Abstract:
This work implements a 3mW 6b 4GS/s subranging ADC in 28nm CMOS. With the proposed adaptive offset-adjustable comparators (OACs), the subranging architecture is free of b...Show MoreMetadata
Abstract:
This work implements a 3mW 6b 4GS/s subranging ADC in 28nm CMOS. With the proposed adaptive offset-adjustable comparators (OACs), the subranging architecture is free of both conventional reference-voltage switching to increase speed and the resistor ladder to save power. A proposed calibration technique mitigates the intrinsic offset of the OACs and improves the linearity of the fine ADC in different subrange regions. At 3.6GS/s, the ADC has the best Walden FOM of 22.7fJ/conv-step compared with prior state-of-the-art ADCs.
Published in: 2019 IEEE Custom Integrated Circuits Conference (CICC)
Date of Conference: 14-17 April 2019
Date Added to IEEE Xplore: 01 August 2019
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