A 10-b 120-Msample/s time-interleaved analog-to-digital converter with digital background calibration

Digital calibration using adaptive signal processing corrects for offset mismatch, gain mismatch, and sample-time error between time-interleaved channels in a 10-b 120-Msample/s pipelined analog-to-digital converter (ADC). Offset mismatch between channels is overcome with a random chopper-based offset calibration. Gain mismatch and sample-time error are overcome with correlation-based algorithms, which drive the correlation between a signal and its chopped image or its chopped and delayed image to zero. Test results show that, with a 0.99-MHz sinusoidal input, the ADC achieves a peak signal-to-noise-and-distortion ratio (SNDR) of 56.8 dB, a peak integral nonlinearity of 0.88 least significant bit (LSB), and a peak differential nonlinearity of 0.44 LSB. For a 39.9-MHz sinusoidal input, the ADC achieves a peak SNDR of 50.2 dB. The active area is 5.2 mm/sup 2/, and the power dissipation is 234 mW from a 3.3-V supply.     

An 8-bit 80-Msample/s pipelined analog-to-digital converter withbackground calibration

An 8-bit 80-Msample/s pipelined analog-to-digital converter (ADC) uses monolithic background calibration to reduce the nonlinearity caused by interstage gain errors. Test results show that the ADC achieves a peak signal-to-noise-and-distortion ratio of 43.8 dB, a peak integral nonlinearity of 0.51 least significant bit (LSB), and a peak differential nonlinearity of 0.32 LSB with active background calibration. It dissipates 268 mW from a 3 V supply and occupies 10.3 mm ² in a single-poly 0.5 μm CMOS technology     

A 14-b 20-Msamples/s CMOS pipelined ADC

The capacitor error-averaging technique, updated with look-ahead decision and digital correction, is used to demonstrate a 14-b 20-Msamples/s pipelined analog-to digital converter (ADC) with no trimming or calibration. The prototype ADC exhibits a differential nonlinearity (DNL) of +0.23/-0.28 least significant bit (LSB), an integral nonlinearity (INL) of +0.95/-1.06 LSB, a spurious-free dynamic range (SFDR) of 91.6 dB, and a signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) of 74.2 dB with a 1-MHz input and a 20-MHz clock. The prototype in 0.5-μm CMOS occupies an area of 4.5×2.4 mm² and consumes 720 mW at 5 V     

A 12-bit 20-Msample/s pipelined analog-to-digital converter with nested digital background calibration

A 12-bit 20-Msample/s pipelined analog-to-digital converter (ADC) is calibrated in the background using an algorithmic ADC, which is itself calibrated in the foreground. The overall calibration architecture is nested. The calibration overcomes the circuit nonidealities caused by capacitor mismatch and finite operational amplifier (opamp) gain both in the pipelined ADC and the algorithmic ADC. With a 58-kHz sinusoidal input, test results show that the pipelined ADC achieves a peak signal-to-noise-and-distortion ratio (SNDR) of 70.8 dB, a peak spurious-free dynamic range (SFDR) of 93.3 dB, a total harmonic distortion (THD) of -92.9 dB, and a peak integral nonlinearity (INL) of 0.47 least significant bit (LSB). The total power dissipation is 254 mW from 3.3 V. The active area is 7.5 mm/sup 2/ in 0.35-/spl mu/m CMOS.     

A 14-b 12-MS/s CMOS pipeline ADC with over 100-dB SFDR

A 1.8-V 14-b 12-MS/s pseudo-differential pipeline analog-to-digital converter (ADC) using a passive capacitor error-averaging technique and a nested CMOS gain-boosting technique is described. The converter is optimized for low-voltage low-power applications by applying an optimum stage-scaling algorithm at the architectural level and an opamp and comparator sharing technique at the circuit level. Prototyped in a 0.18-/spl mu/m 6M-1P CMOS process, this converter achieves a peak signal-to-noise plus distortion ratio (SNDR) of 75.5 dB and a 103-dB spurious-free dynamic range (SFDR) without trimming, calibration, or dithering. With a 1-MHz analog input, the maximum differential nonlinearity is 0.47 LSB and the maximum integral nonlinearity is 0.54 LSB. The large analog bandwidth of the front-end sample-and-hold circuit is achieved using bootstrapped thin-oxide transistors as switches, resulting in an SFDR of 97 dB when a 40-MHz full-scale input is digitized. The ADC occupies an active area of 10 mm/sup 2/ and dissipates 98 mW.     

