A 97mW 110MS/s 12b Pipeline ADC Implemented in 0.18µm Digital CMOS

  • Authors:
  • Terje N. Andersen;Atle Briskemyr;Frode Telsto;Johnny Bjornsen;Thomas E. Bonnerud;Bjornar Hernes;Oystein Moldsvor

  • Affiliations:
  • Nordic Semiconductor, Trondheim, Norway;Nordic Semiconductor, Trondheim, Norway;Nordic Semiconductor, Trondheim, Norway;Nordic Semiconductor, Trondheim, Norway;Nordic Semiconductor, Trondheim, Norway;Nordic Semiconductor, Trondheim, Norway;Nordic Semiconductor, Trondheim, Norway

  • Venue:
  • Proceedings of the conference on Design, Automation and Test in Europe - Volume 3
  • Year:
  • 2005

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Abstract

A 12 bit Pipeline ADC fabricated in a 0.18 µm pure digital CMOS technology is presented. Its nominal conversion rate is 110MS/s and the nominal supply voltage is 1.8V. The effective number of bits is 10.4 when a 10MHz input signal with 2V_{P-P} signal swing is applied. The occupied silicon area is 0.86mm^2 and the power consumption equals 97mW. A switched capacitor bias current circuit scale the bias current automatically with the conversion rate, which gives scaleable power consumption and full performance of the ADC from 20 to 140MS/s.