Title :
A 12mW 6b video frequency ADC
Author :
Hotta, Masao ; Shimizu, Tsuyoshi ; Maio ; Nakazato, Kazuo ; Ueda, Shuichi
Author_Institution :
Hitachi Central Research Laboratory, Tokyo, Japan
Abstract :
A 30MHz flash ADC using sidewall base contact structure technology will be described. By using NPN transistors operated upside down and PNP transistors with a 800MHz cutoff frequency, a power consumption of 12mW has been acheived, with a 3V supply. Chip area is 1.5mm2.
Keywords :
Batteries; Clocks; Cutoff frequency; Energy consumption; Parasitic capacitance; Preamplifiers; Sampling methods; Semiconductor device measurement; Solid state circuits; Testing;
Conference_Titel :
Solid-State Circuits Conference. Digest of Technical Papers. 1987 IEEE International
Conference_Location :
New York, NY, USA
DOI :
10.1109/ISSCC.1987.1157083
