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A 2 GS/s 8-bit folding and interpolating ADC in 90 nm CMOS

Wenwei He1, 2, Qiao Meng1, , Yi Zhang1 and Kai Tang1

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 Corresponding author: Meng Qiao, Email:mengqiao@seu.edu.cn

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Abstract: A single-channel 2 GS/s 8-bit analog-to-digital converter in 90 nm CMOS process technology is presented. It utilizes cascade folding architecture, which incorporates an additional inter-stage sample-and-hold amplifier between the folding circuits to enhance the quantization time. It also uses the foreground on-chip digital-assisted calibration circuit to improve the linearity of the circuit. The post simulation results demonstrate that it has a differential nonlinearity < ±0.3 LSB and an integral nonlinearity < ±0.25 LSB at the Nyquist frequency. Moreover, 7.338 effective numbers of bits can be achieved at 2 GSPS. The whole chip area is 0.88×0.88 mm2 with the pad. It consumes 210 mW from a 1.2 V single supply.

Key words: folding and interpolatingSHAcomparatorforeground digital calibration circuit



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Zhang Yi, Meng Qiao, Huang Qing, et al. A track-and-hold amplifier for 1 GSps 8 bit ADC in 0. 18μm CMOS process. International Conference on Advanced Technologies for Communication (ATC), Hanoi, Vietnam, 2012: 5
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Nakajima Y, Sakaguchi A, Ohkido T, et al. A background self-calibrated 6 b 2.7 GS/s ADC with cascade-calibrated folding-interpolating architecture. IEEE J Solid-State Circuits, 2010, 45(4):707 doi: 10.1109/JSSC.2010.2042249
Fig. 1.  Diagram of the proposed ADC

Fig. 2.  SHA circuit

Fig. 3.  The S/H circuit FFT spectrum curve

Fig. 4.  (a) Folding and interpolating circuit. (b) AC response of the folding circuit

Fig. 5.  Schematic of comparator circuit

Fig. 6.  The equivalent circuit of the regenerative loop

Fig. 7.  The diagram of digital calibration

Fig. 8.  Layout of the ADC

Fig. 9.  The output signal spectrum

Fig. 10.  DNL and INL at Nyquist

Fig. 11.  The SNDR at different input frequencies at 2 GHz

Fig. 12.  Performance comparison of the recent ADCs

Table 1.   Performance summary of the ADC

[1]
Taft R C, Menkus C A, Tursi M R, et al. A 1.8-V 1.6 GSample/s 8-b self-calibrating folding ADC with 7.26 ENOB at Nyquist frequency. IEEE J Solid-State Circuits, 2004, 39(12):2107 doi: 10.1109/JSSC.2004.836242
[2]
Zhang Yi, Meng Qiao, Huang Qing, et al. A track-and-hold amplifier for 1 GSps 8 bit ADC in 0. 18μm CMOS process. International Conference on Advanced Technologies for Communication (ATC), Hanoi, Vietnam, 2012: 5
[3]
Plassche R. Integrated analog-to-digital and digital-to-analog converters. Boston, MA: Kluwer, 1994
[4]
Allen P E, Holberg D R. CMOS analog circuit design. 2nd ed. New York Oxford University Press, 2002
[5]
Park S, Flynn M P. Design techniques for high performance CMOS flash analog-to-digital converters. Proceedings of the 2005 European Conference on Circuit Theory and Design, 2005:131 http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpls/icp.jsp?arnumber=1522927
[6]
Figueiredo P M, Vital J C. Offset reduction techniques in high-speed analog-to-digital converters. Springer, 2009
[7]
Nikolic B, Oklobdzija V G, Stojanovic V, et al. Improved sense-amplifier-based flip-flop:design and measurements. IEEE J Solid-State Circuits, 2010, 35(6):876 http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/845191/
[8]
Lee J, Choi M B, Park H J, et al. A 7 b 1 GS/s 60 mW folding ADC in 65 nm CMOS. International Digital Object Identifier SoC Design Conference (ISOCC), 2010:338
[9]
Taft R C, Francese P A, Tursi M R, et al. A 1.8 V 1.0 GS/s 10 b self-calibrating unified-folding-interpolating ADC with 9.1 ENOB at Nyquist frequency. IEEE J Solid-State Circuits, 2009, 44(12):3294 doi: 10.1109/JSSC.2009.2032634
[10]
Nakajima Y, Sakaguchi A, Ohkido T, et al. A background self-calibrated 6 b 2.7 GS/s ADC with cascade-calibrated folding-interpolating architecture. IEEE J Solid-State Circuits, 2010, 45(4):707 doi: 10.1109/JSSC.2010.2042249
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      A 2 GS/s 8-bit folding and interpolating ADC in 90 nm CMOS

      doi: 10.1088/1674-4926/35/8/085004
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      National Basic Research Program of China 2010CB327400

      Project supported by National Basic Research Program of China (No. 2010CB327400) and the Natural Science Foundation of Shandong Province, China (No. ZR2013FL007)

      the Natural Science Foundation of Shandong Province, China ZR2013FL007

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      • Corresponding author: Meng Qiao, Email:mengqiao@seu.edu.cn
      • Received Date: 2013-12-09
      • Revised Date: 2014-03-06
      • Published Date: 2014-08-01

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