• DocumentCode
    2473051
  • Title

    4-bit flash ADC in InP-HBT technology using distributed resistor ladder

  • Author

    Mokhtari, Mehran ; Jensen, Joseph F. ; Kaplan, Todd ; Fields, Charles ; McLaughlin, Douglas ; Ng, Willie

  • Author_Institution
    Hughes Res. Labs., Malibu, CA, USA
  • fYear
    2004
  • fDate
    19-22 Sept. 2004
  • Firstpage
    143
  • Lastpage
    146
  • Abstract
    4-bit flash A/D converters have been designed and fabricated in InP-HBT technology. The circuit utilizes a novel distributed ladder structure to create the quantization reference voltages. Based on signal-to-noise-and-distortion measurements, the effective number of bits was calculated as 3.9 bits at 10 GS/S. The circuit consumes about 1.9 A from a single 31 V supply and allocates a total area of 3225×1875 μm2.
  • Keywords
    analogue-digital conversion; bipolar MMIC; ladder networks; 1.9 A; 1875 micron; 31 V; 3225 micron; 4.9 GHz; HBT technology; InP; distributed resistor ladder structure; flash ADC; high-sample-rate ADC; quantization reference voltages; signal-to-noise-and-distortion ratio; Area measurement; Circuits; Clocks; Frequency conversion; Quantization; Read only memory; Resistors; Sampling methods; Velocity measurement; Voltage;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Radio and Wireless Conference, 2004 IEEE
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-8451-2
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/RAWCON.2004.1389093
  • Filename
    1389093