Title :
System Qualification of a 5-Bit, 2Gbit/s Monolithic Analog to Digital Converter
Author :
Meignant, D. ; Giannini, J.P. ; Duval, A. ; Delhaye, E.
Author_Institution :
Labs. d´´Electron., PHILIPS, Limeil-Brevannes, France
Abstract :
A 5-bit, monolithic GaAs analog to digital converter, fabricated by the Philips Microwave Limeil Foundry (PML) with a standard Normally-off process, has been characterized using a digital method by Commissariat a l´Energie Atomique. The design of this circuit has been reported elsewhere (1) and is based on a conventional flash structure. High frequency measurements showed that an effective resolution larger than 4 bit is obtained up to 1 GHz, which is, to our knowledge, the best signal to noise ratio ever reported for high speed data conversion chips.
Keywords :
III-V semiconductors; analogue-digital conversion; gallium arsenide; Commissariat a l´Energie Atomique; GaAs; PML; Philips Microwave Limeil Foundry; bit rate 2 Gbit/s; conventional flash structure; digital method; high-frequency measurements; high-speed data conversion chips; monolithic gallium arsenide analog-to-digital converter; signal-to-noise ratio; standard Normally-off process; system qualification; Analog-digital conversion; Atomic measurements; Circuits; Foundries; Frequency measurement; Gallium arsenide; Microwave theory and techniques; Qualifications; Signal resolution; Signal to noise ratio;
Conference_Titel :
Solid-State Circuits Conference, 1990. ESSCIRC '90. Sixteenth European
Conference_Location :
Grenoble
Print_ISBN :
2-86332-087-4
