A Fast Converging Correlation-Based Background Timing Skew Calibration Technique by Digital Windowing for Time-Interleaved ADCs

  • Yunsong Tao
  • , Kareem Ragab
  • , Jin Shao
  • , Pengpeng Chen
  • , Yi Zhong
  • , Lu Jie
  • , Nan Sun

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Abstract

High-speed time-interleaved analog-to-digital converters (TI-ADCs) are sensitive to timing skew mismatch. Autocorrelation-based background timing skew calibration techniques require small hardware overhead as they rely on the TI-ADC input signal for calibration. However, such techniques suffer from a very long convergence time. This paper proposes a new correlation-based technique that boosts convergence speed by orders of magnitude compared to existing autocorrelation-based techniques. The technique uses a digital window detector and calculates the signal correlation funnction around zero-crossings only. Practical design considerations including thermal noise, clock jitter, quantization and offset mismatch are discussed. Behavioral simulation results for two TI-ADCs with different speeds, resolutions and interleaving factors are presented.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationIEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems, ISCAS 2022
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages21-25
Number of pages5
ISBN (Electronic)9781665484855
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2022
Externally publishedYes
Event2022 IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems, ISCAS 2022 - Austin, United States
Duration: 27 May 20221 Jun 2022

Publication series

NameProceedings - IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems
Volume2022-May
ISSN (Print)0271-4310

Conference

Conference2022 IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems, ISCAS 2022
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityAustin
Period27/05/221/06/22

Keywords

  • analog-to-digital converter
  • background calibration
  • mismatch
  • time-interleaved
  • timing skew

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