Linearization for High-Speed Current-Steering DACs Using Neural Networks

20 Nov 2020  ·  Daniel Beauchamp, Keith M. Chugg ·

This paper proposes a novel foreground linearization scheme for a high-speed CS-DAC. The technique leverages neural networks (NNs) to derive a LUT that maps the inverse of the DAC transfer characteristic onto the input codes. The algorithm is shown to improve conventional methods by at least 6dB in terms of intermodulation (IM) performance for frequencies up to 9GHz on a state-of-the-art 10-bit CS-DAC operating at 40.96GS/s (gigasamples-per-second) in 14nm CMOS.

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