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High-Speed Analog-to-Digital Converters for Modern Satellite Receivers : Design Verification Test and Sensitivity Analysis Ph.D. Dissertation Exam February 06, 2008 Seokjin Kim Analog & Mixed-Signal System Design Lab. Electrical and Computer Engineering University of Maryland, College Park

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Page 1: High-Speed Analog-to-Digital Converters for Modern

High-Speed Analog-to-Digital Converters for Modern Satellite Receivers :

Design Verification Test and Sensitivity Analysis

Ph.D. Dissertation ExamFebruary 06, 2008

Seokjin Kim

Analog & Mixed-Signal System Design Lab.Electrical and Computer EngineeringUniversity of Maryland, College Park

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Acknowledgements

• Dr. Martin Peckerar (Chair/Advisor)

• Dr. Neil Goldsman• Dr. Pamela Abshire• Dr. Kristine Rosfjord• Dr. Aris Christou

• Dr. Keith Perkins (Naval Research Laboratory)

• VLSI/Wireless department at Hughes Network Systems

• Analog & Mixed-Signal System Design Laboratory

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Agenda

• Motivation & objective• Contributions & publications• Overview of analog-to-digital converters (ADCs) • Design verification test (DVT) outline• High-speed ADC architecture: New result• ADC design verification test (DVT) software• ADC DVT methodology• Production test checklist

Automated test equipment (ATE)• ADC corner lot study as a sensitivity analysis• Conclusions

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Motivation & Objective

• Motivation:– To provide a cost-effective test stand capable of evaluating high-speed

ADC systems in a modern satellite receiver– To help many of high-speed ADC design/test engineers in both industry

and academia

• Objective: to develop full production–ready cost effective design verification test methodology for a high-speed ADC

– Case study for a high-speed ADC:• Design-for-Test (DfT) enhanced approach• Testability

– Develop concurrent engineering design verification test (DVT) procedure– DVT program (test flow, test plan) – VTS suite– Cost-effective ATE solutions

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Contribution• To provide detailed and generalized High-speed ADC testing methodology

– Improved methodology for dynamic performance testing of ADCs for satellite communications

• Verification tool development: ADC verification test software (VTS) Suite– provide enough background of High-speed ADC

ATE ready Technician level or entry-level engineer can run accurate ADC test

someone who is not familiar with ADC or RF testing could understand it

• Integrated Design-for-Test (DfT) concept as a part of process– Important case study for a high-speed ADC design

• RF design & measurement techniques– Socket design

• Prototype device characterization & production-ready– Device interface board (DIB) design for high-speed mixed-signal applications– Intermodulation and IP3

• First time high-speed ADC design parameters sensitivity analysis corner lot study– To determine the impact of process variations and to analyze the sensitivity of the ADCs to

critical process parameter variations– Manufacturing yield

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Related Publications

• Published:– Seokjin Kim, Radmil Elkis, and Martin Peckerar, “Device Verification Testing of High Speed

ADCs in Satellite Communications Systems,” in IEEE AUTOTESTCON (System Readiness Technology Conference), 2007

IEEE Instrumentation & Measurement Society (IMS)Best Student Paper Award

– Seokjin Kim, Radmil Elkis and Martin Peckerar, “Corner Lot Process Variation Effects on High Speed ADCs for Satellite Receivers,” in IEEE ISDRS, 2007

– Seokjin Kim and Martin Peckerar, “High Speed Analog-to-Digital Converter Design Verification Tests in Satellite Receivers,” in IEEE ISCIT, 2007

• Accepted for Publication:

– Seokjin Kim, Radmil Elkis, and Martin Peckerar, “Device Verification Testing of High Speed ADCs in Satellite Communication Systems,” in IEEE TIM, special-issue, 2008

– Seokjin Kim, Kwangsik Choi, Martin Peckerar and Aris Christou, “Line-spike Induced Failure in Integrated Circuit Bond-wires,” in IEEE IRPS, 2008

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Overview of ADCs

S. Rapuano, and et al., “ADC parameters and characteristics," Instrumentation & Measurement Magazine, IEEE, vol. 8, no. 5, pp. 44-54, 2005

ADC architectures, applications, resolution, and sampling rates

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ADC Architectural Tradeoffs

Number of Bits(Resolution)

