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A Pseudo-Virtual Ground Feedforwarding Technique Enabling Linearization and High
采用伪虚拟地前馈技术的三阶VCO-ADC,实现高线性度和噪声整形。
65nm CMOS, 0.8V, 92.1-dB SNDR, 2.5-kHz带宽, 179.6-dB FoM
电压控制振荡器模数转换器伪虚拟地前馈技术噪声整形
▸创新点1:伪虚拟地前馈技术(PVG FF)是一种电路创新,通过在VCO前端引入伪虚拟地节点,有效线性化VCO的非线性特性,显著提升ADC的线性度(123-dB SFDR)和输入动态范围(1.8-Vpp差分)。
▸创新点2:单反馈DAC实现高阶噪声整形属于系统创新,仅需单个DAC反馈路径即可实现三阶噪声整形,简化了传统高阶ADC的多反馈结构,降低功耗的同时保持92.1-dB SNDR的高性能。
▸创新点3:高线性度设计结合了方法创新与电路创新,通过PVG FF技术抵消VCO的相位-电压非线性,并在65-nm工艺下实现179.6-dB FoM的业界领先能效比。
▸创新点4:电源与温度鲁棒性设计(电路创新),ADC在0.8V±200mV电源波动和0-70°C温度范围内保持性能稳定,增强了实际应用可靠性。
Abstract
This article presents a third-order voltage-
controlled oscillator (VCO)-based analog-to-digital converter
(ADC) that leverages pseudo-virtual ground (PVG) feedfor-
warding (FF), linearizing the VCOs and enabling higher order
noise shaping with a single feedback digital-to-analog converter.
This technique leads to a power-efficient ADC implementation
with a wide dynamic range. The ADC is fabricated in a
65-nm process and achieves a 92.1-dB SNDR in a 2.5-kHz
bandwidth. This results in a stat e-of-