Abstract:
Wide-band, power-efficient continuous-time (CT) \Delta\Sigma modulators have become the core building block for modern wireless receiver architectures. In particular, t...Show MoreMetadata
Abstract:
Wide-band, power-efficient continuous-time (CT) \Delta\Sigma modulators have become the core building block for modern wireless receiver architectures. In particular, the multi-bit \Delta\Sigma modulator topology is very popular compared to the single-bit variant, as this not only enables a reduced oversampling ratio (OSR) for a given bandwidth and SNDR but also leads to significant power savings. However, as multi-bit DACs are inherently non-linear, these errors fundamentally limit the linearity of the entire modulator. State of the art analog correction concepts [1] compensate multi-bit DAC errors by placing an auxiliary DAC (AUXDAC) in parallel to the main feedback DAC. The AUXDAC operates at full modulator clock speed, giving rise to four major drawbacks highlighted in Fig. 1. This work proposes a body-bias DAC calibration scheme that overcomes all these drawbacks by utilizing the transistor back gate as a control node to correct static DAC unit cell mismatch to 15bit accuracy.
Published in: 2022 IEEE Custom Integrated Circuits Conference (CICC)
Date of Conference: 24-27 April 2022
Date Added to IEEE Xplore: 18 May 2022
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