NDLI: A test and calibration strategy for adjustable RF circuits

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Author	Liaperdos, John Arapoyanni, Angela Tsiatouhas, Yiorgos
Copyright Year	2012
Abstract	A test and calibration strategy suitable for adjustable RF circuits is presented in this paper. Certain performance-affecting circuit elements are designed to be digitally controllable, providing the capability to adjust the performance characteristics of a circuit’s instance around their post-fabrication values, throughout a set of discrete states of operation. The alternate test methodology is adopted for test and calibration and a set of optimally selected test observables is used to develop regression models for the prediction of the circuit’s performance characteristics in every state of operation. In the test phase, measurements of the test observables are obtained from a subset of the circuit’s states. The processing of these observables provides accurate prediction of the RF circuit’s performance characteristics in all available states and enables the discrimination of defect-free from defective circuits. The latter is further accomplished by the exploitation of an extended superset of the test observables, the use of which intends to maximize fault coverage. Moreover, the predicted performance characteristics are also used to examine compliance with the specifications and to allow calibration of the RF circuit by identifying the appropriate state of operation at which all specifications are met and, consequently, by forcing the circuit to operate in this specific state. The efficiency of the proposed technique has been validated by its application to a typical differential RF Mixer designed in a 0.18 μm CMOS technology. Simulation results have been obtained and assessed.
Starting Page	175
Ending Page	192
Page Count	18
File Format	PDF
ISSN	09251030
Journal	Analog Integrated Circuits and Signal Processing
Volume Number	74
Issue Number	1
e-ISSN	15731979
Language	English
Publisher	Springer US
Publisher Date	2012-11-11
Publisher Place	Boston
Access Restriction	Subscribed
Subject Keyword	Calibration Defect-oriented RF testing Performance prediction RF alternate test RF mixer testing Circuits and Systems Electrical Engineering Signal, Image and Speech Processing
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Surfaces, Coatings and Films Signal Processing Hardware and Architecture

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