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SFDR(spurious free dynamic range) of a DAC

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kranthi

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Dec 18, 2002, 2:51:00 AM12/18/02
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Hi,
I am working on a 6 bit DAC and doing my schematics and simuations in
Cadence(spectre). I need to measure the SFDR for this DAC using
Cadence. Using the fourier component from Analoglib we can just
obtain a value for SFDR during transient analysis. But am looking for
the plot of (Amplitude(dB) Vs Freq) , from which we can calculate the
SFDR, a FFT plot(if am not wrong). Can anybody please let me know how
to get this plot in cadence.

thanks in advance
kranthi

Erik Wanta

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Dec 18, 2002, 2:06:14 PM12/18/02
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Kranthi:
I am running a transient and using the following:

sfdr
(ymax(dB20(dft((VT("/out_pos") - VT("/out_neg")) 0.0003 0.0004 2048
"Rectangular" 1 1))) - ymax(clip(dB20(dft((VT("/out_pos") -
VT("/out_neg")) 0.0003 0.0004 2048 "Rectangular" 1 1)) 15000
10000000)))

spectrum_plot
dB20(dft((VT("/out_pos") - VT("/out_neg")) 0.0003 0.0004 2048
"Rectangular" 1 1))

Is spectrum_plot what you are looking for?
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Erik

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kranthi

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Dec 19, 2002, 1:47:00 AM12/19/02
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Hi Erik,
Boom!! the spectrum plot worked.That is what exactly i was looking
for.I just had to modify the range.
thanks a lot
Kranthi

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nsumanga...@gmail.com

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May 4, 2015, 11:19:20 AM5/4/15
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hi, i am working on 6 bit DAC...
how to set the frequency range to calculate SFDR, SNR, ENOB etc

nguyendi...@gmail.com

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Sep 5, 2016, 12:05:44 AM9/5/16
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Vào 02:06:14 UTC+7 Thứ Năm, ngày 19 tháng 12 năm 2002, Erik Wanta đã viết:
Could you explain more about these equation? , thankyou so much

nupur.1...@ece.iitism.ac.in

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Mar 4, 2020, 12:17:02 PM3/4/20
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What is out pos and out neg here
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