Title :
A CMOS piecewise linear A/D converter for linearizing sensor characteristics
Author :
López-Martín, Antonio J. ; Zuza, Mikel ; Carlosena, Alfonso
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Electron. Eng, Public Univ. of Navarra, Pamplona, Spain
fDate :
6/23/1905 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
An 8-bit CMOS piece-wise linear A/D converter is designed, implemented and tested. It can be regarded as a compact two-stage 4-bit flash A/D converter. The resulting architecture can be applied to the linearization of nonlinear characteristics of a wide variety of sensors. Measurement results for a 2 μ CMOS prototype demonstrate the validity of the proposed approach
Keywords :
CMOS integrated circuits; analogue-digital conversion; linearisation techniques; piecewise linear techniques; signal processing equipment; 2 micron; 8 bit; CMOS; flash A/D converter; linearization; piecewise linear A/D converter; sensor nonlinear characteristics; Circuits; Electronic equipment testing; Instruments; Intelligent sensors; Microelectronics; Piecewise linear techniques; Prototypes; Sensor phenomena and characterization; Silicon; Voltage;
Conference_Titel :
Electronics, Circuits and Systems, 2001. ICECS 2001. The 8th IEEE International Conference on
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7057-0
DOI :
10.1109/ICECS.2001.957562