A digitally enhanced 1.8-V 15-bit 40-MSample/s CMOS pipelined ADC

A 1.8-V 15-bit 40-MSample/s CMOS pipelined analog-to-digital converter with 90-dB spurious-free dynamic range (SFDR) and 72-dB peak signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) over the full Nyquist band is presented. Its differential and integral nonlinearities are 0.25 LSB and 1.5 LSB, respectively, and its power consumption is 400 mW. This performance is enabled by digital background calibration of internal digital-to-analog converter (DAC) noise and interstage gain errors. The calibration achieves improvements of better than 12 dB in signal-to-noise plus distortion ratio and 20 dB in SFDR relative to the case where calibration is disabled. Other enabling features of the prototype integrated circuit (IC) include a low-latency, segmented, dynamic element-matching DAC, distributed passive input signal sampling, and asymmetric clocking to maximize the time available for the first-stage residue amplifier to settle. The IC is realized in a 0.18-/spl mu/m mixed-signal CMOS process and has a die size of 4mm/spl times/5 mm.     

An 11-Bit 45 MS/s Pipelined ADC With Rapid Calibration of DAC Errors in a Multibit Pipeline Stage

A technique to rapidly correct for both DAC and gain errors in the multibit first stage of an 11-bit pipelined ADC is presented. Using a dual-ADC based approach the digital background scheme is validated with a proof-of-concept prototype fabricated in a 1.8 V 0.18 CMOS process, where the calibration scheme improves the peak INL of the 45 MS/s ADC from 6.4 LSB to 1.1 LSB after calibration. The SNDR/SFDR is improved from 46.9 dB/48.9 dB to 60.1 dB/70 dB after calibration. Calibration is achieved in approximately 10⁴ clock cycles.     

A self-calibration method for capacitance mismatch in SAR ADC with split-capacitor DAC

A self-calibration method to calibrate the nonlinearity due to capacitance mismatch in successive approximation register (SAR) analog-to-digital converter (ADC) is presented. It focuses on calibrating the most significant bit (MSB) array in the split-capacitor main DAC (split-MDAC) by using a calibration DAC (CDAC) that contains multiple sub-CDACs. Every bit in MSB array has its corresponding sub-CDAC in CDAC, which enhances the calibration efficiency. To verify the calibration method, a 14 bit, 500 kS/s SAR ADC is implemented, and it is manufactured in 0.35 μm 2P4M CMOS process. The measured results show that the proposed calibration method can assist this SAR ADC to achieve better static and dynamic performance, and its ENOB is improved from 9 bit to 11.98 bit at Nyquist input frequency.     

A 15-b, 5-Msample/s low-spurious CMOS ADC

A 5-5-5-6-b pipelined analog-to-digital converter (ADC) architecture alleviates the requirements for initial capacitor matching and residue amplifier settling accuracy. The two 5-b most significant bit (MSB) stages are digitally calibrated to implement a 15-b, 5-Msample/s low-spurious ADC using 1.4-μm CMOS. A skip-and-fill algorithm with nonlinear interpolation also opens up the possibility of calibrating ADC's in the background synchronously with their normal operation. Interpolation results for the background calibration are compared with the foreground calibration results. The prototype ADC exhibits a differential nonlinearity (DNL) of +0.75/-0.6 least significant bit (LSB), an integral nonlinearity (INL) of +1.77/-1.58 LSB, and all spurious components are suppressed to below -93 dB when sampled at 5 MHz. The chip occupies 27 mm², and the analog part consumes 60 mW at 5 V. Memory and arithmetic units for calibration are supplied externally in testing     