Integrating ADC

- ADC

SAR, Pipeline ADC

Flash ADC

Com

pone

nt M

atch

ing

Number of Bits(Resolution)

Flash ADCSAR ADCPipleline ADC

Integrating ADC- ADC

Number of Bits(Resolution)

Integrating ADC

SAR ADCPipeline ADC

- ADC

Flash ADC

Digital Therm

ometer C

ode

Decoder

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ADCs for Modern Satellite Communications

Typical satellite receiver

• Challenges for the ADC verification testing at high speed – Mixed-signal IC test

• Difficulty to apply traditional metrics to validate system-on-chip (SoC) solutions

Mixed-signal buffering interfaces

– Digital signal processing (DSP) based testing

– Design-for-test (DfT)

• Accurate sampling channel testing (for satellite tuner)

• High-speed ADC testing methodology for a modern satellite receiver– Static/Dynamic ADC testing– Test program

• Verification test software (VTS) suite

Error vector magnitude (EVM)and related quantities

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Design Verification Process Outline

Capital expensive items:• Test programs• Test equipment• Rack & stack• Automated test equipment

(ATE)• Interfacing

HandlersLoad BoardContactor SocketWafer probingPackaging

• Calibration• Accuracy, repeatability, and

correlation• Design-for-Test (DfT) and

built-in-self-test (BIST)

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High-speed ADC Characterization: New ResultsOVER-RANGE

6-BITQUANTIZER

OVER-RANGE

6-BITQUANTIZER

1:2DEMULTIPLEXER

1:2DEMULTIPLEXER

I-OUT-A

I-OUT-B

Q-OUT-A

Q-OUT-B

OVERRANGEOUTPUT

I CHANNELINPUT

Q CHANNELINPUT

CLOCKINPUT

400 MHz800 MHz

DATAOUTPUTS

CLOCKOUTPUT

DIV2

OVERRANGECOMBINER

ADC top level function block Hughes Network System (Germantown, MD)

THAMES ASIC project

80-pin TQFNPackage

6-bit dual channelResolutionConditions

400 MHzOutput Data Rate

800 MSamples/ secSampling2’s complementary

CodeOutput Format

Digital 3 VAnalog 5 VLVDS 5 V

Supply

LVDS Output with Rload =100 Ω

Output Condition

800 mVpp

AnalogInput

Range

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High-speed ADC Architecture

• Flash type ADC for a speed (800 MS/s)• Fabricated in Atmel’s AT46000 BiCMOS technology• Two identical 6-bit ADCs on a chip

– Application to a modern satellite base-band receiver

Track/Hold

LVDSO/P

Drivers

LVDSO/P

Drivers

Track/Hold

LVDSO/P

Drivers

LVDSO/P

Drivers

LVDSO/P

Drivers

Bias

2

2

2

2 2

2

Rext

in_I+

in_I-

in_Q+

in_Q-

clk

clk

data_ready

over_range

Data Output A

Data Output B

Data Output B

Data Output A

VCC_5VI VCC_digI VCC_lvdsI

VCC_5VQ VCC_digQ VCC_lvdsQVCC_5V_lvdsQ

VCC_5V_lvdsI

data_ready

over_range

High Speed ADC Architecture – Thames (Designed by HNS)

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Design-for-Test Philosophy

High Speed ADC Architecture – Thames (Designed by HNS)

• Common input sampling clock • Demultiplexed (6:12) digital output

– ‘data_ready’ – lower speed data transfer

– ‘over-range’ – over flow• Two’s complement outputs

compliant with IEEE LVDS Std.1596.3-1996

• Temperature sensing and control• External bias setting resistor• Separated voltage supply and

