Strip silicon waveguide for code synchronization in all-optical analog-to-digital conversion based on a lumped time-delay compensation scheme

An all-optical analog-to-digital converter （ADC） based on the nonlinear effect in a silicon waveguide is a promising candidate for overcoming the limitation of electronic devices and is suitable for photonic integration. In this paper, a lumped time-delay compensation scheme with 2-bit quantization resolution is proposed. A strip silicon waveguide is designed and used to compensate for the entire time-delays of the optical pulses after a soliton self-frequency shift （SSFS） module within a wavelength range of 1550 nm-1580 nm. A dispersion coefficient as high as -19800 ps/（km.nm） with ＋0.5 ps/（km.nm） variation is predicted for the strip waveguide. The simulation results show that the maximum supportable sampling rate （MSSR） is 50.45 GSa/s with full width at half maximum （FWHM） variation less than 2.52 ps, along with the 2-bit effective- number-of-bit and Gray code output.

一种16位110 dB无杂散动态范围的低功耗SAR ADC

该文设计了一款16位、转换速率为625 kS/s的逐次逼近寄存器型模数转换器(SAR ADC)。改进的采样保持电路结构,优化了采样线性度和噪声性能。采用分段结构设计电容型数模转换器并使用混合方式的电容切换方案,减小面积和能耗。利用扰动注入技术提升ADC的线性度。比较器采用两级积分型预放大器减小噪声,利用输出失调存储技术及优化的电路设计减小了比较器失调电压和失调校准引入的噪声,优化并提升了比较器速度。芯片采用CMOS 0.18μm工艺设计和流片,ADC核心面积为1.15 mm^(2)。测试结果表明,在1 kHz正弦信号输入下,ADC差分输入峰峰值幅度达8.8 V,信纳比为85.9 dB,无杂散动态范围为110 dB,微分非线性为-0.27/+0.32 LSB,积分非线性为-0.58/+0.53 LSB,功耗为4.31 mW。

高精度低功耗噪声整形SAR ADC设计

针对传统无源有损积分环路滤波器相较于有源无损积分环路滤波器,具有功耗低、电路设计简单等特点,但其噪声传输函数(NTF:Noise Transfer Function)平滑,噪声整形效果较弱的问题,提出了一种无源无损的二阶积分环路滤波器,保留了无源有损积分优点的同时具有良好噪声整形效果。设计了一款分辨率为16 bit、采样率为2 Ms/s的混合架构噪声整形SAR ADC。仿真结果表明,在125 kHz带宽、过采样比为8时,实现了高信号与噪声失真比(SNDR(Signal to Noise and Distortion Ratio)为91.1 dB)、高精度(14.84 bit)和低功耗(285μW)的性能。

一种具有1~128倍可变增益放大器的低功耗Sigma⁃Delta ADC

为满足传感器应用的低功耗需求,设计并实现了一种低功耗Sigma⁃Delta模数转换器(ADC)芯片。该ADC采用一阶全差分开关电容Sigma⁃Delta调制器,且集成了可编程增益放大器(PGA)和Bandgap;使用1.5 bit量化结构,相较于1 bit量化结构减小了3 dB的量化误差;使用优化的反馈电路,减小了电容失配引入的误差;PGA采用轨到轨的运放电路拓扑,增大了整个芯片的电压适应范围。基于180 nm CMOS工艺对该ADC进行了设计和流片。测试结果表明:该Sigma⁃Delta ADC在采样频率512 kHz、过采样率(OSR)为256时,峰值信噪谐波失真比(SNDR)和有效位数(ENOB)分别为75.29 dB和12.21 bit,芯片功耗仅为0.92 mW。芯片能在2.3~5.5 V宽电源电压范围内正常工作,可实现最大128 V/V的增益。适用于小型传感器的信号测量应用,可以满足小型传感器低功耗、高精度的需求。

A Digital Background Calibration Technique for Successive Approximation Register Analog-to-Digital Converter

A digital background calibration technique that corrects the capacitor mismatches error is proposed for successive approximation register analog-to-digital converter (SAR ADC). The technique is implemented in SAR ADC which is based on tri-level switching. The termination capacitor in the Digital-to-Analog Converter (DAC) is regarded as a reference capacitor and the digital weights of all other unit capacitors are corrected with respect to the reference capacitor. To make a comparison between the size of the unit capacitor and that of the reference capacitor, each input sample is quantized twice. The unit capacitor being calibrated is swapped with the reference capacitor during the second conversion. The difference between the two conversion results is used to correct the digital weight of the unit capacitor under calibration. The calibration technique with two reference capacitors is presented to reduce the number of parameters to be estimated. Behavior simulation is performed to verify the proposed calibration technique by using a 12-bit SAR ADC with 3% random capacitor mismatch. The simulation results show that the Signal-to-Noise and Distortion Ratio (SNDR) is improved from 57.2 dB to 72.2 dB and the Spurious Free Dynamic Range (SFDR) is improved from 60.0 dB to 85.4 dB.