一个高线性13位流水线CMOS A/D转换器

介绍了一个采用多种电路设计技术来实现高线性13位流水线A/D转换器.这些设计技术包括采用无源电容误差平均来校准电容失配误差、增益增强(gain-boosting)运放来降低有限增益误差和增益非线性,自举(bootstrapping)开关来减小开关导通电阻的非线性以及抗干扰设计来减弱来自数字供电的噪声.电路采用0.18μm CMOS工艺实现,包括焊盘在内的面积为3.2mm2.在2.5MHz采样时钟和2.4MHz输入信号下测试,得到的微分非线性为-0.18/0.15LSB,积分非线性为-0.35/0.5LSB,信号与噪声加失真比(SNDR)为75.7dB,无杂散动态范围(SFDR)为90.5dBc;在5MHz采样时钟和2.4MHz输入信号下测试,得到的SNDR和SFDR分别为73.7dB和83.9dBc.所有测试均在2.7V电源下进行,对应于采样率为2.5MS/s和5Ms/s的功耗(包括焊盘驱动电路)分别为21mW和34mW.     

An 8-bit 180-kS/s differential SAR ADC with a time-domain comparator and 7.97-ENOB

This paper presents a differential successive approximation register analog-to-digital converter(SAR ADC) with a novel time-domain comparator design for wireless sensor networks.The prototype chip has been implemented in the UMC 0.18-μm 1P6M CMOS process.The proposed ADC achieves a peak ENOB of 7.98 at an input frequency of 39.7 kHz and sampling rate of 180 kHz.With the Nyquist input frequency,68.49-dB SFDR,7.97-ENOB is achieved.A simple quadrate layout is adopted to ease the routing complexity of the co...     

A 13-b 10-Msample/s ADC digitally calibrated with oversamplingdelta-sigma converter

Two key techniques necessary to digitally calibrate multistep or pipelined converters are demonstrated in a differential 5-V, 13-b, 10-Msample/s analog-to-digital converter (ADC). One technique, called code-error calibration, is to linearize the transfer characteristic of digital-to-analog converters (DAC's) while the other, called gain-error proration, is to evenly distribute interstage gain errors over the full conversion range. The core of the former technique is an oversampling delta-sigma ratio calibrator working synchronously with the converter. This digital calibration process constantly tracks and updates the code errors without interfering with the normal operation. The prototype converter fabricated using a 1.4-μm BiCMOS process consumes 360 mW with a 5-V single supply and exhibits a signal-to-noise ratio of 71 dB and a maximum end-point integral nonlinearity of 1.8 LSB at a 13-b level. The proposed techniques can be incorporated into general multistep or pipelined ADC's without sacrificing the conversion speed     

Nested Digital Background Calibration of a 12-bit Pipelined ADC Without an Input SHA

To reduce power dissipation, the input sample-and-hold amplifier (SHA) is eliminated in a pipelined analog-to-digital converter (ADC) with nested background calibration. The nested architecture calibrates the pipelined ADC with an algorithmic ADC that is also calibrated. Without an input SHA, a timing difference between the sampling instants of the two ADCs creates an error that interferes with calibration of the pipelined ADC. This problem is overcome with digital background timing compensation. It uses a differentiator with fixed coefficients to build an adaptive interpolator. With a 58-kHz sinusoidal input, the 12-bit 20-Msample/s pipelined ADC achieves a signal-to-noise-and-distortion ratio (SNDR) of 70.2 dB, a spurious-free dynamic range (SFDR) of 80.3 dB, and an integral nonlinearity (INL) of 0.75 least significant bit (LSB). With a 9-MHz input, the SNDR is 64.2 dB, and the SFDR is 78.3 dB. About 2 million samples or 0.1 s are required for convergence. The prototype occupies 7.5 mm² in 0.35-mum CMOS and dissipates 231 mW from 3.3 V, which is 23 mW less than in a previous prototype with the input SHA.     

