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JSSC 2012第4期Data Converters40nmSAR ADCDAC

A 0.5 V 1.1 MS/sec 6.3 fJ/Conversion-Step SAR-ADC With Tri-Level Comparator in 40 nm CMOS

本文提出了一种极低电压、高效能的逐次逼近型ADC,采用三电平比较器降低DAC分辨率。
40nm CMOS, 0.5V, 1.1MS/sec
低电压SAR-ADC三电平比较器电容阵列校准
创新点1:三电平比较器(方法创新) - 该论文提出了一种新型的三电平比较器结构,通过引入第三个比较电平,有效降低了比较器的速度要求,同时将内部DAC的分辨率减少了1位,从而在0.5V超低电压下实现了11 MS/s的转换速率和63 fJ/conversion-step的超低功耗。
创新点2:可重构电容阵列(电路创新) - 为了解决电容器失配问题,论文设计了一种可重构电容阵列技术,通过动态调整电容单元的连接方式,显著提高了ADC的线性度和精度,最终实现了46.8 dB的SNDR和58.2 dB的SFDR。
创新点3:校准程序(系统创新) - 开发了一套高效的校准程序,用于补偿电容器失配和工艺偏差,确保ADC在40 nm CMOS工艺下的稳定性和可靠性,同时将芯片面积控制在极小范围内(具体尺寸未公开)。
创新点4:超低功耗设计(系统创新) - 通过优化电荷再分配DAC的单位电容(0.5 fF)和采用接近热噪声极限的ADC设计,在0.5V电源电压下实现了6.3-fJ/conversion-step的优异能效比(FoM),显著提升了能量效率。
Abstract
This paper presents an extremely low-voltage op- eration and power ef ficient successive-approximation-register (SAR) analog-to-digital converter (ADC). Tri-level comparator is proposed to relax the speed req uirement of the comparator and decrease the resolution of internal Digital-to-Analog Convert er (DAC) by 1-bit. The internal charge redistribution DAC employs unit capacitance of 0.5 fF and A DC operates at nearly thermal noise limitation. To deal with the problem of capacitor mismat ch, reconfigurable capacitor array and calibration procedure were developed. The prototype ADC fabricated using 40 nm CMOS process achieves 46.8 dB SNDR and 58.2 dB SFDR with 1.1 M S/sec at 0.5 V power supply. The FoM is 6.3-fJ/conversion step and the chip die area is only m m.