Blind Calibration Algorithm for Time-interleaved Analog-to-Digital Conversion System

This paper presents a blind calibration algorithm for a multi-channel time-interleaved analog-to-digital conversion system implemented in MATLAB/simulink. The behavior level simulation of the calibration system is carried out. The simulation results show that the signal-to-noise ratio (SNR), signal-to-noise-distortion ratio(SNDR), and spurious-free dynamic range (SFDR) of the signal corrected by the calibration system are greatly improved, which lays a solid foundation for the subsequent digital circuit design. Behavioral simulations are presented for a 4-channel 10-bit TI-ADC in order to verify the effectiveness of the proposed method. Using the introduced calibration technique, SFDR increased by 33 dB on average.