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http://dx.doi.org/10.9723/jksiis.2014.19.3.001

Implementation of a High Speed Comparator for High Speed Automatic Test Equipment  

Cho, In-Su (서경대학교 전자컴퓨터공학과)
Lim, Shin-Il (서경대학교 전자공학과)
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Journal of Korea Society of Industrial Information Systems / v.19, no.3, 2014 , pp. 1-7 More about this Journal
Abstract
This paper describes the implementation of high speed comparator for the ATE (automatic test equipment) system. The comparator block is composed of continuous comparator, differential difference amplifier(DDA) and output stage. For the wide input dynamic range of 0V to 5V, and for the high speed operation (1~800MHz), high speed rail-to-rail amplifier is used in the first stage. And hysteresis circuits, pre-amp and latch are followed for high speed operation. To measure the difference of output signals between the two devices under test (DUTs), a DDA is applied because it can detect the differences of both common signals and differential signals. This comparator chip was implemented with $0.18{\mu}m$ BCDMOS process and can compare the signal difference of 5mV up to the frequency range of 800 MHz. The chip area of the comparator is $620{\mu}m{\times}830{\mu}m$.
Keywords
ATE; Continuous High-Speed Comparator; Hysteresis; Differential Difference Amplifier(DDA);
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