A Multiplying 1.5V 12-bit 60-MS/s Current Steering CMOS Digitalto- Analog Converter for low Latency Transceiver Front-Ends in Industrial Radio Applications

Conference: Zuverlässigkeit und Entwurf - 9. ITG/GMM/GI-Fachtagung
09/18/2017 - 09/20/2017 at Cottbus, Deutschland

Proceedings: Zuverlässigkeit und Entwurf

Pages: 5Language: englishTyp: PDF

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Authors:
Wittmann, Reimund; Teschner, Robert; Henkel, Frank (IMST GmbH, Carl-Friedrich-Gauß-Str. 2, 47475 Kamp-Lintfort, Germany)
Tittelbach-Helmrich, Klaus (IHP, Im Technologiepark 25, 15236 Frankfurt (Oder), Germany)
Wolf, Andreas (DWW GmbH, Paul-Gerhardt-Str. 9, 14513 Teltow, Germany)

Abstract:
This work presents a 12-bit 60 MHz multiplying Nyquist current-steering CMOS digital-to-analog converter (DAC) for the baseband section of wireless transmitter circuits in industrial radio applications. As a specific feature a configurable attenuator circuit is included, which allows gain adjustments down to 0.025 % FSR (linear) or down to 0.25 dB (logarithmic) steps. The implemented fully differential multiplying architecture utilizes dynamic LSB current scaling, which remarkably improves the signal-to-noise performance for attenuated baseband signals. The architecture is configurable for a wide set of applications. For the targeted Industry 4.0 radio system an oversampling ratio (OSR) of 3 is used in order to reduce the required order of the analog reconstruction filter. In addition, a 7-4-1 segmental structure minimizes area and optimizes the dynamic performance. The basic current cell has been optimized for low glitch operation. The full circuit operates with a single 1.5 V supply and the total power consumption is 60 mW. For attenuator settings from 0 to 12 dB the SINAD value stays close to 70 dB. The worst case glitch energy is less than 2.8 pVs. The active area of the baseband transmitter DAC with 3 12-bit cores (I, Q and 4096-step attenuator) is 0.3 mm2 in a 130 nm standard CMOS technology.