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A 0.23 pJ 11.05-bit ENOB 125-MS/s pipelined ADC in a 0.18 μ m CMOS process

Yong Wang1, 2, Jianyun Zhang1, , Rui Yin1, Yuhang Zhao2 and Wei Zhang1

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 Corresponding author: Jianyun Zhang, E-mail: zhangjianyun@fudan.edu.cn

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Abstract: This paper describes a 12-bit 125-MS/s pipelined analog-to-digital converter (ADC) that is implemented in a 0.18 μ m CMOS process. A gate-bootstrapping switch is used as the bottom-sampling switch in the first stage to enhance the sampling linearity. The measured differential and integral nonlinearities of the prototype are less than 0.79 least significant bit (LSB) and 0.86 LSB, respectively, at the full sampling rate. The ADC exhibits an effective number of bits (ENOB) of more than 11.05 bits at the input frequency of 10.5 MHz. The ADC also achieves a 10.5 bits ENOB with the Nyquist input frequency at the full sample rate. In addition, the ADC consumes 62 mW from a 1.9 V power supply and occupies 1.17 mm2, which includes an on-chip reference buffer. The figure-of-merit of this ADC is 0.23 pJ/step.

Key words: analog-to-digital convertersample-and-holdNyquist rate input frequency



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Fig. 1.  A block diagram of the proposed ADC.

Fig. 2.  The sample-and-hold stage of the ADC.

Fig. 3.  The gain boosting folded cascode opamp in the SHA.

Fig. 4.  The gate-bootstrapping circuit used for input-sampling switches.

Fig. 5.  The static comparator employed in the sub-flash ADC.

Fig. 6.  A die micrograph and performance summary.

Fig. 7.  Measured (a) DNL and (b) INL.

Fig. 8.  Measured FFT.

Fig. 9.  ENOB versus input frequency when $f_{\rm s}$ $=$ 125 MS/s.

Fig. 10.  (a) ENOB and (b) SFDR versus sample rate when $f_{\rm in}$ $=$ 10.5 MHz.

Table 1.   Performance of the fabricated ADC.

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Table 2.   Performance comparisons with some recently published works.

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    Received: 29 September 2014 Revised: Online: Published: 01 May 2015

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      Yong Wang, Jianyun Zhang, Rui Yin, Yuhang Zhao, Wei Zhang. A 0.23 pJ 11.05-bit ENOB 125-MS/s pipelined ADC in a 0.18 μ m CMOS process[J]. Journal of Semiconductors, 2015, 36(5): 055013. doi: 10.1088/1674-4926/36/5/055013 Y Wang, J Y Zhang, R Yin, Y H Zhao, W Zhang. A 0.23 pJ 11.05-bit ENOB 125-MS/s pipelined ADC in a 0.18 μ m CMOS process[J]. J. Semicond., 2015, 36(5): 055013. doi: 10.1088/1674-4926/36/5/055013.Export: BibTex EndNote
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      Yong Wang, Jianyun Zhang, Rui Yin, Yuhang Zhao, Wei Zhang. A 0.23 pJ 11.05-bit ENOB 125-MS/s pipelined ADC in a 0.18 μ m CMOS process[J]. Journal of Semiconductors, 2015, 36(5): 055013. doi: 10.1088/1674-4926/36/5/055013

      Y Wang, J Y Zhang, R Yin, Y H Zhao, W Zhang. A 0.23 pJ 11.05-bit ENOB 125-MS/s pipelined ADC in a 0.18 μ m CMOS process[J]. J. Semicond., 2015, 36(5): 055013. doi: 10.1088/1674-4926/36/5/055013.
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      A 0.23 pJ 11.05-bit ENOB 125-MS/s pipelined ADC in a 0.18 μ m CMOS process

      doi: 10.1088/1674-4926/36/5/055013
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      Project supported by the Foundation of Shanghai Municipal Commission of Economy and Informatization (No.130311).

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      • Corresponding author: E-mail: zhangjianyun@fudan.edu.cn
      • Received Date: 2014-09-29
      • Accepted Date: 2014-11-24
      • Published Date: 2015-01-25

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