A Review on Current-Steering DAC Design

This article discusses the design considerations of a current-steering digital-to-analogue converter (CSDAC) and reviews some techniques that addresses non-ideal behaviors of a CSDAC. To understand the design considerations and how non-idealities affect the performance of a CSDAC, a 12-bit CSDAC is designed in TSMC 40nm technology node and the simulation results are provided.