IEEE 1658 2012
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IEEE Standard for Terminology and Test Methods of Digital-to-Analog Converter Devices
Published By | Publication Date | Number of Pages |
IEEE | 2012 | 126 |
New IEEE Standard – Active. Terminology and test methods to clearly document prevalent world-wide terms used to describe and test digital-to-analog converters (DACs) are provided. It is restricted to monolithic, hybrid, and module DACs and does not cover systems encompassing DACs.
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PDF Pages | PDF Title |
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1 | IEEE Std 1658-2011 Front Cover |
3 | Title page |
6 | Introduction |
7 | Notice to users Laws and regulations Copyrights Updating of IEEE documents Errata Patents |
8 | Participants |
10 | Contents |
13 | Important Notice 1. Overview 1.1 Scope |
14 | 1.2 Purpose 1.3 Discussion of scope and purpose 1.4 Digital-to-analog converter and analog-to-digital converter differences and similarities |
16 | 1.5 Digital-to-analog converter background |
23 | 1.6 Guidance to the user 1.6.1 Interfacing 1.6.2 Coding |
25 | 1.6.2.1 Adjustment range |
26 | 1.6.3 Test conditions 1.6.4 Test equipment |
27 | 1.6.5 Test selection 1.7 Manufacturer supplied information 1.7.1 General information 1.7.2 Minimum specifications |
28 | 1.7.3 Additional specifications 1.7.4 Critical DAC parameters |
29 | 2. Normative references |
30 | 3. Definitions, symbols, acronyms, and abbreviations 3.1 Definitions |
38 | 3.2 Symbols |
41 | 3.3 Acronyms and abbreviations |
42 | 4. Test methods 4.1 General comments on test methods 4.2 Test setup |
43 | 4.3 Static testing |
44 | 4.4 Dynamic testing |
46 | 4.5 Taking a record of data 5. Fitting sine waves 5.1 Curve fitting test method |
47 | 5.1.1 Three-parameter versus four-parameter fit 5.2 Choice of frequencies and record length 5.3 Fine-scale frequency selection |
48 | 5.4 Medium-scale frequency selection 5.5 Coarse-scale frequency selection 5.5.1 Comments on fine, medium, and coarse frequency selection |
49 | 5.6 Selecting signal amplitudes 6. Digital input 6.1 Coding 6.2 Clock and data feedthrough |
50 | 6.2.1 Clock and data feedthrough test method |
51 | 6.3 Static input parameters 6.4 Timing parameters 7. Analog inputs |
52 | 8. Analog output (single-ended and differential) |
53 | 8.1 Output impedance 8.1.1 Output impedance test method |
54 | 8.2 Short-circuit current 8.2.1 Short-circuit current test method 8.3 Compliance voltage for current-output DACs 8.3.1 Compliance voltage test method 8.4 Load current for voltage-output DACs 8.4.1 Load current test method for voltage-source DACs |
55 | 8.5 Maximum usable dynamic range 8.5.1 Definition of maximum usable dynamic range 8.5.2 Test method for maximum usable dynamic range The rms of the largest single tone output that can be generated from a DAC with a given FSR can be approximated by Equation (17): 9. Gain and offset (static and dynamic) 9.1 Static gain and offset (independently based) |
56 | 9.1.1 Static gain and offset test method Measure the code output levels as per 4.3. The transfer characteristic can then be represented by Equation (19). |
57 | 9.2 Static gain and offset (terminally based) 9.2.1 Static gain and offset test method 9.3 Dynamic gain and offset 9.3.1 Dynamic gain error |
58 | 10. Linearity (static and dynamic) 10.1 Integral nonlinearity 10.1.1 Integral nonlinearity test method 10.2 Differential nonlinearity |
59 | 10.3 Monotonicity 10.4 Spurious free dynamic range (SFDR) |
60 | 10.4.1 Spurious free dynamic range test method |
61 | 10.4.2 Spurious free dynamic range discussion |
62 | 11. Noise |
63 | 11.1 Signal-to-noise and distortion ratio 11.1.1 Test setup for SINAD |
64 | 11.1.2 Test method for SINAD in the time domain |
65 | 11.1.3 Test method for SINAD in the frequency domain |
66 | 11.1.4 Comments on attainable SINAD |
67 | 11.2 Signal-to-noise ratio 11.2.1 Coherent-sampling test method for SNR |
68 | 11.2.2 Comments on SINAD and SNR 11.3 1/f Noise 11.3.1 General discussion of 1/f noise 11.3.2 Test method for 1/f noise |
