Sine-Wave Signal Characterization Using Square-Wave and ΣΔ-Modulation: Application to Mixed-Signal BIST

  • Authors:
  • Diego Vázquez;Gloria Huertas;África Luque;Manuel J. Barragán;Gildas Leger;Adoración Rueda;José L. Huertas

  • Affiliations:
  • Instituto de Microelectrónica de Sevilla, Centro Nacional de Microelectrónica (IMSE-CNM), Universidad de Sevilla, Sevilla, Spain 41012;Instituto de Microelectrónica de Sevilla, Centro Nacional de Microelectrónica (IMSE-CNM), Universidad de Sevilla, Sevilla, Spain 41012;Instituto de Microelectrónica de Sevilla, Centro Nacional de Microelectrónica (IMSE-CNM), Universidad de Sevilla, Sevilla, Spain 41012;Instituto de Microelectrónica de Sevilla, Centro Nacional de Microelectrónica (IMSE-CNM), Universidad de Sevilla, Sevilla, Spain 41012;Instituto de Microelectrónica de Sevilla, Centro Nacional de Microelectrónica (IMSE-CNM), Universidad de Sevilla, Sevilla, Spain 41012;Instituto de Microelectrónica de Sevilla, Centro Nacional de Microelectrónica (IMSE-CNM), Universidad de Sevilla, Sevilla, Spain 41012;Instituto de Microelectrónica de Sevilla, Centro Nacional de Microelectrónica (IMSE-CNM), Universidad de Sevilla, Sevilla, Spain 41012

  • Venue:
  • Journal of Electronic Testing: Theory and Applications
  • Year:
  • 2005

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Abstract

This paper presents a method for extracting, in the digital domain, the main characteristic parameters of an analog sine-wave signal. It is based on a double-modulation, square-wave and sigma-delta, together with a simple Digital Processing Algorithm. It leads to an efficient and robust approach very suitable for BIST applications. In this line, some considerations for on-chip implementation are addressed together with simulation results that validate the feasibility of the proposed approach.