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A 4 GS/s 4 bit ADC with 3.8 GHz analog bandwidth in GaAs HBT technology

Wu Danyu, Zhou Lei, Guo Jiannan, Liu Xinyu, Jin Zhi and Chen Jianwu

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DOI: 10.1088/1674-4926/32/6/065007

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Abstract: An ultra-wideband 4 GS/s 4 bit analog-to-digital converter (ADC) which is fabricated in 2-level interconnect, 1.4 μm InGaP/GaAs HBT technology is presented. The ADC has a –3 dB analog bandwidth of 3.8 GHz and an effective resolution bandwidth (ERBW) of 2.6 GHz. The ADC adopts folding-interpolating architecture to minimize its size and complexity. A novel bit synchronization circuit is used in the coarse quantizer to eliminate the glitch codes of the ADC. The measurement results show that the chip achieves larger than 3.4 ENOBs with an input frequency band of DC–2.6 GHz and larger than 3.0 ENOBs within DC–4 GHz at 4 GS/s. It has 3.49 ENOBs when increasing input power by 4 dB at 6.001 GHz of input. That indicates that the ADC has the ability of sampling signals from 1st to 3rd Nyquist zones (DC–6 GHz). The measured DNL and INL are both less than ±0.15 LSB. The ADC consumes power of 1.98 W and occupies a total area of 1.45 × 1.45 mm2.

Key words: ADCfoldinginterpolatingGaAsultra-wide-bandsynchronization

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    Received: 18 August 2015 Revised: 29 December 2010 Online: Published: 01 June 2011

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      Wu Danyu, Zhou Lei, Guo Jiannan, Liu Xinyu, Jin Zhi, Chen Jianwu. A 4 GS/s 4 bit ADC with 3.8 GHz analog bandwidth in GaAs HBT technology[J]. Journal of Semiconductors, 2011, 32(6): 065007. doi: 10.1088/1674-4926/32/6/065007 ****Wu D Y, Zhou L, Guo J N, Liu X Y, Jin Z, Chen J W. A 4 GS/s 4 bit ADC with 3.8 GHz analog bandwidth in GaAs HBT technology[J]. J. Semicond., 2011, 32(6): 065007. doi: 10.1088/1674-4926/32/6/065007.
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      Wu Danyu, Zhou Lei, Guo Jiannan, Liu Xinyu, Jin Zhi, Chen Jianwu. A 4 GS/s 4 bit ADC with 3.8 GHz analog bandwidth in GaAs HBT technology[J]. Journal of Semiconductors, 2011, 32(6): 065007. doi: 10.1088/1674-4926/32/6/065007 ****
      Wu D Y, Zhou L, Guo J N, Liu X Y, Jin Z, Chen J W. A 4 GS/s 4 bit ADC with 3.8 GHz analog bandwidth in GaAs HBT technology[J]. J. Semicond., 2011, 32(6): 065007. doi: 10.1088/1674-4926/32/6/065007.

      A 4 GS/s 4 bit ADC with 3.8 GHz analog bandwidth in GaAs HBT technology

      DOI: 10.1088/1674-4926/32/6/065007
      • Received Date: 2015-08-18
      • Accepted Date: 2010-12-17
      • Revised Date: 2010-12-29
      • Published Date: 2011-05-23

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