than 78 dB. The second one exhibits a power consumption of 1.75 µW at 500 nA with an active area of 0.0137 mm2 and a tunable cutoff frequency that spans over 5 orders of magnitude (~80 mHz–~1.2 kHz @ CL = 50 pF) preserving a dynamic range greater than 73 dB. Compared with previously reported filters, this proposal is a competitive solution while satisfying the low-voltage low-power on-chip constraints, becoming a preferable choice for general-purpose reconfigurable front-end sensor interfaces.

SELF-TUNING BIQUAD BAND-PASS FILTER

2013 ◽  
Vol 22 (03) ◽  
pp. 1350008 ◽  
Author(s):  
GORAN JOVANOVIĆ ◽  
DARKO MITIĆ ◽  
MILE STOJČEV ◽  
DRAGAN ANTIĆ
Keyword(s):  
Dynamic Range ◽  
Signal Frequency ◽  
Band Pass Filter ◽  
Central Frequency ◽  
Pass Filter ◽  
Input Signal Frequency ◽  
Bicmos Technology ◽  
Self Tuning ◽  
Band Pass ◽  
Constant Bandwidth

One approach to design self-tuning gm-C biquad band-pass filter is considered in this paper. The phase control loop is introduced to force filter central frequency to be equal to input signal frequency what is achieved by adjusting the amplifier transconductance gm. Thanks to that, the filter is robust to parameter perturbations and it can be used as a selective amplifier. In the full tuning range, it has a constant maximum gain at central frequency as well as a constant bandwidth. The 0.25 μm SiGe BiCMOS technology was used during design and verification of the band-pass filter. The filter has 26 dB gain, quality factor Q = 20 and central frequency up to 150 MHz. Simulation results indicate that the total in-band noise is 59 μV rms , the output third intercept point OIP3 = 4.36 dB and the dynamic range is 35 dB. Maximal power consumption at 3 V power supply is 1.115 mW.

scholarly journals Second-order sigma-delta modulator in standard cmos technology

2004 ◽  
Vol 1 (3) ◽  
pp. 37-44 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dragisa Milovanovic ◽  
Milan Savic ◽  
Miljan Nikolic
Keyword(s):  
Dynamic Range ◽  
Cmos Technology ◽  
Second Order ◽  
Clock Frequency ◽  
Sigma Delta Modulator ◽  
Sigma Delta ◽  
Power Meter ◽  
Sampling Ratio

As a part of wider project sigma-delta modulator was designed. It represents an A/D part of a power meter IC. Requirements imposed were: SNDR and dynamic range > 50 dB for maximum input swing of 250 mV differential at 50 Hz. Over sampling ratio is 128 with clock frequency of 524288 Hz which gives bandwidth of 2048 Hz. Circuit is designed in 3.3 V supply standard CMOS 0.35 ?m technology.

scholarly journals A Novel Highly Linear Voltage-To-Time Converter (VTC) Circuit for Time-Based Analog-To-Digital Converters (ADC) Using Body Biasing

Electronics ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (12) ◽  
pp. 2033
Author(s):  
Ahmed Elgreatly ◽  
Ahmed Dessouki ◽  
Hassan Mostafa ◽  
Rania Abdalla ◽  
El-sayed El-Rabaie
Keyword(s):  
Power Consumption ◽  
Software Defined Radio ◽  
Dynamic Range ◽  
Supply Voltage ◽  
Cmos Technology ◽  
The Body ◽  
Analog To Digital Converters ◽  
Clock Frequency ◽  
Analog To Digital ◽  
Operation Speed

Time-based analog-to-digital converter is considered a crucial part in the design of software-defined radio receivers for its higher performance than other analog-to-digital converters in terms of operation speed, input dynamic range and power consumption. In this paper, two novel voltage-to-time converters are proposed at which the input voltage signal is connected to the body terminal of the starving transistor rather than its gate terminal. These novel converters exhibit better linearity, which is analytically proven in this paper. The maximum linearity error is reduced to 0.4%. In addition, the input dynamic range of these converters is increased to 800 mV for a supply voltage of 1.2 V by using industrial hardware-calibrated TSMC 65 nm CMOS technology. These novel designs consist of only a single inverter stage, which results in reducing the layout area and the power consumption. The overall power consumption is 18 μW for the first proposed circuit and 15 μW for the second proposed circuit. The novel converter circuits have a resolution of 5 bits and operate at a maximum clock frequency of 500 MHz.

scholarly journals Design and implementation of 4 bit binary weighted current steering DAC

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (6) ◽  
pp. 5642
Author(s):  
Jayeshkumar J. Patel ◽  
Amisha P. Naik
Keyword(s):  
Supply Voltage ◽  
Biomedical Application ◽  
Current Mode ◽  
Cmos Technology ◽  
Current Steering ◽  
Digital To Analog Converter ◽  
Transmission Gate ◽  
Linearity Error ◽  
Current Steering Dac ◽  
Binary Weighted

A compact current-mode Digital-to-Analog converter (DAC) suitable for biomedical application is repesented in this paper .The designed DAC is binary weighted in 180nm CMOS technology with 1.8V supply voltage. In this implementation, authors have focused on calculaton of Non linearity error say INL and DNL for 4 bit DAC having various type of switches: NMOS, PMOS and Transmission Gate. The implemented DAC uses lower area and power compared to unary architecture due to absence of digital decoders. The desired value of Integrated non linearity (INL) and Differential non linearity (DNL) for DAC for are within a range of +0.5LSB. Result obtained in this works for INL and DNL for the case DAC using Transmission Gate is +0.34LSB and +0.38 LSB respectively with 22mW power dissipation.

scholarly journals Design and Synthesis of a MOD 13 Binary Down Counter

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ara Abdulsatar Assim Assim
Keyword(s):  
Integrated Circuit ◽  
Transient Analysis ◽  
Cmos Technology ◽  
Clock Frequency ◽  
Circuit Layout ◽  
Design And Synthesis

This work explains the process of designing and synthesizing a MOD 13 binary down counter using 180 nm CMOS technology transistors. The beginning of the count is a combination of 1110(2), the end of the count is 0010(2). Simulations are made at the circuit level (transient analysis) to verify that the circuit functions correctly, then the integrated circuit layout is prepared by connecting the components manually. Finally, the layout is simulated to see how the existence of parasitic resistances and capacitances affect the output signals and it is used to estimate the maximum allowable clock frequency (fclk).

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