This paper proposes a digital background calibration algorithm to correct linearity errors in a pipelined analog-to-digital converter（ADC）.The algorithm does not modify the analog circuit of pipelined stages and cal...This paper proposes a digital background calibration algorithm to correct linearity errors in a pipelined analog-to-digital converter（ADC）.The algorithm does not modify the analog circuit of pipelined stages and calibrates the raw conversion output by using a backend digital logic.Based on the analysis of the output codes,the calibration logic estimates the bit weight of each stage and corrects the outputs.An experimental 14-bit pipelined ADC is fabricated to verify the algorithm.The results show that INL errors drop from 20 LSB to 1.7 LSB,DNL errors drop from 2 LSB to 0.4 LSB,SNDR grows from 57 to 65.7 dB and THD drops from -58 to -81 dB.The linearity of the pipelined ADC is improved significantly.展开更多
文摘This paper proposes a digital background calibration algorithm to correct linearity errors in a pipelined analog-to-digital converter（ADC）.The algorithm does not modify the analog circuit of pipelined stages and calibrates the raw conversion output by using a backend digital logic.Based on the analysis of the output codes,the calibration logic estimates the bit weight of each stage and corrects the outputs.An experimental 14-bit pipelined ADC is fabricated to verify the algorithm.The results show that INL errors drop from 20 LSB to 1.7 LSB,DNL errors drop from 2 LSB to 0.4 LSB,SNDR grows from 57 to 65.7 dB and THD drops from -58 to -81 dB.The linearity of the pipelined ADC is improved significantly.
