Title :
A 12 bit analog to digital converter for VLSI applications in nuclear science
Author :
Milgrome, Oren B. ; Kleinfelder, Stuart A. ; Levi, Michael E.
Author_Institution :
Lawrence Berkeley Lab., California Univ., CA, USA
Abstract :
A high-density monolithic analog-to-digital converter (ADC) has been designed and tested. The ADC features small silicon area and low power consumption for use in multichannel circuits for massively parallel particle physics detectors. The tested chip contains a linear ramp, precision high-speed comparators, a pipelined counter, and double buffering storage latches fabricated in a 2- mu m, two polysilicon CMOS technology. The prototype integrated circuit successfully combines digital frequencies in excess of 70 MHz with analog signals smaller than 1 mV. Test results show 1/4096 root-mean-square errors at conversion rates above 30 kHz, with less than 4 mW/channel power dissipation.<>
Keywords :
VLSI; analogue-digital conversion; nuclear electronics; particle detectors; physics computing; pipeline processing; 12 bit analog to digital converter; ADC; Si; VLSI applications; analog signals; conversion rates; digital frequencies; double buffering storage latches; high-density monolithic analog-to-digital converter; linear ramp; low power consumption; massively parallel particle physics detectors; multichannel circuits; nuclear science; pipelined counter; polysilicon CMOS technology; power dissipation; precision high-speed comparators; prototype integrated circuit; root-mean-square errors; tested chip; Analog-digital conversion; Buffer storage; CMOS technology; Circuit testing; Counting circuits; Detectors; Energy consumption; Latches; Silicon; Very large scale integration;
Conference_Titel :
Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference, 1991., Conference Record of the 1991 IEEE
Conference_Location :
Santa Fe, NM, USA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-0513-2
DOI :
10.1109/NSSMIC.1991.259012
