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; l4 |# I) W& }! O3 y& K- W1 Introduction 1" z: U5 e+ X; {4 r9 h8 `( e
1.1 Motivation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
2 v7 F; J( o f- R% F n1.2 Outline of the Work . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
7 u, K2 C. C4 w/ t. j4 {* Z2 ADCs in Nanometer CMOS Technologies 3
% t$ S7 m4 @, j: ?3 g2.1 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
) @0 X: a* s3 ~; y" ]0 \2.2 Scaling-Down of CMOS Technologies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
# T# U+ U( @5 ] V+ E: R2 K' }2.2.1 Driving Force of the CMOS Scaling-Down . . . . . . . . . . 4
2 S5 P3 ^3 Y! Q$ C6 I2.2.2 Moving into Nanometer CMOS Technologies . . . . . . . . . 5
5 s0 n; M" Z6 b/ I/ n, E2.3 Impact of Moving into Nanometer CMOS to Analog Circuits . . . . . 64 _3 W k9 C J& g
2.3.1 Decreased Supply Voltage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64 I0 g6 f9 q5 a4 j& j
2.3.2 Impact on Transistor Intrinsic Gain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7& \5 i& T5 _- Z
2.3.3 Impact on Device Matching . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97 A- d' k9 j& [. _* U) `) Z
2.3.4 Impact on Device Noise . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
% m- p* a1 F7 f1 U2.4 ADCs in Nanometer CMOS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11' j1 c' A7 D% ~4 U
2.4.1 Decreased Signal Swing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
, ^* B" }+ q1 B6 n8 @& b8 K2.4.2 Degraded Transistor Characteristics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13' W4 X! u3 h& I n+ O# r7 N
2.4.3 Distortion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
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. [7 i) s3 A: j8 L2.4.4 Switch Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14$ r& f; a* p5 D! x
2.4.5 Improved Device Matching . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175 N0 O5 j. E1 U5 V' a' T
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0 t6 l- L: j) s( x. U6 XDefinitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xxi
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2.4.6 Digital Circuits Advantages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
- A; M7 n7 k5 F$ n' @+ D2.5 Conclusion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17& i0 B8 U+ Q. b9 m# U
3 Principle of - ADC 19
& s. u) ~5 q9 ]+ o+ F3.1 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
/ ]* W2 _' V: e" `3.2 Basic Analog to Digital Conversion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19" | p9 T* f; d8 [
3.3 Oversampling and Noise Shaping . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
- M+ L) ?( I- o4 C" u3.3.1 Oversampling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
( V( W; o. b7 K @% d$ b; Y5 y3.3.2 Noise Shaping . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26, W9 V1 o4 @7 l
3.3.3 - Modulator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29; r Q4 T. O5 H2 J! k. T8 _# H
3.3.4 Performance Metrics for the - ADC . . . . . . . . . . . . 31- ~( c8 ~$ X! V C2 W
3.4 Traditional - ADC Topology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33$ y7 Z* Y3 x2 ` D, I
3.4.1 Single-Loop Single-Bit - Modulators . . . . . . . . . . . 33$ W# C/ M1 u- U6 o( U
3.4.2 Single-Loop Multibit - Modulators . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
" Y' i( T: z& y3.4.3 Cascaded - Modulators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
% J/ u, h/ O/ r, ]+ S$ u- I) t8 A3 f4 q3.4.4 Performance Comparison of Traditional - Topologies . . 46
, m0 t2 |+ P$ b; S! I3 `3 L3.5 Conclusion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46+ M3 [3 A8 J9 Q! ?) O. I9 E: d9 n
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; y7 g: K; d1 H$ eLevel Approach 47
& O9 ~% Q m: f7 k% ^8 z# m4.1 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
~7 ^' F: b' _: i; A- m4.2 Low-Voltage Low-Power OTA Design . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48$ r9 P: x$ ]5 n7 D
4.2.1 Gain Enhanced Current Mirror OTA Design . . . . . . . . . . 49& n! |* ? t' q
4.2.2 A Test Gain-Enhanced Current Mirror OTA . . . . . . . . . . 53
; m/ E, u* M/ n# Y4.2.3 Implementation and Measurement Results . . . . . . . . . . . 54
- Y6 L0 b1 d; e! g4.2.4 Two-Stage OTA Design . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
7 x# l7 G4 _) V" p4.3 Low-Voltage Low-Power - ADC Design . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
P. W1 W: ^1 d* r" N1 u4 n9 P0 |+ c4.3.1 Impact of Circuit Nonidealities to - ADC Performance . . 66# q$ L: H. s8 R+ N
4.3.2 Modulator Topology Selection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67" F m. q6 ?) c, c; G- L
4.3.3 OTA Topology Selection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
" h' m8 f/ `6 |4 ]2 ?1 b. f4.3.4 Transistor Biasing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75* \$ E: {" u% s% z: U& j7 w6 j
4.3.5 Scaling of Integrators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
9 l. i0 F! K& g& {3 l; _# _4.4 A 1-V 140-μW- Modulator in 90-nm CMOS . . . . . . . . . . . 76
, e' ^ m! @6 B X5 R4.4.1 Building Block Circuits Design . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76* H$ \" ^: g9 C7 Y$ g
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5 R. `+ j; s# r) `0 M4 E, {; }( d6 o4.4.2 Implementation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
! y4 B( a$ g Q2 M" Q4.4.3 Measurement Results . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
2 k! u% y" j% E' l% f( l4.5 Measurements on PSRR and Low-Frequency Noise Floor . . . . . . . 87" a7 D2 B& a, c5 e3 J
4.5.1 Introduction of PSRR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
?, ], h% m* Y7 Y G# A4.5.2 PSRR Measurement Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
% G" w- Q5 h8 ^9 n0 B4.5.3 PSRR Measurement Results . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88: u2 n3 P V# }% k# l, G! d
4.5.4 Measurement on Low-Frequency Noise Floor . . . . . . . . . 950 K& h" ~- x- s5 S& a2 @6 J* `1 }9 u
4.6 Conclusion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96 ?2 ]5 n7 E7 s- _( d, J7 G
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