Paper Info
Title
Design and Realization of High-Accuracy Static Analog Memories (SAMs) Using Low-Cost DA Converters
Abstract
In this paper, the authors demonstrate that a proper connection of two or more low-cost low-accuracy digital-analog converters can be used for the realization of a high-accuracy static analog memory (SAM). High-accuracy SAM is a circuit behaving as a high-accuracy sample and hold block with indefinite hold capability. The proposed topology can be applied both at the board level and at the integrated-circuit level when designing compact and low-cost devices for automated test equipment. In fact, as it will be demonstrated in this paper, high accuracy can be guaranteed by design, without the need for any calibration procedure. The proposed approach can therefore be considered as a possible and advantageous alternative to the conventional methods employed for the realization of high-accuracy multiple-output programmable voltage or current sources. A prototype of the SAM, based on the proposed approach, has been assembled and tested. As it will be shown, the obtained experimental results fully confirm the validity of the approach
Year
DOI
Venue
2006
10.1109/TIM.2006.884277
Instrumentation and Measurement, IEEE Transactions
Keywords
Field
DocType
analogue storage,digital-analogue conversion,integrated circuit design,approximation methods,automated test equipment,digital-analog converters,error analysis,high-accuracy static analog memories,low-cost DA converters,sample and hold block,Analog memories,approximation methods,digital–analog (DA) converter,error analysis
Analog memory,Automatic test equipment,Voltage,Converters,Electronic engineering,Integrated circuit design,Sample and hold,Mathematics,Calibration
Journal
Volume
Issue
ISSN
55
6
0018-9456
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
0
0.34
2
Authors
4
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Graziella Scandurra145.03
Carmine Ciofi285.62
G. Giusi3104.82
Castano, M.400.34