ground pinouts for each analog, digital, buffer sections

‘data_ready’ & Latency

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Design-for-Test Philosophy

‘over_range’:monitoring ADC input fullscale

Over driven input

‘over_range’ & input voltage

Under driven input

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in_I+G

nd_l

vdsQ

Gnd

_lvd

sI

bit0A_I

bit3

A_I

bit4

B_I

Gnd_aI

bit5

B_I

bit5

A_I

Gnd

_dig

I

VC

C_l

vdsQ

data_readyclk

Gnd_aI

Dual 6-bit 800-Ms/S Flash ADC

bit0B_I

bit1A_I

bit1B_I

bit2

A_I

bit2

B_I

over_range

bit3

B_I

bit4

A_I

V CC_d

igI

V CC_l

vdsI

VC

C_d

igQ

bit5

B_Q

bit5

A_Q

bit3

B_Q

bit4

A_Q

bit3

A_Q

bit4

B_Q

bit0A_Q

bit0B_Q

bit1A_Q

bit1B_Q

VCC_5VQ

bit2

A_Q

bit2

B_Q

80-pin TQFP

Gnd_aQ

in_Q+

Gnd

_dig

Q

VCC_5V_lvdsQ

Gnd_aQ

VCC_5VI

1

2141

61

VCC_5V_lvdsIGnd_sub

Gnd_subGnd_ESD

bit5

A_I

bit5

B_I

bit4

A_I

bit4

B_I

bit3

B_I

bit3

A_I

bit2

B_I

bit2

A_I

bit1A_I

bit1B_I

bit0A_I

bit0B_I

over_rangedata_ready

bit0B_Q

bit0A_Q

bit1B_Q

bit1A_Q

bit2

B_Q

bit2

A_Q

bit3

B_Q

bit3

A_Q

bit5

A_Q

bit5

B_Q

bit4

A_Q

bit4

B_Q

clk

temp_I

Rext

temp_ctl

in_I-

in_Q-

Packaging:Thermally enhanced thin quad flat 80-pin package(0.5 mm pitch, 12 X 12 mm2 body)

Test Fixture - PackagingFabricated in Atmel’s AT46000 BiCMOS technology

Bare-die:3.2 x 3.2 mm2 84 pin-pad

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THERMAL LANDCOPPER PLANE

HNS high-speed ADC: Thames ASIC DIE

COPPER TRACE

COPPER TRACE

THERMAL LANDCOPPER PLANE

BOND WIRE

EXPOXY

EXPOSED PAD

GROUND PLANEAnalog Ground (AGND)Digital Ground (DGND)

POWER PLANE

6 x 6 ARRAY of THERMAL VIAS(Interface with socket thermal string)

Test Fixture - Packaging Thermal Issue

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Test Fixture & Handler

I input

CLK input

Q input

Mictor connector(low frequency evalution)

ADC socket400MHz data rateDifferential logic probe

Filter & MatchingBalun(single-to-differential driver)

LVDS Receiver

HNS high speed ADC verification test fixture

DUT handler

Loaded DUT on the socketwithout latch cover

Spring loaded 80-pin pogo pin Socket3-pin header

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RF Input to “Thames”

0o 0o

0o180o

0o 0o

0o180o

LPF

LPF

BPF

BPF

THAMESASIC

I+

I-

CLK+

CLK-

RF SignalGenerator

Port Imp. = 50

RF SignalGenerator

Port Imp. = 50

Test FixturePCB

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I/Q channel LPF

PortP2Num=2

CC3C=9.126246 pF

LL2

R=1e-12 OhmL=27.279356 nH

CC2C=15.71677 pF

LL1

R=1e-12 OhmL=27.279356 nH

CC1C=9.126245 pF

PortP1Num=1

Ideal design

Practical design

PortP2Num=2

CC3C=9. pF

LL2

R=1e-12 OhmL=27. nH

CC2C=15. pF

LL1

R=1e-12 OhmL=27. nH

CC1C=9. pF

PortP1Num=1

Ideal component values!

Available component values!

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I & Q Channel LPF Characteristics

S22

S11

Mag

nitu

de, d

B

0.2 0.4 0.6 0.80.0 1.0

-35

-30

-25

-20

-15

-10

-5

-40

0

freq, GHz

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CLK BPF

LL2

R=1e-12 OhmL=21.823485 nH

CC4C=3.901478 pF

PortP2Num=2

CC5C=7.300996 pF

LL5

R=1e-12 OhmL=11.66195 nH

LL4

R=1e-12 OhmL=21.823485 nH

CC3C=12.573416 pF

LL3

R=1e-12 OhmL=6.771736 nH

CC2C=3.901478 pF

CC1C=7.300996 pF

LL1

R=1e-12 OhmL=11.66195 nH

PortP1Num=1

Ideal designLL2

R=1e-12 OhmL=22 nH

CC4C=3 pF

PortP2Num=2

CC5C=6.8 pF

LL5

R=1e-12 OhmL=10 nH

LL4

R=1e-12 OhmL=22 nH

CC3C=12 pF

LL3

R=1e-12 OhmL=6.8 nH

CC2C=3 pF

CC1C=6.8 pF

LL1

R=1e-12 OhmL=10 nH

PortP1Num=1

Practical design

Ideal component values!

