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Design of 6bit CMOS A/D Converter with Simplified S-R latch

단순화된 S-R 래치를 이용한 6비트 CMOS 플래쉬 A/D 변환기 설계

  • 손영준 (실리콘웍스(주)) ;
  • 김원 (인하대학교 전자공학과 정보전자 공동연구소) ;
  • 윤광섭 (인하대학교 전자공학과 정보전자 공동연구소)
  • Published : 2008.11.30
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Abstract

This paper presents 6bit 100MHz Interpolation Flash Analog-to-Digital Converter, which can be applied to the Receiver of Wireless Tele-communication System. The 6bit 100MHz Flash Analog-to-Digital Converter simplifies and integrates S-R latch which multiplies as the resolution increases. Whereas the conventional NAND based S-R latch needed eight MOS transistors, this Converter was designed with only six, which makes the Dynamic Power Dissipation of the A/D Converter reduced up to 12.5%. The designed A/D Converter went through $0.18{\mu}m$ CMOS n-well 1-poly 6-metal process to be a final product, and the final product has shown 282mW of power dissipation with 1.8V of Supply Voltage, 100MHz of conversion rate. And 35.027dBc, 31.253dB SFDR and 4.8bits, 4.2bits ENOB with 12.5MHz, 50MHz of each input frequency.

본 논문에서는 무선통신시스템의 수신단에 적용될 수 있는 6비트 100MHz 플래쉬 A/D 변환기를 설계하였다. 제안하는 플래쉬 A/D 변환기는 해상도가 1비트씩 증가함에 따라 2배수로 증가하는 S-R 래치 회로를 단순화하여 집적화 하였다. 기존 NAND 기반의 S-R 래치 회로에 사용되던 8개의 MOS 트랜지스터 숫자를 6개로 줄였으며, 비교단의 동적 소비전력을 최대 12.5%까지 감소되도록 설계하였다. 설계된 A/D 변환기는 $0.18{\mu}m$ CMOS n-well 1-poly 6-metal 공정을 사용하여 제작되었고, 전원 전압 1.8V, 샘플링 주파수 100MHz에서의 전력소모는 282mW이다. 입력 주파수 1.6MHz, 30MHz에서의 SFDR은 각각 35.027dBc, 31.253dBc이며, 4.8비트, 4.2비트의 ENOB를 나타내었다.

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