A distributed test system for pipelined ADCs
โ Scribed by E. Mancini; S. Rapuano; D. Dallet
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 2009
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 526 KB
- Volume
- 42
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0263-2241
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โฆ Synopsis
The paper presents a distributed test system for pipelined ADCs including a model-based characterization process. A set of modular Virtual Instruments has been developed in Java to execute the system functions in order to be remotely manageable through a common Internet browser. The system features include (i) a module able in modeling an ADC through the specialization of a simplified behavioral model; (ii) a module executing the dynamic testing of the device; (iii) a scalable database providing the data sharing among more remote users; and (iv) some interface modules to programmable instrumentation. The paper also presents the results of the first validation of the system, carried out on an actual pipelined ADC.
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