TABLE OF CONTENTS
APPENDED PAPERS .................................................................................. IX
RELATED PAPERS NOT INCLUDED IN THE THESIS................................X
1 INTRODUCTION.................................................................................. 1
1.1 Background......................................................................................................1
1.2 Outline and Contribution of the Thesis.........................................................2
2 ADC TESTING AND CHARACTERIZATION...................................... 3
2.1 Frequency Domain Performance Measures..................................................3
2.2 ADC Integral and Differential Nonlinearity.................................................5
2.3 Test Set-up and Device under Test ................................................................7
2.4 Histogram Tests and Input Stimuli................................................................8
2.5 Comparing Different Stimuli........................................................................12
3 MODELS............................................................................................ 17
3.1 Dynamic Nonlinear Models ..........................................................................18
3.2 Measuring Volterra Kernels.........................................................................20
3.3 Dynamic INL Modeling for ADC Characterization...................................21
3.4 A Closed Form Solution to the Estimation Problem..................................26
3.5 The Kautz-Volterra Model ...........................................................................28
4 MODEL-BASED POST-CORRECTION ............................................ 31
4.1 Post-Correction Based on Parametric Models............................................31
4.2 Performance Analysis ...................................................................................32
5 DISCUSSION..................................................................................... 37
SUMMARY OF APPENDED PAPERS........................................................ 39