Abstract: This paper presents a single channel, low power 6-bit 410-MS/s asynchronous successive approximation register analog-to-digital converter (SAR ADC) for ultrawide bandwidth (UWB) communication, prototyped in a SMIC 65-nm process. Based on the 3 bits/stage structure, resistive DAC, and the modified asynchronous successive approximation register control logic, the proposed ADC attains a peak spurious-free dynamic range (SFDR) of 41.95 dB, and a signal-to-noise and distortion ratio (SNDR) of 28.52 dB for 370 MS/s. At the sampling rate of 410 MS/s, this design still performs well with a 40.71-dB SFDR and 30.02-dB SNDR. A four-input dynamic comparator is designed so as to decrease the power consumption. The measurement results indicate that this SAR ADC consumes 2.03 mW, corresponding to a figure of merit of 189.17 fJ/step at 410 MS/s.

Key words: analog to digital converter, asynchronous logic, successive approximation register, binary-search algorithm, dynamic comparator