A Study on the VFC type A/D Converter

VFC type A/D Converter에 관한 연구

In previous VFC type A/D converter high linearity charateristics knave been achieved to several hundred kHz, and in the converter with maximum output frequency of several MHz, the conversion linearity is poor in upper frequency range. In this paper the problem of the extension of the output frequency to MHz range is studied in the following two view points: First, a tunnel diode VCO is used to increase the output frequency range to several MHz. Second, the linearity between the input voltage and the frequency of the output pulse is accomplished by using negative pulse feedback circuit. From the experimental results, it was followed that the linearity of the proposed converter was about 0.209 percent at the frequency of 3.7MHz.

종래의 VFC type A/D Converter에서는 출력주파수가 수 100KHz까지는 linearity가 좋았으나 출역주파수가 높아 질수록 linearity error가 증가하였기 때문에 본 연구에서는 출력주파수 영역을 수 MHz까지 넓히기 위해서 tunnel diode voltage controlled oscillator를 사용하였고 입력전압과 출력주파수 사이에 linearity를 개선하기 위하여 negative feedback 회로를 사용하였다. 실험 결과에 의하면 제안된 VFC type A/D converter의 linearity는 최고 출력주파수 3.7MHz까지 0.209%이었다.