69 | 11.3.3 Comments on 1/f noise 11.4 Effective number of bits |
70 | 11.4.1 Test method for effective number of bits 11.4.2 Comment on ideal quantization error 11.4.3 Comments on test conditions and results of the SNR and ENOB tests 11.4.4 Comment on the relationship of SINAD and ENOB |
71 | 11.5 Noise power ratio 11.5.1 Adjacent channel leakage power ratio 11.5.1.1 Test method for ACLR 12. Harmonic and spurious distortion 12.1 Total harmonic distortion |
72 | 12.1.1 Total harmonic distortion test method |
73 | 12.2 Intermodulation distortion 12.2.1 Intermodulation distortion test method using two tones 12.2.2 Comment on intermodulation distortion test method 12.3 Glitches 12.3.1 General comments on DAC glitches |
75 | 12.3.2 Test method for DAC glitches |
76 | 13. Step response parameters 13.1 General comments on step response parameters 13.2 Test method for acquiring an estimate of the step response |
77 | 13.2.1 Comment on test results 13.3 Slew rate limit 13.3.1 Slew rate limit test method 13.4 Settling time parameters 13.4.1 Test method for settling time and short-term settling time |
78 | 13.4.2 Comment on settling time 13.4.3 Filtering settling region of step for improved settling time measurement |
80 | 13.5 Transition duration 13.5.1 Test method 13.5.2 Comment on pathological test results |
81 | 13.5.3 Effects of a non-ideal step on transition duration and overshoot 13.5.4 Effect of time jitter on transition duration 13.6 Overshoot and precursors |
82 | 13.6.1 Test method 14. Interference-related DAC parameters 14.1 Multitone power ratio 14.1.1 MTPR test method |
83 | 14.2 Comments 14.3 Crosstalk (channel separation, channel isolation) 14.3.1 DC crosstalk measurement |
85 | 14.3.2 AC channel-to-channel isolation test method 14.3.3 Digital crosstalk test method 14.3.4 Analog crosstalk measurement 14.3.5 Comment on crosstalk parameters measurement 14.4 Channel matching |
86 | 14.4.1 Channel matching test method 14.4.2 Comment on channel matching 14.5 Channel skew |
87 | 15. Frequency response parameters 15.1 General comments on frequency response parameters 15.2 Reference input bandwidth |
88 | 15.2.1 Reference input bandwidth test method 15.2.2 Reference input bandwidth test method based on step response 15.3 Digital-to-analog-conversion frequency response |
93 | 15.3.1 Digital-to-analog conversion frequency-response test using sine waves 15.3.2 Test method for frequency response from impulse or step response |
94 | 16. Differential gain and phase 16.1 Differential gain and phase test method |
95 | 17. Power supply parameters 17.1 Power supply currents 17.1.1 Power supply current test method 17.2 Power supply voltage effects 17.2.1 Power supply voltage effects test method |
96 | 17.2.1.1 Comments on power supply rejection ratio |
97 | 17.3 Ground currents |
99 | Annex A (informative) DAC architectures A.1 Binary weighted |
101 | A.2 Resistor string A.3 Segmented |
102 | A.4 R-2R |
103 | A.5 Delta-Sigma |
104 | A.6 PWM DAC |
105 | A.7 Multiple DAC architecture |
106 | Annex B (informative) Sine-wave fitting algorithms B.1 An algorithm for three-parameter (known frequency) least-squares fit to sine wave data using matrix operations |
108 | B.2 An algorithm for four-parameter (general use) least-squares fit to sine-wave data using matrix operations |
110 | B.3 Comment on three-parameter versus four-parameter sine fit |
111 | Annex C (informative) Discrete Fourier transforms and windowing C.1 Discrete Fourier transforms and windowing |
113 | C.2 Windowed DFT C.3 Spectral averaging C.4 Spectral leakage |
115 | C.5 Coherent sampling, sine fitting, and other means of dealing with spectral leakage C.6 Useful windows and their characteristics |
116 | C.7 Choosing a window |
117 | Annex D (informative) Software considerations D.1 Motivation D.2 Test of software to fit waveforms D.3 Test of discrete Fourier transform software |
118 | Annex E (informative) Base-Band Reconstruction process E.1 Motivation E.2 Data generation |
124 | Annex F (informative) Bibliography |