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Table of contents
; P: B4 N* @$ q: XList of abbreviations6 E" P+ l6 T# {5 b6 N2 z
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Preface
4 M- K) g$ z4 W8 A& K- b1 Introduction 1+ ]0 k% I- f( i' u5 T
1.1 A/Dconversion systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
" s( r5 p# l: y! p0 x1.2 Motivation and objectives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
W$ C" `, z! E9 Z1 A7 {/ f1.3 Layout of the book . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55 J/ A! |- P; {$ a& T+ P5 O
2 Accuracy, speed and power relation 7
" |: t9 l" S: D4 Z! E6 | \2.1 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
" p1 R2 A% |6 g, J6 ?+ @; {" @ l2.2 IC-technology accuracy limitations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
2 w) V' I9 b8 D. }. l) |2.2.1 Process mismatch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
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2.2.3 Matching versus noise requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . 11$ S6 w/ Z: K* R
2.3 Speed and power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 l% z9 \- \ a% W. w4 _: l! [ t$ `
2.4 Maximumspeed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
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2.6 Conclusions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
9 l7 c' F4 n7 w N y6 f3 A/D converter architecture comparison 210 ~! l3 U1 p# G3 R
3.1 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
8 z2 K7 T1 f. H1 p I3.2 Flash . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22" \+ L( [$ v$ E' @) X
3.2.1 Fullflash . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235 t2 m Y& [ C$ E9 o8 W. K% g- s
3.2.2 Interpolation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26! k# K9 y" R, o2 r. G% p) L9 _" k" G
3.2.3 Averaging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 292 z! W% I9 [3 p1 s
3.3 Folding and interpolation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 K" j1 x+ B) E. a2 {; M/ e( x8 c
3.4 Two-step . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
1 o& X+ q5 q* t* tThermal noise . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105 T1 B, w) x( h
CMOS technology trends
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3.5 Pipe-line . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46, t. s( ?- \ u; A( x8 Y
3.6 Successive approximation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54( e8 |/ U' }( Z3 X9 d6 B
3.7 Theoretical power consumption comparison . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
: F( Y% C' E. ^2 T9 t3.7.1 Figure-of-Merit (FoM) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
: ?$ {. u) q# y$ }# e3.7.2 Architecture comparison as a function of the resolution . . 57: j: [9 m$ I( z9 s" ^, |5 Y
3.7.3 Architecture comparison as a function of the sampling speed 654 H2 ~7 l6 ~3 O$ F5 m6 C$ h! ~+ K3 a
3.8 Conclusions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
, H! F/ j1 v6 j# N3 E1 v1 j( Y4 T4 Enhancement techniques for two-step A/D converters 67' C& C5 I+ E. L; y8 h& _
4.1 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67 i8 G* t2 M$ F' v: r9 x1 B5 r
4.2 Error sources ina two-step architecture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67' }2 I" r' D3 N5 D0 B2 q
4.3 Residue gain in two-stepA/Dconverters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
/ @! e1 |9 Z2 i. l' ?2 I: p4.3.1 Single-residue signal processing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 694 B' u# w* c/ p$ k. Q$ x3 }0 O5 q
4.3.2 Dual-residue signal processing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 719 O! _2 h, [9 b
4.3.3 Conclusions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75% {* @% w! q6 I7 D
4.4 Offset calibration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75! ?! p, P ?! m; G2 A
4.4.1 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
+ z7 Z8 w! O- S9 g6 q& L2 B9 X4.4.2 Calibration overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
0 A# B9 H7 D" m: j+ P5 h! {7 m5 M4.4.3 Conclusions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82! b5 b4 e6 ~, A$ p0 d, @
4.5 Mixed-signal chopping and calibration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
/ C( Q T9 t& l, T5 S4.5.1 Residue amplifier offset chopping . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
: }6 d+ @, h: U, o4.5.2 Offset extraction fromdigital output . . . . . . . . . . . . 84* u3 m* V8 I' H# K$ L; X. M/ k) ]
4.5.3 Pseudo random chopping . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
$ h; Q. [& c& s' Q9 A4.5.4 Offset extraction and analog compensation . . . . . . . . 91
& @; F+ C/ u1 I4 _! v1 C- h4.5.5 Offset extraction in a dual-residue two-step converter . . . 93+ T! f$ S. _" D+ `; I/ x
4.5.6 Conclusions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102$ ^3 p: R* a1 r. ?
5 A 10-bit two-step ADC with analog online calibration 1032 x6 R# g: @3 ?% t) `! W% ^
5.1 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
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5.2.1 Coarse quantizer accuracy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106! u! r$ v3 k2 H, g
5.2.2 D/A converter and subtractor accuracy . . . . . . . . . . . 107) t5 |/ m0 V$ o& S) [: V
5.2.3 Coarse andfineA/Dconverter references . . . . . . . . . 108* F+ I8 I3 p( T4 v: k, Z; D
5.2.4 Amplifier gain and offset accuracy . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109 b( Q5 A/ l5 G
5.3 Circuit design . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110! j2 B$ d. _# ^7 s$ m
5.3.1 Track-and-hold circuit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
; a2 C: |4 y1 h. J8 c9 G3 E& Z5.3.2 CoarseA/D,D/Aconverter and subtractor . . . . . . . . . 111
Y. l v, A3 N' }8 S7 |5.3.3 Coarse ladder requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112& }8 [! e, y, J: K
5.3.4 Offset compensated residue amplifier . . . . . . . . . . . 113
4 t! E9 s& D+ R9 R( k5.3.5 FineA/Dconverter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114: V- O6 }) l" ^' `
5.3.6 Timing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
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5.4 Experimental results . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117, Q w4 Q7 o/ Z( P
5.5 Discussion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
" L G: X$ r9 ?8 C& U5.6 Conclusions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122& T. q I/ i# f8 L, B2 e
6 A 12-bit two-step ADC with mixed-signal chopping and calibration 1232 O0 p( E; u* P
7 A low-power 16-bit three-step ADC for imaging applications 149 |
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