Title :
High speed analog-to-digital converter for software radio applications
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Commun. & Inf., Victoria Univ. of Technol., Melbourne, Vic., Australia
Abstract :
This paper describes the design and performance of a mixed signal, very high speed, analog-to-digital converter implemented using gallium arsenide MESFET technology for software radio applications. The design is module oriented, thus enabling easy cascading into a multi-bit chip. The four-bit circuit dissipates 185.6 miliwatts of power and has a conversion time of 0.75 nsec. The results validate the design technology and techniques used for mixed analog-digital circuit design on a single chip
Keywords :
MESFET integrated circuits; VLSI; analogue-digital conversion; high-speed integrated circuits; mixed analogue-digital integrated circuits; personal communication networks; radio equipment; software architecture; 0.75 ns; 185.6 mW; 4 bit; GaAs; III V semiconductor; MESFET technology; VLSI; conversion time; design technology; four-bit circuit; high speed analog-to-digital converter; mixed analog-digital circuit design; mixed signal ADC; module oriented design; multi-bit chip; personal communications systems; power dissipation; single chip design; software radio applications; software radio architecture; very high speed ADC; Analog-digital conversion; Application software; Base stations; Computer architecture; Digital signal processing; Gallium arsenide; Hardware; Informatics; Signal resolution; Software radio;
Conference_Titel :
Personal, Indoor and Mobile Radio Communications, 2000. PIMRC 2000. The 11th IEEE International Symposium on
Conference_Location :
London
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-6463-5
DOI :
10.1109/PIMRC.2000.881387