低精度ADC下无小区大规模MIMO系统的频谱效率研究

无小区大规模多输入多输出(cell-free massive multiple-input multiple-output,CF-mMIMO)系统的覆盖区域内随机部署了大量分布式接入点(access points,APs)在同一时间频率资源中服务所有的用户,可显著提升系统通信容量,是6G网络中最具潜力的使能技术之一。然而,大量AP处配备高精度模数转换器(analog-to-digital converters,ADCs)导致的高功耗与硬件成本,限制了CF-mMIMO系统的实际部署。为了有效地降低硬件成本,本文研究了低精度ADCs下CF-mMIMO系统的上行链路频谱效率(spectral efficiency,SE)。在不完美的信道估计下,利用加性量化噪声(additive quantization noise model,AQNM)模型和最大比合并(maximal ratio combining,MRC)接收机滤波器,推导了CF-mMIMO系统中用户上行可达速率的闭式表达式,并基于该表达式分析了AP数量、用户传输功率以及ADCs精度等系统参数对SE的影响。为了最大化CF-mMIMO系统的SE,提出了一种低精度ADCs下贪婪导频分配算法抑制导频污染。将导频分配建模为最大-最小导频优化问题,通过迭代更新速率最小用户的导频序列,使其所受导频污染的影响最小,从而最大化该用户的可达速率。最后,将配备低精度ADC的CFmMIMO系统与传统完美精度ADC系统进行性能比较。数值仿真结果表明,系统配备5位低精度ADCs时的SE逼近完美精度ADCs,增加AP端天线数可以弥补低精度ADCs导致的性能退化。此外,所提算法不仅有效抑制了导频污染,还缩小了用户之间的速率差距,提升了系统的95%用户SE。

一种具有纹波消除技术的10 bit SAR ADC

逐次逼近寄存器模数转换器(SAR ADC)在逐次逼近的过程中,电容的切换会使参考电压上出现参考纹波噪声,该噪声会影响比较器的判定,进而输出错误的比较结果。针对该问题,基于CMOS 0.5μm工艺,设计了一种具有纹波消除技术的10 bit SAR ADC。通过增加纹波至比较器输入端的额外路径,将参考纹波满摆幅输入至比较器中;同时设计了消除数模转换器(DAC)模块,对参考纹波进行采样和输入,通过反转纹波噪声的极性,消除参考纹波对ADC输出的影响。该设计将信噪比(SNR)提高到56.75 dB,将有效位数(ENOB)提升到9.14 bit,将积分非线性(INL)从-1~5 LSB降低到-0.2~0.3 LSB,将微分非线性(DNL)从-3~4 LSB降低到-0.5~0.5 LSB。

A 1.5 bit/s Pipelined Analog-to-Digital Converter Design with Independency of Capacitor Mismatch

A new technique which is named charge temporary storage technique (CTST) was presented to improve the linearity of a 1.5 bit/s pipelined analog-to-digital converter (ADC). The residual voltage was obtained from the sampling capacitor, and the other capacitor was just a temporary storage of charge. Then, the linearity produced by the mismatch of these capacitors was eliminated without adding extra capacitor error-averaging amplifiers. The simulation results confirmed the high linearity and low dissipation of pipelined ADCs implemented in CTST, so CTST was a new method to implement high resolution, small size ADCs.

A FAST FOREGROUND DIGITAL CALIBRATION TECHNIQUE FOR PIPELINED ADC

Digital calibration techniques are widely developed to cancel the non-idealities of the pipelined Analog-to-Digital Converters (ADCs). This letter presents a fast foreground digital calibration technique based on the analysis of error sources which influence the resolution of pipelined ADCs. This method estimates the gain error of the ADC prototype quickly and calibrates the ADC simultaneously in the operation time. Finally, a 10 bit, 100 Ms/s pipelined ADC is implemented and calibrated. The simulation results show that the digital calibration technique has its efficiency with fewer operation cycles.

