Simon Ooghe;Brendan Saux;Tobias Cromheecke;Johan Raman;Pieter Rombouts
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Abstract
In this brief, a counter structure which facilitates the design of a coarse-fine voltage-controlled oscillator (VCO)-based analog-to-digital converter (ADC) at high bandwidths is presented. A key challenge is the asynchrony between the coarse and fine counters for which it is quantitatively proven that effective ambiguity resolution is necessary to obtain a sufficient performance. To achieve this, a latch-based, bit-level redundant coarse counter featuring fast ambiguity resolution and operating at high VCO frequencies is presented. Using this novel counter structure a power-efficient VCO-ADC with a core area of 0.007 mm2 and a post-layout simulated figure-of-merit of 168 dB at a bandwidth of 100 MHz is demonstrated.
期刊介绍:
TCAS II publishes brief papers in the field specified by the theory, analysis, design, and practical implementations of circuits, and the application of circuit techniques to systems and to signal processing. Included is the whole spectrum from basic scientific theory to industrial applications. The field of interest covered includes:
Circuits: Analog, Digital and Mixed Signal Circuits and Systems
Nonlinear Circuits and Systems, Integrated Sensors, MEMS and Systems on Chip, Nanoscale Circuits and Systems, Optoelectronic
Circuits and Systems, Power Electronics and Systems
Software for Analog-and-Logic Circuits and Systems
Control aspects of Circuits and Systems.