Title :
An equivalent-time and clocked approach for continuous-time quantization
Author :
Yamaguchi, Takahiro J. ; Abbas, Mohamed ; Soma, Mani ; Aoki, Takafumi ; Furukawa, Yasuo ; Degawa, Katsuhiko ; Komatsu, Satoshi ; Asada, Kunihiro
Author_Institution :
Advantest Labs., Ltd., Sendai, Japan
Abstract :
This paper presents an improved design for a Level-Crossing ADC (LCADC) that incorporates both an equivalent- time method and a clocked comparator. The LCADC is experimentally validated using a 65 nm clocked comparator.
Keywords :
analogue-digital conversion; clocks; comparators (circuits); LCADC; clocked comparator; continuous-time quantization; equivalent-time method; level-crossing ADC; size 65 nm; Clocks; Frequency domain analysis; Quantization; Signal resolution; Signal to noise ratio; System-on-a-chip;
Conference_Titel :
Circuits and Systems (ISCAS), 2011 IEEE International Symposium on
Conference_Location :
Rio de Janeiro
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-9473-6
Electronic_ISBN :
0271-4302
DOI :
10.1109/ISCAS.2011.5938119
