论文题目:A A New Tracking SAR ADC
作者:Baoliang Yu, Haigang Feng
期刊:Microelectronics & Computer
年份:2018.Jan.
卷(期)及页码:Vol.35, No.1, pp. 124-127+132
摘要:
This paper presents a tracking analog-to-digital converter (ADC). By reusing the
quantizer, the tracking ADC no long needs subtraction and digital-to-analog (DAC) module that the conventional structure
needs. This technique could decrease the power consumption and the chip area. The quantizer adopts 8-bit monotonic
switching scheme successive-approximation-register (SAR) ADC. In addition, to further increase efficiency, a time domain
comparator is used to replace the analog domain comparator. This ADC is simulated in a 90nm CMOS technique. It works
with 16MHz sampling rate, 8 over sampling rate (OSR). It achieves 59.6dB SNDR for an input signal around 227KHz with
the help of a simple digital low pass filter. Counting in the filter, it consumes 28.5uW power under 1-Vsupply. The
figure-of-merit (FOM) is 18.4fJ/STEP. In addition, such topology bring us the advantage of easy design migration among
technology nodes for seeking greater efficiency improvement.