TY - GEN
T1 - 7-bit 0.8-1.2GS/s Dynamic Architecture and Frequency Scaling subrange ADC with binary-search/flash Live Configuring Technique
AU - Yoshioka, Kentaro
AU - Saito, Ryo
AU - Danjo, Takumi
AU - Tsukamoto, Sanroku
AU - Ishikuro, Hiroki
PY - 2014/1/1
Y1 - 2014/1/1
N2 - Subrange ADC with Dynamic Architecture and Frequency Scaling(DAFS) is presented, which has exponential power scaling against frequency with high-speed operation of over 1GS/s. We propose Live Configuring Technique(LCT) to adaptively configure the sub-ADC operation between binary-search and flash every clock cycle, reflecting the conversion delay. The power consumption is cut down significantly and retains high-speed operation. The prototype ADC fabricated in 65nm CMOS operates up to 1228MS/s and achieves an SNDR 36.2dB at nyquist. DAFS is active between 800-1200MS/s and when compared with the frequency power scaling with DAFS disabled, the peak power consumption cut down is 30%. Peak FoM of 85fJ/conv. was obtained at 820MS/s, which is nearly a 2x improvement compared with reported subrange ADCs.
AB - Subrange ADC with Dynamic Architecture and Frequency Scaling(DAFS) is presented, which has exponential power scaling against frequency with high-speed operation of over 1GS/s. We propose Live Configuring Technique(LCT) to adaptively configure the sub-ADC operation between binary-search and flash every clock cycle, reflecting the conversion delay. The power consumption is cut down significantly and retains high-speed operation. The prototype ADC fabricated in 65nm CMOS operates up to 1228MS/s and achieves an SNDR 36.2dB at nyquist. DAFS is active between 800-1200MS/s and when compared with the frequency power scaling with DAFS disabled, the peak power consumption cut down is 30%. Peak FoM of 85fJ/conv. was obtained at 820MS/s, which is nearly a 2x improvement compared with reported subrange ADCs.
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U2 - 10.1109/VLSIC.2014.6858374
DO - 10.1109/VLSIC.2014.6858374
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84905659274
SN - 9781479933273
T3 - IEEE Symposium on VLSI Circuits, Digest of Technical Papers
BT - 2014 Symposium on VLSI Circuits, VLSIC 2014 - Digest of Technical Papers
PB - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
T2 - 28th IEEE Symposium on VLSI Circuits, VLSIC 2014
Y2 - 10 June 2014 through 13 June 2014
ER -