Energy-Efficient Switching Scheme with 93.41% Reduction in Capacitor Area for SAR ADC

2019 ◽  
Vol 28 (13) ◽  
pp. 1930010 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shubin Liu ◽  
Haolin Han ◽  
Ruixue Ding
Keyword(s):  
Successive Approximation ◽  
Energy Efficient ◽  
Sar Adc ◽  
Analog To Digital Converter ◽  
Digital Converter ◽  
Switching Scheme ◽  
Analog To Digital ◽  
Capacitor Array ◽  
Asymmetric Capacitor ◽  
Conventional Scheme

A novel switching scheme for successive approximation register (SAR) analog-to-digital converter (ADC) is presented in this paper. Based on the asymmetric capacitor array and splitted MSB capacitor, the proposed scheme achieves 99.09% and 93.41% reductions in the average switching energy and capacitor area, respectively, over the conventional scheme. Moreover, the proposed SAR ADC obtains a moderate linearity performance with max(INL-RMS) less than 0.112 LSB, max(DNL-RMS) less than 0.160 LSB and consumes zero reset energy.

100 MS/s, 10-BIT ADC USING PIPELINED SUCCESSIVE APPROXIMATION

2014 ◽  
Vol 23 (05) ◽  
pp. 1450057
Author(s):  
SAHAR SARAFI ◽  
KHEYROLLAH HADIDI ◽  
EBRAHIM ABBASPOUR ◽  
ABU KHARI BIN AAIN ◽  
JAVAD ABBASZADEH
Keyword(s):  
Successive Approximation ◽  
Sar Adc ◽  
Cmos Process ◽  
Pipelined Adc ◽  
Analog To Digital Converter ◽  
Digital Converter ◽  
Process Technology ◽  
Total Conversion ◽  
Analog To Digital ◽  
Simulation Results

This paper presents an analog-to-digital converter (ADC), using pipelined successive approximation register (SAR) architecture. The structure which is a combination of SAR-ADC and pipelined ADC benefits from each of their advantages. A new synchronization method is proposed to improve the pipelined SAR-ADC's speed. The proposed method reduces the total conversion without limiting the ADC performance. To evaluate the proposed method a 10-bit 100 MS/s is designed in 0.5 μm CMOS process technology. According to the obtained simulation results, the designed ADC digitizes a 9-MHz input with 54.19 dB SNDR while consuming 57.3 mw from a 5-V supply.

Design of Low Power and High Precision Successive Approximation Register Analog-to-Digital Converter (SAR-ADC) Based on Piecewise Capacitance and Calibration Technique

2020 ◽  
Vol 15 (4) ◽  
pp. 478-486
Author(s):  
Sheng-Biao An ◽  
Li-Xin Zhao ◽  
Shi-Cong Yang ◽  
Tao An ◽  
Rui-Xia Yang
Keyword(s):  
Power Consumption ◽  
Successive Approximation ◽  
Dynamic Range ◽  
Sar Adc ◽  
Total Power ◽  
Analog To Digital Converter ◽  
Digital Converter ◽  
Analog To Digital ◽  
Successive Approximation Register ◽  
Total Power Consumption

This paper presents a charge redistributed successive approximation register analog-to-digital converter (SAR ADC). Compared with the traditional Digital-Analog Convertor (DAC), the power consumption of the DAC scheme is reduced by 90%, the area is reduced by 60%. The test chip fabricated in 180 nm Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor (CMOS) occupied an active area of 0.12 mm 2 . At 10 MS/s, a signal-to-noise and distortion ratio (SNDR) of 57.70 dB and a spurious-free dynamic range (SFDR) of 55.63 dB are measured with 1.68 Vpp differential-mode input signal. The total power consumption is 690 μW corresponding to 67 fJ/conversion step figure of merit.

An Energy-Efficient Switching Scheme for Low-Power SAR ADC Design

2017 ◽  
Vol 27 (01) ◽  
pp. 1850015 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yuhua Liang ◽  
Zhangming Zhu
Keyword(s):  
Low Power ◽  
Successive Approximation ◽  
Energy Efficient ◽  
Figure Of Merit ◽  
Sar Adc ◽  
Analog To Digital Converters ◽  
Cmos Process ◽  
Switching Scheme ◽  
Analog To Digital ◽  
Switching Energy

A novel energy-efficient switching scheme for successive approximation register (SAR) analog-to-digital converters (ADC) is proposed in this paper. The average switching energy of the proposed switching scheme can be reduced by 95.3%, compared with the [Formula: see text]-based scheme. Moreover, the linearity has been also improved significantly. Employing the proposed switching scheme, a 10-bit 100[Formula: see text]kS/s SAR ADC is designed in SMIC 0.18-[Formula: see text]m CMOS process. At a 0.6-V supply, the ADC consumes 43.7[Formula: see text]nW. Consequently, the figure-of-merit (FOM) is optimized to 0.58[Formula: see text]fJ/conversion-step.

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