A sub-mW pulse-based 5-bit flash ADC with a time-domain fully-digital reference ladder
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چکیده
The concept of time-domain reference-ladder for the implementation of fully-digital flash-ADCs is proposed in this work. The complete reference ladder is implemented using only digital circuits. Based on this concept, a flash ADC is proposed and implemented in this work using digital circuits, one comparator and a customized sample-and-ramp circuit. An unconventional time-to-digital conversion (TDC) technique is introduced which performs the complete conversion within a single clock cycle. The measurement results show that the proposed 5-bit converter achieves an 80 MHz sampling rate while consuming 900 μWof power from the 1.8 V supply voltage. The prototype ADC is developed in a 180 nm standard CMOS technology and achieves the power efficiency of 445 fJ/conversion which is comparable to many existing state-of-the-art flash ADCs. The measured performance is achieved without any design optimization or circuit calibration techniques confirming the promising benefits of the proposed topology. Thanks to the fully-digital structure, the circuit enables a robust and compact implementation which is very convenient for interleaving and beneficial for many potential applications. & 2015 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Microelectronics Journal
دوره 46 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2015