Title :
A 400-MHz input flash converter with error correction
Author :
Mangelsdorf, Christopher W.
Author_Institution :
Analog Devices Semicond., Wilmington, MA, USA
fDate :
2/1/1990 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
An 8-b, 200-megasample/s flash converter with 400-MHz analog bandwidth and error correction circuitry is described. A cascoded input stage and a dense bipolar process make the wide bandwidth possible. Errors arising from high input slew rate and comparator metastability are reduced by means of the circuitry and the latching stages respectively. The final defense against errors is the second rank error suppression. Measured frequency and error rate performance are examined
Keywords :
analogue-digital conversion; bipolar integrated circuits; error correction; 400 MHz; 8 bit device; A/D convertor; ADC; cascoded input stage; comparator metastability; dense bipolar process; error correction; error rate performance; flash converter; high input slew rate; latching stages; monolithic IC; second rank error suppression; wide bandwidth; Bandwidth; Circuits; Error analysis; Error correction; Frequency conversion; Helium; Metastasis; Radio frequency; Signal design; Signal sampling;
Journal_Title :
Solid-State Circuits, IEEE Journal of
