Title :
Offset reduction technique for use with high speed CMOS comparators
Author :
Bruccoleri, Melchiorre ; Cusinato, P.
Author_Institution :
SGS-Thomson Microelectron., Milan
fDate :
6/20/1996 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
The authors present a new input-referred offset reduction technique for use with a high speed regenerative latch. Thus allowing the use of this circuit as a comparator in sigma-delta converters and a gain reduction in the preamplifier stages which have to precede the latch in medium resolution (8 bit) and high resolution comparators (with offset cancellation)
Keywords :
CMOS digital integrated circuits; comparators (circuits); sigma-delta modulation; dynamic latch; high resolution comparators; high speed CMOS comparators; high speed regenerative latch; input-referred offset reduction; offset cancellation; offset reduction technique; preamplifier stages; sigma-delta converters;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:19960775