Title :
Merged capacitor switching based SAR ADC with highest switching energy-efficiency
Author :
Hariprasath, V. ; Guerber, Jon ; Lee, Seok-Hee ; Moon, Un-Ku
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Electr. Eng. & Comput. Sci., Oregon State Univ., Corvallis, OR, USA
Abstract :
A modified merged capacitor switching (MCS) scheme is proposed for the successive approximation register (SAR) analogue-to-digital converter (ADC). The conventional MCS technique previously applied to a pipelined ADC improves signal processing speed and, with use in the SAR ADC, this scheme achieves lowest switching energy among existing switching schemes. The MCS scheme achieves 93.4% less switching energy as compared to the conventional architecture.
Keywords :
analogue-digital conversion; capacitor switching; MCS technique; SAR ADC; analogue-to-digital converter; modified merged capacitor switching scheme; signal processing; successive approximation register; switching energy-efficiency;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el.2010.0706
