Histogram Testing Determines DNL and INL Errors

Abstract:Alsocalledcodedensitytest,thehistogramtestapproachhelpsdeterminenonlinearityparameterssuchasdifferentialandintegralnonlinearities(INLandDNL)indataconverters.ThefollowingapplicationnotelendsinsightintothemathematicalrelationshipbetweenprobabilitydensityfunctionandvariousdataconverterspecificationsrequiredtosuccessfullycompletethehistogramtestMaxim>AppNotes>A/DandD/ACONVERSION/SAMPLINGCIRCUITSHIGH-SPEEDSIGNALPROCESSINGKeywords:codedensitytest,histogramtesting,ADC,high-speeddataconverter,integralnonlinearity,INL,May31,2003differentialnonlienarity,DNL,samplerecord,codecount,binwidth,probabilitydensityfunction,confidencelevel,hardwarehistogramAPPLICATIONNOTE2085HistogramTestingDeterminesDNLandINLErrorsAbstract:Alsocalledcodedensitytest,thehistogramtestapproachhelpsdeterminenonlinearityparameterssuchasdifferentialandintegralnonlinearities(INLandDNL)indataconverters.Thefollowingapplicationnotelendsinsightintothemathematicalrelationshipbetweenprobabilitydensityfunctionandvariousdataconverterspecificationsrequired