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Main Authors: Babaee, Ramin, Gharan, Shahab Oveis, Bouchard, Martin
Format: Preprint
Published: 2025
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Online Access:https://arxiv.org/abs/2512.08909
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author Babaee, Ramin
Gharan, Shahab Oveis
Bouchard, Martin
author_facet Babaee, Ramin
Gharan, Shahab Oveis
Bouchard, Martin
contents Current-steering digital-to-analog converter (DAC) is a prominent architecture that is commonly used in high-speed applications such as optical communications. One of the shortcomings of this architecture is the output glitches that are input dependent and degrade the dynamic performance of the DAC. We investigate DAC glitches that arise from asymmetry in the fall/rise response of DAC switches. We formulate a glitch metric that defines the overall DAC performance, which is then used to find a novel DAC weighting scheme. Numerical simulations show that the proposed architecture can potentially provide a significant performance advantage compared to the segmented structure.
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spellingShingle Architecture Design for Rise/Fall Asymmetry Glitch Minimization in Current-Steering DACs
Babaee, Ramin
Gharan, Shahab Oveis
Bouchard, Martin
Signal Processing
Current-steering digital-to-analog converter (DAC) is a prominent architecture that is commonly used in high-speed applications such as optical communications. One of the shortcomings of this architecture is the output glitches that are input dependent and degrade the dynamic performance of the DAC. We investigate DAC glitches that arise from asymmetry in the fall/rise response of DAC switches. We formulate a glitch metric that defines the overall DAC performance, which is then used to find a novel DAC weighting scheme. Numerical simulations show that the proposed architecture can potentially provide a significant performance advantage compared to the segmented structure.
title Architecture Design for Rise/Fall Asymmetry Glitch Minimization in Current-Steering DACs
topic Signal Processing
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2512.08909