DIGITAL BACKGROUND CALIBRATION OF CAPACITOR MISMATCHES AND HARMONIC DISTORTION IN PIPELINED ADC

A correlation-based digital background calibration algorithm for pipelined Analog-to- Digital Converters (ADCs) is presented in this paper. The merit of the calibration algorithm is that the main errors information, which include the capacitor mismatches and residue amplifier distortion, are extracted integrally. A modified 1st pipelined stage is adopted to solve the signal overflow caused by the Pseudo-random Noise (PN) sequences. Behavioral simulation results verify the effectiveness of the algorithm. It improves the Signal-to-Noise-plus-Distortion Ratio (SNDR) and Spurious-Free-Dynamic-Range (SFDR) of the pipelined ADC from 41.8 dB to 78.3 dB and 55.6 dB to 98.6 dB, respectively, which is comparable to the prior arts.

工艺-电压-温度综合稳健的亚1 V 10位SAR ADC

采用0.11-μm CMOS工艺设计了一款10位亚1 V工艺-电压-温度(Process-Voltage-Temperature,PVT)综合稳健的逐次逼近寄存器型(Successive-Approximation-Register,SAR)模数转换器(Analog-to-Digital Converter,ADC)IP核.由于SAR ADC数字化程度较高,为了降低整体功耗,采用小于标准电压的亚1 V供电.然而,对于异步SAR ADC,在低压下面临严峻的PVT不稳健问题,传统采用固定延迟电路的方式无法应对所有的PVT偏差,会导致ADC良率下降.提出一种用于异步SAR ADC的可配置延迟调控技术,采用3输入译码器调节延迟电路的电流,以满足ADC在多种PVT组合下所需的延时,在TT,SS,FF,SF,FS这5种工艺角,0.9~1 V供电范围和-40~85℃的温度范围下,均取得了良好的动态特性.在0.95 V供电,采样速率为200 kS/s时,总功耗为2.24μW,FoM值仅为16.46 fJ/Conv.-step.

大带宽采样下通用接收机ADC设计

为了解决宽带采样通用接收机中模数转换器(ADC)的抗干扰问题,定量分析采样带宽内存在不同功率的其他信号时对有用信号量化时造成的ADC输出信噪比的损失,对ADC输出信噪比的损失与输入有用信号信噪比、中频预选滤波器带宽内信号的信干噪比、输入信号功率、有用信号带宽、ADC采样带宽、ADC量化位数的关系进行理论分析与推导,并进行多场景下的仿真验证。结果表明,研究中对ADC输入和量化噪声的理论分析及推导是正确的,对于卫星通信中带宽20 kHz的典型信号,当要求输出信噪比损失小于0.1 dB时,要实现20,30和40 dB的抗干扰能力所需要的最小量化位数分别为8位,9位和10位。宽带采样下接收机ADC的设计,可获得最佳的性价比,并利于在工程中控制成本,对于宽窄带兼容接收有一定的工程意义。

高精度SAR ADC电容阵列设计及校准算法

在高精度逐次逼近寄存器模数转换器(SAR ADC)中,电容阵列是SAR ADC的核心之一。电容阵列中的电容失配问题是导致转换精度降低的一个重要原因。为了尽可能改善这一问题,设计了一种6+6+6分段电容阵列,并且基于这种阵列设计了权重迭代算法的前台数字校准。该方法不需要额外的电容阵列,利用自身的电容阵列与比较器量化出电容失配,计算出每一位输出码的权重校准系数,用来对正常量化出的输出码进行编码,实现校准功能。仿真结果表明,引入电容失配的18 bit SAR ADC经过该算法校准后,信噪比(SNR)从77.6 dB提升到107.6 dB,无杂散动态范围(SFDR)从89.8 dB提升到125.6 dB,有效位数(ENOB)从12.54 bit提升到17.54 bit。在SMIC 0.18μm工艺下,该校准算法对高精度SAR ADC的动态性能具有较大提升。

Research into the sampling methods of digital beam position measurement

A fully digital beam position monitoring system(DBPM) has been designed for SSRF(Shanghai Synchrotron Radiation Facility). As analog-to-digital converter(ADC) is a crucial part in the DBPM system, the sampling methods should be studied to achieve optimum performance. Different sampling modes were used and compared through tests. Long term variation among four sampling channels, which would introduce errors in beam position measurement, is investigated. An interleaved distribution scheme was designed to address this issue. To evaluate the sampling methods, in-beam tests were conducted in SSRF. Test results indicate that with proper sampling methods, a turn-by-turn(TBT) position resolution better than 1 μm is achieved, and the slow-acquisition(SA) position resolution is improved from 4.28 μm to 0.17 μm.

