Title :
A gray-code current-mode ADC for mixed-mode cellular computer
Author :
Vesalainen, Laura ; Poikonen, Jonne ; Pankäälä, Mikko ; Paasio, Ari
Author_Institution :
Lab. of Electron. & Communicaton Syst., Turku Univ., Finland
Abstract :
Analog to digital converters are used in extremely many applications to convert real world signals into digital words. The converter presented in this paper, is designed for a cellular nonlinear network type system, where A/D converters are included in each cell to transform the gray scale value to be stored in a 6 bit SRAM memory bank. Because of this, the converter structure should have small silicon area, low power consumption and easy controlling. Presented ADC fulfills these requirements.
Keywords :
Gray codes; analogue-digital conversion; cellular neural nets; current-mode circuits; 6 bit; SRAM memory bank; analog-to-digital converters; cellular nonlinear network system; digital words; gray scale value; gray-code current-mode ADC; mixed-mode cellular computer; real world signals; Analog-digital conversion; Application software; CMOS technology; Cellular networks; Energy consumption; Image converters; Image resolution; Laboratories; Phased arrays; Silicon;
Conference_Titel :
Circuits and Systems, 2004. ISCAS '04. Proceedings of the 2004 International Symposium on
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-8251-X
DOI :
10.1109/ISCAS.2004.1328688