Algorithmic ADC operating with a single reference voltage for PLL-based chemical sensing applications

作者：Larsson A^*; Kulkarni R; Silva Martinez J; Solis S

来源：Analog Integrated Circuits and Signal Processing, 2014, 78(2): 431-438.

• Analog to digital converter (ADC)
• Algorithmic ADC
• Switched-capacitor
• Sensing applications
• Biomedical sensors

This paper deals with the design of an algorithmic switched-capacitor analog-to-digital converter (ADC), operating with a single reference voltage, a single-ended amplifier, a single-ended comparator, and presenting a small input capacitance. The ADC requires two clock phases per conversion bit and N clock cycles to resolve the N-bits. The ADC achieves a measured peak signal-to-noise-ratio (SNR) of 49.9 dB and a peak signal-to-noise-and-distortion-ratio (SNDR) of 46.7 dB at P-in = -6dBFS with a sampling rate of 0.25 MS/s. The measured differential-non-linearity and integral-non-linearity are within +0.6/-0.5 and +0.2/-0.5 LSB, respectively. The ADC power consumption is 300 mu W and it is implemented in 90 nm CMOS technology with a single power supply of 1.2 V. The ADC saves power at system-level by requiring only a single reference voltage. At system level, this solution is therefore not only robust but competitive as well.

• 出版日期2014-2