A 0.45pJ/conv-step 1.2Gs/s 6b full-Nyquist non-calibrated flash ADC in 45nm CMOS and its scaling behavior

Veldhorst, Paul and Goksun, George and Buter, Berry and Vertregt, Maarten and Annema, Anne-Johan and Nauta, Bram (2009) A 0.45pJ/conv-step 1.2Gs/s 6b full-Nyquist non-calibrated flash ADC in 45nm CMOS and its scaling behavior. In: ESSCIRC 2009, 14-18 Sept 2009, Greece, Athene.

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Abstract:	A 6-bit 1.2 Gs/s non-calibrated flash ADC in a standard 45nm CMOS process, that achieves 0.45pJ/conv-step at full Nyquist bandwidth, is presented. Power efficient operation is achieved by a full optimization of amplifier blocks, and by innovations in the comparator and encoding stage. The performance of a non-calibrated flash ADC is directly related to device properties; a scaling analysis of our ADC in and across CMOS technologies gives insight into the excellent usability of 45nm technology for AD converter design.
Item Type:	Conference or Workshop Item
Copyright:	© 2009 IEEE
Faculty:	Electrical Engineering, Mathematics and Computer Science (EEMCS)
Research Group:	Integrated Circuit Design (ICD)
Link to this item:	http://purl.utwente.nl/publications/70007
Official URL:	http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/ESSCIRC.2009.5326002
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