Wide-Bandwidth High-Dynamic Range D/A Converters

• Main Authors: Doris, Konstantinos (Author), van Roermund, Arthu (Author), Leenaerts, Domine (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Boston, MA : Springer US, 2006.
• Series: The International Series in Engineering and Computer Science, 871
• Subjects: Engineering.; Engineering design.; Electrical engineering.; Electronics.; Microelectronics.; Electronic circuits.; Electronics and Microelectronics, Instrumentation.; Circuits and Systems.; Electrical Engineering.; Engineering Design.

IGH-SPEED Digital to Analog (D/A) converters are essential components in digi- Htal communication systems providing the necessary conversion of signals encoding information in bits to signals encoding information in their amplitude vs. time domain characteristics. In general, they are parts of a lar...

Table of Contents:

• Digital to Analog conversion concepts
• Framework for Analysis and Synthesis of DACs
• Current Steering DACs
• Dynamic limitations of Current Steering DACs
• Current Steering DAC circuit error analysis
• High-level modeling of Current Steering DACs
• Functional modeling of timing errors
• Functional analysis of local timing errors
• Circuit analysis of local timing errors
• Synthesis concepts for CS DACs
• Design of a 12 bit 500 Msample/s DAC.