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A 9 b/12 b 50 MS/s experimental ADC with continuous approximation architecture in 65 nm CMOS

Xiaofeng Guo, Fan Ye and Junyan Ren

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 Corresponding author: Ye Fan, Email: 13210720054@fudan.edu.cn

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Abstract: A 9 bits 50 MS/s 0.5 mW continuous approximation mixed successive approximation (CAR&SAR) ADC is presented. A 12 bits 50 MS/s 0.6 mW CAR&CAR ADC is presented. In the field of low power and high performance ADC, CAR is a new architecture different from SAR. It is faster and easier to get high accuracy. Here we will introduce CAR and its circuit implementation, and the 9 bits experimental ADC is designed to verify CARADC's feasibility. Meanwhile, its resolution can be extended to 12 bits with adding an extra CAR, and then the performance is raised to 0.6 mW 50 MS/s 72 dB SNDR at TT corner and the Walden FOM is 3.6 fj/conv-step. The 9 b ADC was fabricated by using TSMC 1P9M 65 nm CMOS technology. The ADC achieves 50 dB SNDR and the realized Walden FOM is 34 fj/conv-step. The simulation and measurement results prove that CAR is available in the low power and high performance ADC and it even outperforms SAR. The ADC core occupies an active area of 0.045 mm2.

Key words: low-power and high-performance ADCCARSARdigital sloop ADChybrid ADC



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Fig. 1.  Diagram of CAR.

Fig. 2.  Unit capacitor array.

Fig. 3.  Circuit implementation for charge chain.

Fig. 4.  Circuit implementation for continuous comparator.

Fig. 5.  Speed of CAR versus SAR in 65 nm.

Fig. 6.  Architecture of 9 bits CAR&SAR ADC.

Fig. 7.  Architecture of 12 bits CAR&CAR ADC.

Fig. 8.  Operation example of 12 b CAR&CAR ADC.

Fig. 9.  Speed dissipation of 12 b CAR&CAR ADC.

Fig. 10.  Power dissipation of 12 b CAR&CAR ADC.

Fig. 11.  Chip microphotograph of 9 bits CAR&SAR ADC.

Fig. 12.  Measured FFT spectrum with low frequency input for 9 bits CAR&SAR ADC.

Fig. 13.  Measured FFT spectrum with high frequency input for 9 bits CAR&SAR ADC.

Fig. 14.  Measured SFDR and SNDR versus the input signal frequency.

Fig. 15.  Measured DNL and INL of 9 bits CAR&CAR ADC.

Fig. 16.  Layout of 12 bits CAR&CAR ADC.

Fig. 17.  Post-simulation FFT spectrum with high frequency input for 12 bits CAR&CAR ADC.

Table 1.   Performance comparison with other SARADC, hybrid ADC, SAR assisted digital sloop ADC.

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Van der Goes F, Ward C, Astgimath S, et al. A 1.5 mW 68 dB-SNDR 80MS/s 2-times interleaved SAR-assisted pipelined ADC in 28 nm CMOS. IEEE International Solid State Circuit Conference (ISSCC), 2014: 200
[2]
Murmann B. ADC performance survey 1997-2015, [Online]. Available: http://web.stanford.edu/~murmann/adcsurvey.html http://web.stanford.edu/~murmann/adcsurvey.html
[3]
Lim Y, Flynn M P. A 1 mW 71.5 dB SNDR 50 MS/s 13 b fully differential ring amplifier based SAR-assisted pipeline ADC in 65 nm CMOS. IEEE International Solid State Circuit Conference (ISSCC), 2015: 458
[4]
Liu C C, Chang S J, Huang G Y, et al. A 10-bit 50-MS/s SAR ADC with a monotonic capacitor switching procedure. IEEE J Solid-State Circuits, 2010, 45(4): 731 doi: 10.1109/JSSC.2010.2042254
[5]
Liu C C. A 0.35 mW 12 b 100 MS/s SAR-assisted digital slope ADC in 28 nm CMOS. IEEE International Solid State Circuit Conference (ISSCC), 2016: 649
[6]
Li Dong, Meng Qiao, Li Fei. A 10 bit 50 MS/s SARADC with partial split capacitor switching scheme in 0.18 μm CMOS. Journal of Semiconductors, 2016, 37(1): 015004 doi: 10.1088/1674-4926/37/1/015004
[7]
Chen Huabin, Ye Fan, Ren Junyan. An analog front end with a 12-bit 3.2-MS/s SAR ADC for a power line communication system. Journal of Semiconductors, 2014, 35(11): 115008 doi: 10.1088/1674-4926/35/11/115008
[8]
Harpe P, Zhou C, Philips K, et al. A 0.8-mW 5-bit 250-MS/s time-interleaved asynchronous digital slope ADC. IEEE J Solid-State Circuits, 2011, 46(11): 2450 doi: 10.1109/JSSC.2011.2164031
[9]
Liu C C. A 10-bit 320-MS/s low-cost SAR ADC for IEEE 802.11ac applications in 20-nm CMOS. IEEE A-SSCC, 2014: 77
[10]
Huang G Y, Chang S J, Liu C C, et al. A 10-bit 30-MS/s SARADC using a switchback switching method. IEEE Trans VLSI Syst, 2013, 21(3): 584 doi: 10.1109/TVLSI.2012.2190117
[11]
Qiao Ning, Zhang Guoquan, Yang Bo, et al. A 10-bit 50-MS/s reference-free low power SAR ADC in 0.18 μm SOI CMOS technology. Journal of Semiconductors, 2012, 33(9): 095005 doi: 10.1088/1674-4926/33/9/095005
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      • Corresponding author: Ye Fan, Email: 13210720054@fudan.edu.cn
      • Received Date: 2016-03-17
      • Revised Date: 2016-04-05
      • Published Date: 2016-10-01

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