A novel low power 6-bit FLASH ADC using charge steering amplifier for RF applications

Krishna Kumar Movva, Syed Azeemuddin

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Abstract

In this paper we present a novel low power 6-bit Flash analog-to-digital converter design using charge steering amplifier for RF applications. The architecture and performance of the designed ADC is described in detail and compared with conventional and other Flash ADCs. The proposed design offers lower power consumption by using a charge-steering amplifier based comparator; the power supply voltage is 0.7 V minimum which makes this design adaptable to wide variety of RF based System-on-Chip (SoC) applications. The ADC is designed in 28nm standard CMOS process with operating sampling frequency of 1GS/s and the performance parameters DNL and INL are ±0.3 LSB and ±0.35 LSB respectively, spurious-free dynamic range (SFDR) is 39 dB, signal-to-noise and distortion ratio (SNDR) is 37.15 dB, effective number of bits (ENOB) is 5.88 bits, power consumption is 3.57 mW @ 0.7 V supply voltage and FOM is 60.6 fJ/conversion-step.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publication2016 20th International Symposium on VLSI Design and Test, VDAT 2016
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
ISBN (Electronic)9781509014224
DOIs
StatePublished - Oct 10 2017
Event20th International Symposium on VLSI Design and Test, VDAT 2016 - Guwahati, India
Duration: May 24 2016May 27 2016

Publication series

Name2016 20th International Symposium on VLSI Design and Test, VDAT 2016

Conference

Conference20th International Symposium on VLSI Design and Test, VDAT 2016
Country/TerritoryIndia
CityGuwahati
Period5/24/165/27/16

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Hardware and Architecture
  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering
  • Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality

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