This paper presents a closed design plan for high accuracy current steering D/A converters. All the steps in the design, from topology choice to the dimensioning of the D/A core, are covered, including the influence of random and systematic errors on the D/A converter's performance. Also, the necessity of a well considered layout is pointed out. To achieve the high accuracy performance, the matching properties become very important. Typically, the relation between matching and the D/A converter's INL_yield is taken into account using CPU intensive Monte Carlo simulations. A new formula is statistically derived in this paper that describes, without any loss of design time, very accurately the impact of the matching on the INL_yield and makes these Monte Carlo simulations superfluous. Furthermore, several measures are discussed to minimize the influence of the dynamic non linearities on the D/A converter's high frequency performance. Finally, the realisation and the measurement results of a 12 bit current steering D/A converter are presented.