Title :
New applications and technology scaling driving next generation A/D converters
Author :
Zhang, Heng ; Elsayed, Mohamed Mostafa ; Sánchez-Sinencio, Edgar
Abstract :
Recent trends for A/D converters are here presented. New applications and technology scaling are the main driving forces on next generation ADCs. Adaptive ADCs and ultra-low power ADCs are motivated by new demanding specifications. Technology scaling stimulates the time-domain versus voltage-domain ADCs. Furthermore, various techniques to eliminate the power hungry opamps are in progress.
Keywords :
analogue-digital conversion; low-power electronics; operational amplifiers; time-domain synthesis; A-D converter; operational amplifier; technology scaling; time-domain ADC; ultra-low power ADC; voltage-domain ADC; Analog computers; Application software; Circuits; Delta-sigma modulation; Energy consumption; Energy resolution; Pipelines; Signal resolution; Software radio; Switches;
Conference_Titel :
Circuit Theory and Design, 2009. ECCTD 2009. European Conference on
Conference_Location :
Antalya
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-3896-9
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-3896-9
DOI :
10.1109/ECCTD.2009.5274966
