本研究是採用兩階段式 (Two-step) 的架構,來實現高速的類比數位轉換器(Analog-to-Digital Converter)。在此論文中提出一個快速穩定的方法 (fast-settling method)來縮短運算放大器的上升時間以及經由重新安排時脈圖來使得電路可以工作的更加有效率。本晶片使用台積電0.13-μm CMOS製程製作,解析度為六位元,操作時脈頻率為1 GS/s,INL為+0.3/-0.3 LSB,DNL為+0.49/-0.49 LSB,在輸入信號頻率為奈奎斯特頻率的情況下,SFDR為49.2dB,SNDR為31.3dB,在1.2伏特的供應電壓下,消耗功率為 50mW。
A 1 GS/s 6-bit CMOS two-step ADC using fast-settling method and through timing rearrangement is demonstrated in a standard 0.13-μm CMOS process. The proposed method shortens the slew time of OPAMP in MDAC and the timing arrangement makes the circuits operated more efficient. The prototype circuit exhibits an INL of +0.3/-0.3 LSB and a DNL of +0.49/-0.49 LSB. The SNDR and SFDR achieve 31.3 and 49.2 dB at 1 GS/s for Nyquist input frequency. The ADC consumes 50 mW at 1.2V supply and occupies an active chip area of 0.16 mm2.