Title :
Dynamic hysteresis of the RTD folding circuit and its limitation on the A/D converter
Author :
Wei, Sen-Jung ; Lin, Hung Chang ; Potter, Robert C. ; Shupe, Dave
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng., Maryland Univ., College Park, MD, USA
fDate :
4/1/1992 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
Dynamic hysteresis of the resonant tunneling diode (RTD) folding circuit is analyzed. From the study of the dynamic hysteresis effect, the limiting factors for folding-type analog-to-digital (A/D) converters are investigated. A 4-bit A/D converter using 4-peak RTDs is simulated. By designing the RTD folding circuit carefully, the simulations show that a 4-b A/D converter could have a 2-GHz signal bandwidth
Keywords :
analogue-digital conversion; hysteresis; resonant tunnelling devices; tunnel diodes; 2 GHz; 4 bit resolution ADC; A/D converter; RTD folding circuit; dynamic hysteresis effect; limiting factors; resonant tunneling diode; Aerodynamics; Computer networks; Concurrent computing; Hysteresis; Neural networks; Parallel algorithms; RLC circuits; Resonant tunneling devices; Sorting; Traffic control;
Journal_Title :
Circuits and Systems II: Analog and Digital Signal Processing, IEEE Transactions on
