A 6-bit 4 GS/s pseudo-thermometer segmented CMOS DAC

A 6-bit 4 GS/s, high-speed and power-efficient DAC for ultra-high-speed transceivers in 60 GHz band millimeter wave technology is presented. A novel pseudo-thermometer architecture is proposed to realize a good compromise between the fast conversion speed and the chip area. Symmetrical and compact floor planning and layout techniques including tree-like routing, cross-quading and common-centroid method are adopted to guarantee the chip is fully functional up to near-Nyquist frequency in a standard 0.18 #m CMOS process. Post simulation results corroborate the feasibility of the designed DAC, which can perform good static and dynamic linearity without calibration. DNL errors and INL errors can be controlled within 4-0.28 LSB and 4-0.26 LSB, respectively. SFDR at 4 GHz clock frequency for a 1.9 GHz near-Nyquist sinusoidal output signal is 40.83 dB and the power dissipation is less than 37 roW.     

12位300MHz电流驱动型DAC

在电路误差、电路占用芯片面积相互折中和妥协的前提下提出了一种8+4结构的电流驱动型数模转换器.采用Q2 random walk方法设计了一个新型的双中心对称的电流矩阵,确保数模转换器的线性度.分析并求出了最佳电平交叉点,设计了电平钳位锁存器对开关电平限幅,DAC动态性能得到改善.在12位分辨率下,刷新率达到300MHz以上.     

An 8-bit low power DAC with re-used distributed binary cells architecture for reconfigurable transmitters

In this work an 8-bit DAC is presented which uses a new segmented architecture, where distributed binary cells are re-used in thermometric manner to realize the MSB unit cells. The DAC has been fabricated in 0.18 μm five-metal CMOS n-well process to be embedded in multi-standard reconfigurable wireless transmitters for low-speed applications. The proposed architecture has an inherent ability to reduce midcode glitch like the unary architecture, and the simulated midcode glitch is only 0.01 pV s. Simulation results show that the proposed DAC performs with an integral nonlinearity (INL) of 0.33 LSB and a differential nonlinearity (DNL) of 0.14 LSB. The DAC can achieve a maximum measured SFDR of 65.19 dB for 97.50 kHz signal at a sampling rate of 100 MSPS, without using any calibration or dynamic element matching (DEM) technique. For 1.07 MHz signal the measured SFDR is 56.84 dB at 100 MSPS sampling rate. At 50 MSPS sampling frequency and 146 kHz signal the SFDR of the DAC is 65.90 dB. The measured SFDR at 538 kHz signal is 63.62 dB for a sampling rate of 50 MSPS. Measured third order intermodulation distortion of the DAC is 58.55 dB, for a dual tone test with 1.03 MHz and 1.51 MHz signals at 50 MSPS sampling rate. Low power is also an important aspect in portable wireless devices. For 10.06 MHz signal and 100 MSPS sampling frequency, the power dissipation of the DAC is 20.74 mW with 1.8 V supply.     

一种带电流源校准的16bit高性能DAC

设计了一种带电流源校准电路的16 bit高速、高分辨率分段电流舵型数模转换器(DAC)。针对电流舵DAC中传统差分开关的缺点,提出了一种优化的四相开关结构。系统分析了输出电流、积分非线性和无杂散动态范围(SFDR)三个重要性能指标对电流舵DAC的电流源单元设计的影响,完成了电流源单元结构和MOS管尺寸的设计。增加了一种优化设计的电流源校准电路以提高DAC的动态性能。基于0.18μm CMOS工艺完成了该DAC的版图设计和工艺加工,其核心部分芯片面积为2.8 mm^2。测试结果表明,在500 MHz采样速率、100 MHz输入信号频率下,测得该DAC的SFDR和三阶互调失真分别约为76和78 dB,动态性能得到明显提升。     

高速电流舵D/A转换器技术发展动态

综合论述了高速电流舵结构D/A转换器设计中的多项关键技术。以近年发表的高速电流舵结构D/A转换器的论文和公开的专利为基础,以电流舵结构D/A转换器设计中所遇到的多种非理想因素为依据,分类介绍了每种关键技术的原理、特点,并给出评价,提出了这些技术在电路级实现时需要考虑的因素。     

一种指数增益控制型高线性CMOS中频可变增益放大器

采用跨导线性化技术设计了一种具有指数增益特性的高线性中频可变增益放大器.该放大器由电流调节型可变增益单元、宽范围指数电压转换电路及固定增益放大器构成.基于0.25μm CMOS工艺的测试结果表明,放大器实现了8～48dB的增益连续变化,差分输出1V峰峰值下的三阶互调失真小于-60dBc,最大增益处噪声系数为8.7dB,50Ω负载下三阶输出截点为14.2dBm.     

System Level Modeling of Microsystems Using Order Reduction Methods

The dynamic element matching (DEM) techniques for digital-to-analog converters(DACs) has been suggested as a promising method to improve matching between the DAC's referencelevels. However, no work has so far taken the dynamic effects that limit the performance for higher frequenciesinto account. In this paper we present a model describing the dynamic properties of a DEM DAC and compare thesimulated results with measurements of a 14-bit current-steering DEM DAC implemented in a 0.35-m CMOSprocess. The measured data agrees well with the results predicted by the used model. It is also shown that theDEM technique does not necessarily increase the performance of a DAC when dynamic errors are dominating theachievable performance.     

A 14-bit Current-Steering DAC with Current-Mode Deglitcher

A 14-bit current-steering DAC utilizing parallel current memories operating as a deglitcher is presented. The high linearity of the current memories is based on a memory MOS transistor biased in the triode region and a bootstrapped sampling switch. The prototype circuit is implemented using a 0.35-m BiCMOS (SiGe) technology and it occupies 5.7 mm² of silicon area. According to measurements, THD is –66.8 dBc with a 9.1-MHz input signal and 30-MHz clock frequency. Two-tone test gives intermodulation levels below 68 dBFS at 40-MS/s sampling rate. The power dissipation is 370 mW from a 3-V supply.     

一种带有插值滤波器的8位650MHz采样速率数字模拟转换器

针对OFDM-UWB标准超宽带收发系统中数模转换器(DAC)的要求,设计了一款8位650MHz采样速率电流驱动型数模转换器(Current-steering DAC)。为了提高静态性能,本设计通过蒙特卡洛分析确定电流源最佳尺寸并采用双中心版图技术;为了提高动态性能,文中采用共源共栅电流源结构,对开关电压降摆幅处理并在数字输入端前加入插值滤波器。测试结果表明,DAC的积分非线性(INL)和差分非线性(DNL)分别为0.3LSB和0.41LSB,650MHz转换速率下带内奈奎斯特无杂散动态范围(SFDR)为41dB。整体面积为1.8cm×1.3cm,其中DAC面积为0.8cm×0.8cm。     

用于高速DDS中电流舵DAC的基准电流源设计

介绍一种用于高速DDS中电流舵DAC的带隙基准电流源电路,在传统带隙基准源电路的基础上将产生ΔVBE的两个三极管基极相连,使用两个运放分别将其集电极与基极钳至于相同电位,在保证三极管处于饱和区的基础上消除传统基准电路中由运放失调带来的误差VOS,通过温度补偿电路,补偿VBE与温度T的非线性项。电路采用0.18μm的深N阱1P5M工艺,选用NPN型三极管,仿真结果表明tt条件下基准电压输出温漂系数≈10×10-9/℃,基准电流输出温漂系数≈10×10-9/℃。