Available component values!

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CLK BPF Characteristics

S22

S11

0.2 0.4 0.6 0.8 1.0 1.2 1.40.0 1.6

-20

-15

-10

-5

-25

0

freq, GHz

Mag

nitu

de, d

B

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Time-domain Characteristics

6 84 10

-400

-200

0

200

400

-600

600

time, nsec

var(

"I-n

eg

"),

mV

var(

"I-p

os"

), m

V

0o 0o

0o180o

0o 0o

0o180o

LPF

LPF

BPF

BPF

THAMESASIC

I+

I-

CLK+

CLK-

RF SignalGenerator

Port Imp. = 50

RF SignalGenerator

Port Imp. = 50

Test FixturePCB

6 84 10

-400

-200

0

200

400

-600

600

time, nsec

var(

"CLK

-neg

"),

mV

var(

"CLK

-pos

"),

mV

I-pos

I-neg

CLK-pos

CLK-neg

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Test Fixture - Device Interface board (DIB)

Keep symmetrically disposing the differential-analog-input subsystems

Balancing all parasitics

Routing high speed digital signal traces away from the sensitive analog traces, clock, and reference lines Minimize undesirable crosstalk

Optimizing routes for the clock and analog input Minimize unwanted signal skew and phase mismatch

Total DIB (PCB) thickness: ~ 64.4 milPCB material : FR-4 6 layer PCB(64.4x25.4/1000 ≈ 1.64 mm)

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Test Rack (Test Bench)

Host Computer

Spectrum Analyzer

TemperatureChamber

Test Fixture

RF Balun

Digital Mutli-meter

Digital Logic Analyzer

Power Supply

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DVT Configuration

Configuration for the HNS high speed ADC verification tests

800 MHz sate analysis function

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High Speed ADC DVT Methodology• Test program: ADC verification software suite (VTS)

– Single-tone ADC tester– Two-tone ADC tester

• Fast Fourier transform based• Auto test equipment (ATE)

– Post processing parameter extraction performance analysis

• Static/Dynamic ADC test– Static

• Ramp-based method to determine the ADC output transition levels• Time consuming• Can not verify a real ADC performance for modern satellite receiver application.

– Dynamic• Critical ADC parameters for the receiver• Only obtained by under dynamic drive conditions• Fast Fourier transform module as a foundation of dynamic ADC testing

• High quality, high volume, low-cost production test applicationsfor a modern satellite receiver

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Verification Test Software (VTS) Suite

Features:• Integrated coherent sampling calculator• Integrated ideal ADC simulator• Integrated windowing function for the input signal • Fast ADC function parameter extractions

ADC Dynamic Performance

Signal-to-Noise Ratio (SNR)Signal-to-noise and distortion ratio (SINAD) Effective number of bit (ENOB)Spurious free dynamic range (SFDR)Total harmonic distortions (THD)Code-width and offset

• Differential nonlinearity (DNL)• Integral nonlinearity (INL)

Inter-modulation distortion (IMD) & 3rd orderIntercept point (IP3) and two-tone SFDR

Uniqueness:• Full input channel sampling diagnosis

• Handling ADC input signal frequency leakages• VTS can be extended to characterizing the full input channel

sampling.• Sampling signal windowing function & Leakage handling

- Hanning, Hamming, Blackman, Kaiser and etc. - Adding cost effective ATE setup for input signal generator for higher resolution ADCs (> 8bits)

• Matlab GUI for easy program access and handling• Advanced mixed-signal testing features are mostly

integrated to this VTS suite so that any of test engineer can run the testing and verification.

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How VTS Suite Works?

