• DocumentCode
    3204391
  • Title

    Charge-pump based switched-capacitor gain stage

  • Author

    Nilchi, Alireza ; Johns, David A.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Univ. of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
  • fYear
    2012
  • fDate
    5-8 Aug. 2012
  • Firstpage
    306
  • Lastpage
    309
  • Abstract
    A low-power switched-capacitor (SC) gain stage based on a capacitive charge-pump (CP) is proposed. It is shown that the CP gain stage achieves the same input-referred thermal noise as a conventional SC gain circuit, while consuming significantly lower power. The effect of parasitic capacitances on the CP gain circuit is discussed. Simulation results confirming the improved power/performance trade-off of the CP gain stage over the conventional approach are provided.
  • Keywords
    charge pump circuits; low-power electronics; switched capacitor networks; thermal noise; capacitive charge pump; low power switched capacitor gain stage; parasitic capacitance; performance trade-off; thermal noise; Capacitance; Capacitors; Gain; Noise; Power demand; Thermal noise; Transconductance;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Circuits and Systems (MWSCAS), 2012 IEEE 55th International Midwest Symposium on
  • Conference_Location
    Boise, ID
  • ISSN
    1548-3746
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4673-2526-4
  • Electronic_ISBN
    1548-3746
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/MWSCAS.2012.6292018
  • Filename
    6292018