一款7 Bit 250 Msps射频采样SAR ADC的设计

针对软件无线电架构的导航接收机对模数转换器的高输入带宽、高速及低功耗的需求,通过集成低功耗宽带采样保持电路及新型非二进制权重的电容阵列数模转换器电路,采用逐次逼近型模数转换器架构,设计实现了一款射频直接采样SAR模数转换器。采用55 nm CMOS工艺电路设计、版图设计、仿真及硅流片验证,测试结果表明,该ADC实现了34 dB SNDR、36 dB SFDR和1.6 GHz的模拟输入信号带宽。该ADC的版图面积为670μm×390μm,功耗为9.6 mW。

基于数字自校准的14位SAR ADC的设计

为了降低电容型模数转换器(ADC)中的电容失配带来的非线性影响,提出了一种基于复用低位电容自校准的逐次逼近型(SAR)ADC电路结构,利用低位电容转化高位电容失配引起的误差电压,实现高位电容失配校准。在55 nm CMOS工艺下实现了该ADC结构。该结构ADC工作过程为失调误差提取与正常转换两阶段,失调误差提取阶段中利用低位电容将高位电容失配产生的误差电压转换为误差码并存储,将误差码与正常转化数字码求和得到最终的数字输出,实现电容失配自校准。为了提高ADC采样速率,该结构通过分段结构将电容阵列分为三段降低了单位电容数量。仿真结果表明,在1.2 V电源电压,80 MSPS采样速率下,引入电容失配后电路功耗为3.72 mW,有效位数为13.45 bit,信噪失真比(SNDR)为82.75 dB,相比未校准分别提高4.41 bit,26.58 dB。

基于FPGA的多通道温度采编装置设计

针对飞行试验中对设备温度测量的需求,设计了一种适用于飞行测试的高精度多通道温度采编装置。设计以FPGA构建信号采集处理系统,采用AD8227和AD590来实现信号的调理和温度冷端补偿,通过标准RS422协议实现16路温度信号传输,并采取线性拟合的方式对输出进行非线性校正,提高了系统准确率和稳定性。测试结果表明,测温电路全量程内最大测量误差为±0.083%F.S.。经过测试验证,该方案传输过程无丢帧零误码,系统运行高效、可靠。

Time-stretch analog-to-digital conversion with a photonic crystal fiber

All-optical analog-to-digital conversion (ADC) has been extensively researched to break through the inherently limited operating speed of electronic devices. In this paper, we use the photonic crystal fiber (PCF) for time-stretch (TS) analog-to-digital (A/D) conversion system through generating low noise, linear chirp distribution and flat super-continuum (SC). Based on the radio frequency (RF) analog signal modulated to the linearly chirped super-continuum, the large-dispersion photonic crystal fiber is used for time-domain stretching.

一种教学演示用固体密度测量仪设计

为提高学生智能仪器设计水平,提高学生动手能力,该项目设计了一种教学演示用固体密度测量仪。首先,采用压力传感器分别测量吊篮中的固体在空气和浸没水中的重量;然后,通过比较两者的差值计算浮力大小,并采用阿基米德公式计算固体密度。实验证明:该设计测试样品的铝密度均值为2627.8kg/m3,相对误差均值为3.57%,固体密度测量仪测量精度符合设计要求,可在教学中作为智能仪器课程设计的实例使用。

ADC量化对同频全双工数字自干扰消除的误码率性能分析

同频全双工由于在同时工作的收发通道上使用相同的频率资源,因此本地接收机需要进行自干扰消除。数字域干扰消除方法在模数转换器(ADC)器件采样后进行,ADC位数、干信比、量化判决准则直接影响干扰消除效果和系统误码性能。该文分析了ADC位数、干信比、QAM调制误码性能三者的内在关系;推导了误码率的闭合表达式;仿真验证了数学推导的正确性和有效性。仿真结果表明,随着干信比的减小和ADC位数的增加,误码率性能呈宏观改善趋势,但从特定的微观片段来看,会出现性能波动,甚至会接近无量化误差的误码率性能。