Coherent Calculator&

Test tone setup

Manual or Labview BasedATE approach

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ADC DVT with a Single-tone

Code density test Linearity test

Code error testSine wave reconstruction test

Power spectrum test

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Fast Fourier Transform – Mixed-signal Test

Full-scale RMS Signal Level

RMS Noise Level (DC to )

SNR (SINAD)

FFT Processing Gain

Sign

al L

evel

(dB

)

Frequency ( f )

FFT Noise Floor

sample

sample

fN

⎛ ⎞⎜ ⎟⎜ ⎟⎝ ⎠

2samplef

2sample sample

sample

f fN

⎛ ⎞−⎜ ⎟⎜ ⎟

⎝ ⎠

1010 log2

sampleN⎛ ⎞= ⎜ ⎟

⎝ ⎠

27dB for Nsample = 102430dB for Nsample = 204833dB for Nsample = 409640dB for Nsample = 16384

Example)

f

SINAD = ENOB x 6.02 + 1.76

0 (DC)

Power spectrum test

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VTS data capture & FFT Enhancement

• Conventional Mixed-signal FFT– Capture node voltage– Convert to dBV unit

after carefully consider measuring VRMS

Drawback:• VRMS is may not easy to

monitor under the load impedance is unknown.

• Thesis approach– Just capture quantized

samples– Directly, process the

quantized decimated signal (no-voltage conversion)

• No-additional binary digitized signal to VRMS Conversion

– Normalized to input signal after FFT

– Calculate all dynamic parameters

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Spectral Leakage and Harmonics

Ideal sine wave No leakage !!No Harmonics !!

Mini-me, CorruptTest tones and fixture!

I will do a windowing!Groovy, Baby!

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Coherent Sampling and FFT

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Non-coherent Sampling and FFT

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Handle Leakages by Windowing

• Strong interfering frequency component from the test tone Blackman or Hanning

• Strong interfering frequency component closed to the test tone Blackman

• Interest frequency band contains 2 or more signals close to each other – Increase spectral resolution

– Narrow main lobe Rectangular or Hamming

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ADC DVT with a Single-tone SinewaveADC Input Power & Bandwidth Test

single-tone sine wave sampling at 800 MS/s

Signal-to-noise-and-distortion vs. input power Effective-number-of-bit vs. input power Spurious-free-dynamic-range vs. input power

Effective resolution bandwidth – SINAD vs. Analog input frequency

Is this enough for verify the design and its system applications for communication?

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System Non-linearity & Distortion

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Amplifier Power Plot – Pin vs. Pout

y = x + b1

y

x

y = 3x + b3

Amplifier Linearity!

T/H Amps. & Comparators...

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ADC DVT with 2-tone Signal

0

5

10

15

20

25

30

35

40

45

-45 -35 -25 -15 -5

Pin [dBFS]

SFD

R [d

Bc]

0

5

10

15

20

25

30

35

40

0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 50

Pin [dBm]

Ana

log

equi

vale

nt P

out [

dBm

]

Fundamental IMD3 IMD3-extapolateIMD3-L-extract Linear (Fundamental) Linear (IMD3-extapolate)Linear (IMD3-L-extract)

ADC hard limitBeyond input FS

two-tone sine wave sampling at 800 MS/s

Slope 3Slope 1

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Production Tests

High-speed ADC – wafer & final production test list

Continuity & IDDQ testing failed die

Wafer MapBlack squares are Continuity & IDDQ testing failed dies

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IDDQ Test – Leakage Current

Fault-free Leakage current between output and GND

Leakage current between output and VDD

Digital IDDQ

Part of Go/NoGo Test

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ESD diode leakage Current

VDD 1 BUS VDD2 BUSVSS1 BUS VSS2 BUS

VSS_ESD BUS

SEAL RING

PADVSS1 PAD

I/O-1PADVDD1

PADVSS

PADVDD2

PADI/O-2

PADVSS1

DP3DP3DP3DP3 DN2

DP2DP2

DN2

Power Clamp

Process Design Kit (PDK)recommended ESD protection

Providing p-cell libraries

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Summary of Test Results

0.350.130.290.330.280.260.280.21DNLMAX[LSB]

1.762.011.341.850.980.860.880.45INLMAX[LSB]

0.4-0.5-0.3-1.0-0.9-1.8-1.0-2.2Offset [LSB]

-24.56-25.27-25.41-26.13-28.87-29.63-38.18-41.89THD [dB]

32.9533.1133.7233.6634.9134.8335.8135.68SNR [dB]

23.9625.5624.8025.3727.7228.4333.5834.55SINAD [dB]

3.813.823.954.084.434.605.405.62ENOB [Bits]

QIQIQIQIChannel

250 MHz200 MHz100 MHz10 MHzFrequency

• Measurement range are targeting within the application signal bandwidth from 10 MHz ~ 250MHz

• DUT (HNS high speed ADC) operates mostly linearly under the input power level below 5 dBFS

• Code error test is useful to determine the presence of the timing error

• Testing in the temperature extremes at 250 MHz (ENOB at -40 oC: 4.99 [Bits], ENOB at +80 oC : 3.35 [Bits])

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Sensitivity Analysis of High-speed ADC

• Definition of “corner lot”a wafer fabrication where the process is deliberately skewed to producea certain wafer, so that ASIC performance can be physically evaluated at process extremes

• Temperature, process parameters, etc.

