A 16-GHz Ultra-High-Speed Si–SiGe HBT Comparator
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This paper presents an improved master–slave bipolar Si–SiGe HBT comparator design for ultra-high-speed data converter applications. The latch is maintained during the track stage facilitating quick transition back to the latch stage, increasing the sampling speed of the comparator. Implemented in a 0.5m 55-GHz BiCMOS Si–SiGe process, this comparator consumes approximately 80 mW with sampling speeds up to 16 GHz.
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