Analysis and design considerations of systematic nonlinearity for sigma-delta current-steering DAC

Astria Nur Irfansyah; Torsten Lehmann; Julian Jenkins; Tara Julia Hamilton

doi:10.1109/TENCONSpring.2013.6584427

Analysis and design considerations of systematic nonlinearity for sigma-delta current-steering DAC

Astria Nur Irfansyah
, Torsten Lehmann
, Julian Jenkins
, Tara Julia Hamilton

School of Engineering, Design & Built Environment

Research output: Chapter in Book / Conference Paper › Conference Paper › peer-review

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Abstract

This paper deals with the design aspect of current-steering D/A converters which is to be incorporated in an oversampling sigma-delta DAC with Dynamic Element Matching (DEM), and particularly with the trade-off between device sizing, output impedance, and ideal systematic non-linearity. A formula for the estimation of minimum output impedance requirement based on DNL specification is proposed, and the corresponding design guideline is given. As a case study, a 16-bit sigma-delta current-steering DAC is presented. It is shown in this paper that basic cascode current mirror structure is not practical for this purpose. An 8-level current steering DAC with 16-bit accuracy was designed in a 0.18-Î¼m CMOS process using the regulated cascode enhanced output impedance current mirror. A worst case INL of 0.09 LSB of a 16-bit converter was achieved.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	IEEE 2013 Tencon-Spring: April 17th - 19th, 2013, Sydney, Australia: Conference Proceedings
Publisher	IEEE
Pages	108-111
Number of pages	4
ISBN (Print)	9781467363495
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/TENCONSpring.2013.6584427
Publication status	Published - 2013
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Analysis and design considerations of systematic nonlinearity for sigma-delta current-steering DAC. / Irfansyah, Astria Nur; Lehmann, Torsten; Jenkins, Julian et al.
IEEE 2013 Tencon-Spring: April 17th - 19th, 2013, Sydney, Australia: Conference Proceedings. IEEE, 2013. p. 108-111.

Research output: Chapter in Book / Conference Paper › Conference Paper › peer-review

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