Title :
8-mW, 1-V, 100-Msps, 6-bit A/D converter using a transconductance latched comparator
Author :
Terada, J. ; Matsuya, Y. ; Morisawa, F. ; Kado, Y.
Author_Institution :
NTT Telecommun. Energy Labs., Kanagawa, Japan
Abstract :
A very low-power, high-speed flash A/D converter front-end composed of a new transconductance latched comparator was developed. We established a butterfly sorting technique to guarantee the monotonicity of the converter. The 6-bit A/D front-end achieves a speed of 100 Msps and dynamic range of 33 dB with power consumption of only 7 mW at 1 V and the butterfly sorter guarantees 6-bit monotonicity with an extra power consumption of 1 mW
Keywords :
CMOS integrated circuits; analogue-digital conversion; comparators (circuits); high-speed integrated circuits; low-power electronics; 1 V; 6 bit; 8 mW; A/D converter; A/D front-end; butterfly sorting technique; convertor monotonicity; dynamic range; high-speed flash ADC; low-power ADC; power consumption; transconductance latched comparator; Circuits; Clocks; Energy consumption; Frequency; Inverters; Latches; Low voltage; Sampling methods; Timing; Transconductance;
Conference_Titel :
ASICs, 2000. AP-ASIC 2000. Proceedings of the Second IEEE Asia Pacific Conference on
Conference_Location :
Cheju
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-6470-8
DOI :
10.1109/APASIC.2000.896906