redicting dynamic specifications of ADCs with a low-quality digital input signal

Sheng, Xiaoqin and Kerzérho, Vincent and Kerkhoff, Hans G. (2010) redicting dynamic specifications of ADCs with a low-quality digital input signal. In: 15th IEEE European Test Symposium, ETS 2010, May 24-28, 2010, Prague, Czech Republic.

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Abstract:	A new method is presented to test dynamic parameters of Analogue-to-Digital Converters (ADC). A noisy and nonlinear pulse is applied as the test stimulus, which is suitable for a multi-site test environment. The dynamic parameters are predicted using a machine-learning-based approach. A training step is required in order to build the mapping function using alternate signatures and the conventional test parameters, all measured on a set of converters. As a result, for industrial testing, only a simple signature-based test is performed on the Devices-Under-Test (DUTs). The signature measurements are provided to the mapping function that is used to predict the conventional dynamic parameters. The method is validated by simulation on a 12-bit 80 Ms/s pipelined ADC with a pulse wave input signal of 3 LSB noise and 7-bit nonlinear rising and falling edges. The final results show that the estimated mean error is less than 4% of the full range of the dynamic specifications.
Item Type:	Conference or Workshop Item
Copyright:	© 2010 IEEE
Faculty:	Electrical Engineering, Mathematics and Computer Science (EEMCS)
Research Group:	Computer Architecture for Embedded Systems (CAES)
Link to this item:	http://purl.utwente.nl/publications/75544
Official URL:	http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/ETSYM.2010.5512764
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