A Novel Clock-Pulse-Width Calibration Technique For Charge Redistribution Dacs

This paper presents a novel calibration technique for charge redistribution digital-to-analog converters (DACs). By using the proposed clock-pulse-width calibration, the clock of the DAC is modulated, and the output voltage is effectively modified to enhance the differential-non-linearity (DNL) and integral-non-linearity (INL). By using this method, the measured DNL, and INL have been improved by 61% and 87%, respectively. This calibration is done in few steps, and is aided by a cyclone IV FPGA and an ADC. The DAC has been manufactured in a TSMC 90 nm CMOS process, with a core area of 0.011 mm(2). The supply voltage, power consumption, and clock frequency of the IC are 1.2 V, 371 uW, and 8 MHz, respectively.