• DocumentCode
    1885596
  • Title

    A 110dB SNR and 0.5mW current-steering audio DAC implemented in 45nm CMOS

  • Author

    Hezar, Rahmi ; Risbo, L. ; Kiper, H. ; Fares, M. ; Haroun, Baher ; Burra, G. ; Gomez, Gerardo

  • Author_Institution
    Texas Instrum., Dallas, TX, USA
  • fYear
    2010
  • fDate
    7-11 Feb. 2010
  • Firstpage
    304
  • Lastpage
    305
  • Abstract
    An oversampled cascaded-modulator audio DAC architecture to reduce out-of-band noise is presented. Pulse-width modulation combined with an analog-FIR filter is used to reduce the impact of circuit mismatch and dynamic glitch errors. Implemented in 45 nm CMOS as a current-steering DAC, the 0.045 mm2 chip delivers 110 dB DR while consuming 0.5 mW.
  • Keywords
    CMOS integrated circuits; FIR filters; digital-analogue conversion; pulse width modulation; CMOS; analog-FIR filter; current-steering audio DAC; noise figure 110 dB; oversampled cascaded-modulator audio DAC; power 0.5 mW; pulse-width modulation; size 45 nm; Circuit noise; Clocks; Digital modulation; Filtering; Finite impulse response filter; Frequency; Power harmonic filters; Pulse width modulation; Pulse width modulation converters; Signal resolution;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Solid-State Circuits Conference Digest of Technical Papers (ISSCC), 2010 IEEE International
  • Conference_Location
    San Francisco, CA
  • ISSN
    0193-6530
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4244-6033-5
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/ISSCC.2010.5433891
  • Filename
    5433891