An enhanced procedure for calculating dynamic properties of high-performance DAC on ATE

Abstract

Due to the current hardware and testing environment limitations, sometimes a perfect coherent condition cannot be satisfied regarding Digital-to-Analog Converter testing. In this paper, the existing algorithms for non-coherent sampling are reviewed and the limitations of each algorithm are analyzed. Then an enhanced procedure is proposed with detail explanation. The experimental results show the new procedure has a higher accuracy and a broader coverage.