Design Matureness and process stability

• Hypothesis :THAMES ADC consists of major two subcomponent devices – passive & active

Passive – resistors Active – BJT gain (β) and emitter area sizeADC performances are affected by over-all passive and active component behavior!

• Corner study test description:– ADC Functional DC tests and dynamic performance tests– Numerous testing and statistical data analysis

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Corner Lot Splits

LTL UTL

Measurement Result

MeanAT46000 BiCMOS Technology

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High-speed ADC Yield

DUT-to-DUT mean and standard deviation determine yield

LTL: lower test limitUTL: upper test limit

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Process Stability & Design Matureness

CenteringVariability

Conclusion

ConsistantConsistent

Stable

InconsistentConsistentUnstable

DriftingConsistentUnstable

ConsistentInconsistent

Unstable

InconsistentInconsistent

Unstable

Statistical MeasurementGaussian distribution

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Process Capability, Cp

LSL USL

Gau

ssia

nM

easu

rem

ent

PD

F, f(

x)

Measurement Result

Mean

6-σ quality standard low defect rates ( < 3.4 defect parts per million)

6pUSL LSLC

σ−

=

USL : upper specification limitLSL : lower specification limit

THAMES ASIC: Cp > 4 Marginal rating!

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Statistical Measurement ExampleLot 1

Lot 2

Lot 3

Lot 4

Lot 5

Lot 6

Lot 7

Lot 8

Lot 9Vin_R

F(I-)

bia

s vo

ltage

mea

sure

men

t

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ENOB for Each Lot Split

10MHz ENOB Average

4.80

4.90

5.00

5.10

5.20

5.30

5.40

5.50

5.60

5.70

5.80

5.90

Lot 1 Lot 2 Lot 3 Lot 4 Lot 5 Lot 6 Lot 7 Lot 8 Lot 9

Corner Lot Number

ENO

B

I-channel Q-channel

100MHz ENOB Average

3.60

3.80

4.00

4.20

4.40

4.60

4.80

5.00

Lot 1 Lot 2 Lot 3 Lot 4 Lot 5 Lot 6 Lot 7 Lot 8 Lot 9

Lot variation

ENO

B

I-channel Q-channel

200MHz ENOB

0.00

0.50

1.00

1.50

2.00

2.50

3.00

3.50

4.00

4.50

5.00

Lot 1 Lot 2 Lot 3 Lot 4 Lot 5 Lot 6 Lot 7 Lot 8 Lot 9

Lot variation

ENO

B

I-channel Q-channel

250MHz ENOB

0.00

0.50

1.00

1.50

2.00

2.50

3.00

3.50

4.00

4.50

5.00

Lot 1 Lot 2 Lot 3 Lot 4 Lot 5 Lot 6 Lot 7 Lot 8 Lot 9

Lot variation

ENO

B

I-channel Q-channel

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Summary

• Statistical process control corner lot study– Evaluate the quality of the process for high-speed ADC

manufacturing– ADC test and measurement equipment effect included– Stability of high-speed ADC manufacturing process

• ENOB Corner lot study result:– Lot 6 split has the best performance

• Normal value (μ) of passive components • UTL of BJT-β (high gain) • LTL of BJT emitter size (low parasitic junction C)

Linearity of the active component effect !!

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Conclusions

Achievements:• Enhancements due to DfT:

– Testability– Calibration and on-bench debugging– Cost effectiveness of testing in manufacturing.

• A step-by-step sequence of operations for dynamic performancetesting of high speed ADC (dual channel, 6-bit, 800 MS/s)

• Test methodology for reducing test costs and overcoming test hardware limitations

August 14, 2007

Actual ADC mounted onSpaceway indoor receiver

• Verification tool development – VTS suite

• High-speed ADC design parameter sensitivity Corner lot study

• Production test ready ( approach to ATE )

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THANK YOU

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Questions?

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