A low-power 14-bit 150MS/s an- alog-to-digital converter (ADC) is present- ed for communication applications. Range scaling enables a maximal 2-Vp-p input with a single-stage opamp adopted. Opamp and capacitor shari...A low-power 14-bit 150MS/s an- alog-to-digital converter (ADC) is present- ed for communication applications. Range scaling enables a maximal 2-Vp-p input with a single-stage opamp adopted. Opamp and capacitor sharing between the first multi- plying digital-to-analog converter (MDAC) and the second one reduces the total opamp power further. The dedicated sample-and- hold amplifier (SHA) is removed to lower the power and the noise. The blind calibration of linearity errors is proposed to improve the per- formance. The prototype ADC is fabricated in a 130rim CMOS process with a 1.3-V supply voltage. The SNDR of the ADC is 71.3 dB with a 2.4 MHz input and remains 68.5 dB for a 120 MHz input. It consumes 85 roW, which includes 57 mW for the ADC core, 11 mW for the low jitter clock receiver and 17 mW for the high-speed reference buffer.展开更多
基金supported by the Major National Science & Technology Program of China under Grant No.2012ZX03004004-002National High Technology Research and Development Program of China under Grant No. 2013AA014302
文摘A low-power 14-bit 150MS/s an- alog-to-digital converter (ADC) is present- ed for communication applications. Range scaling enables a maximal 2-Vp-p input with a single-stage opamp adopted. Opamp and capacitor sharing between the first multi- plying digital-to-analog converter (MDAC) and the second one reduces the total opamp power further. The dedicated sample-and- hold amplifier (SHA) is removed to lower the power and the noise. The blind calibration of linearity errors is proposed to improve the per- formance. The prototype ADC is fabricated in a 130rim CMOS process with a 1.3-V supply voltage. The SNDR of the ADC is 71.3 dB with a 2.4 MHz input and remains 68.5 dB for a 120 MHz input. It consumes 85 roW, which includes 57 mW for the ADC core, 11 mW for the low jitter clock receiver and 17 mW for the high-speed reference buffer.