Research Article

ADC Production Test Technique Using Low-Resolution Arbitrary Waveform Generator

Table 4

Estimated values of the AWG harmonic components using the 5-test procedure.

Estimation of AWG harmonics
Using ADC#1Using ADC#2Using ADC#3Using ADC#4σ

H2 (dB)−59.5−60.1−58.7−58.10.9
H3 (dB)−52.0−52.1−52.2−52.30.1
H4 (dB)−79.7−77.1−86.4−90.66.2
H5 (dB)−84.1−87.5−90.7−94.04.2
H6 (dB)−88.7−82.9−84.4−83.62.6
H7 (dB)−94.5−108.8−107.6−120.910.8
H8 (dB)−93.5−97.2−87.9−85.05.5
H9 (dB)−94.9−84.3−91.3−88.34.5
H10 (dB)−93.7−105.3−87.3−82.79.8