Title :
Essence and technology direction of ADC design
Author :
Matsuzawa, Akira
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Phys. Electron., Tokyo Inst. of Technol., Tokyo, Japan
Abstract :
This paper reviews and discusses an essence and the technology direction of ADC design from the point of view of conversion energy. Conversion energy of a high resolution ADC is reaching the theoretical limit, however there is still a large gap for a low resolution ADC. SAR ADC is the most energy efficient ADC and further energy reduction is possible to optimize the supply voltage. Conversion energy of a flash ADC can be reduced by reducing the transistor size and supply voltage. FD product is proposed to find the balance between the conversion energy and the conversion speed.
Keywords :
analogue-digital conversion; energy conservation; logic design; low-power electronics; power supply circuits; transistors; ADC design; FD product; SAR ADC; conversion energy; conversion speed; energy efficient ADC; energy reduction; flash ADC; high resolution ADC; low resolution ADC; supply voltage; technology direction; theoretical limit; transistor size; ADC; Flash; SAR; low energy; low voltage;
Conference_Titel :
Future of Electron Devices, Kansai (IMFEDK), 2012 IEEE International Meeting for
Conference_Location :
Osaka
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-0837-3
DOI :
10.1109/IMFEDK.2012.6218566
