Title
Characterization of Metrological Grade Analog-to-Digital Converters Using a Programmable Josephson Voltage Standard
Abstract
A test bench has been developed for systematic characterization of high-resolution analog-to-digital converters. The reference signal is generated by a programable Josephson voltage standard. Three 24-bit digitizers have been characterized. Noise performance has been measured at direct current using the Allan deviation, whereas integral nonlinearity has been measured with quasi-dynamic stepwise triangular waveforms at frequencies between 0.5 Hz and 1 kHz. None of the digitizers outperforms all others for each tested characteristics. Therefore, such a systematic characterization provides the overview needed to identify the most suitable digitizer for a given application.
Year
DOI
Venue
2011
10.1109/TIM.2011.2113950
Instrumentation and Measurement, IEEE Transactions
Keywords
Field
DocType
analogue-digital conversion,integrated circuit noise,integrated circuit testing,digitizers,high-resolution analog-digital converters,integral nonlinearity,metrological grade analog-digital converters,noise performance,programmable Josephson voltage standard,quasidynamic stepwise triangular waveforms,reference signal,test bench,Analog-digital conversion,Josephson junctions,delta–sigma modulation,metrology,noise measurement
Allan variance,Integral nonlinearity,Josephson effect,Test bench,Noise measurement,Josephson voltage standard,Electromagnetics,Control engineering,Electronic engineering,Delta-sigma modulation,Electrical engineering,Mathematics
Journal
Volume
Issue
ISSN
60
7
0018-9456
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
5
2.00
8
Authors
4
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Frédéric Overney14911.88
Alain Rüfenacht29615.03
Braun, J.3112.96
Blaise Jeanneret48523.47