Quantum Voltage comparator for 0.07 μm CMOS flash A/D converters

Jincheol Yoo, Kyusun Choi, Jahan Ghaznavi

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Abstract

This paper presents a new voltage comparator design called Quantum Voltage (QV) comparator for the next generation deep sub-micron low voltage CMOS flash A/D converter (ADC). Unlike the traditional differential voltage comparators designed to minimize input-offset voltage error due to the mismatches in a differential transistor pair the QV comparators are designed to optimize the input-offset voltages by systematically and uniformly varying the transistor sizes of the differential transistor pair. The QV comparators allow very small voltage comparison, complete elimination of resistor ladder circuit, and dramatic improvement of linearity in an ADC.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publicationProceedings - IEEE Computer Society Annual Symposium on VLSI
Subtitle of host publicationNew Trends and Technologies for VLSI Systems Design, ISVLSI 2003
EditorsNagarajan Ranganathan, Asim Smailagic
PublisherIEEE Computer Society
Pages280-281
Number of pages2
ISBN (Electronic)0769519040
DOIs
StatePublished - 2003
EventIEEE Computer Society Annual Symposium on VLSI, ISVLSI 2003 - Tampa, United States
Duration: Feb 20 2003Feb 21 2003

Publication series

NameProceedings of IEEE Computer Society Annual Symposium on VLSI, ISVLSI
Volume2003-January
ISSN (Print)2159-3469
ISSN (Electronic)2159-3477

Other

OtherIEEE Computer Society Annual Symposium on VLSI, ISVLSI 2003
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityTampa
Period2/20/032/21/03

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Hardware and Architecture
  • Control and Systems Engineering
  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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