14 bit 50 ms/s 0.18 μm CMOS pipeline ADC based on digital error calibration

Described is a 14 bit 50 MS/s CMOS four-stage pipeline A/D converter (ADC)-based on a digital code-error calibration. The proposed calibration technique measures the capacitor mismatch errors of the front-end multiplying DAC (MDAC) with the back-end pipeline stages while the measured code errors are stored in memory and corrected in the digital domain during normal conversion. The calibration needs the increased power dissipation and chip area of 1.4 and 10.7 , respectively, compared to a 14 bit uncalibrated conventional pipeline ADC. The prototype ADC fabricated in a 0.18 um CMOS process occupies an active die area of 4.2 mm² and consumes 140 mW at 1.8 V and 50 MS/s. After calibration, the measured DNL and INL of the ADC are improved from 0.69 to 0.39 LSB and from 33.60 to 2.76 LSB, respectively.     

A 10-Bit 500-MS/s 55-mW CMOS ADC

A pipelined ADC incorporates a digital foreground calibration technique that corrects errors due to capacitor mismatch, gain error, and op amp nonlinearity. Employing a high-speed, low-power op amp topology and an accurate on-chip resistor ladder and designed in 90-nm CMOS technology, the ADC achieves a DNL of 0.4 LSB and an INL of 1 LSB. The prototype digitizes a 233-MHz input with 53-dB SNDR while consuming 55$~$mW from a 1.2-V supply.      

Calibration algorithm for 16-bit voltage-mode R–2R DAC

A novel calibration algorithm is presented for the 16-bit voltage-mode R–2R Digital-to-Analog converter (DAC). The proposed calibration can be realized with only some digital circuits and an additional calibrating DAC (CaliDAC) identical to the main DAC (MDAC) added. With the weighing-coefficient compressing technology (WCT) adopted, the nonlinearity of the CaliDAC can be compressed when the calibration is implemented, therefore leaving almost no effect on the output. Adopting the segment-calibration technology (SCT), the integral nonlinearity (INL) errors of the output can be calibrated segment by segment. With the proposed calibration algorithm, the INL errors in the final output can be calibrated successfully in the range of [−0.5LSB, 0.5LSB] for 16-bit voltage-mode R–2R DAC.     

一种用于14 bit SAR ADC的DAC设计

本文设计了用于14bit逐次逼近型模数转换器（SAR ADC）的DAC电路。针对该DAC,介绍一种全差分分段电容阵列结构以缩小DAC的版图面积;高二位权电容采用热码控制,用以改善高位电容在转换时跳变的尖峰以及DAC的单调性;对电容阵列采用数字校准技术,减小电容阵列存在的失配,以提高SAR ADC精度。校准前,SAR ADC的INL达到10LSB,DNL达到4LSB;与校准前相比,校准后,INL〈0.5LSB,DNL〈0.6LSB。仿真结果表明,本DAC设计极大改善SAR ADC的性能,已达到设计要求。     

A CMOS switch-capacitor 14-bit 100 Msps pipeline ADC with over 90 dB SFDR

This article presents a design of 14-bit 100?Msamples/s pipelined analog-to-digital converter (ADC) implemented in 0.18?µm CMOS. A charge-sharing correction (CSC) is proposed to remove the input-dependent charge-injection, along with a floating-well bulk-driven technique, a fast-settling reference generator and a low-jitter clock circuit, guaranteeing the high dynamic performance of the ADC. A scheme of background calibration minimises the error due to the capacitor mismatch and opamp non-ideality, ensuring the overall linearity. The measured results show that the prototype ADC achieves spurious-free dynamic range (SFDR) of 91?dB, signal-to-noise-and-distortion ratio (SNDR) of 73.1?dB, differential nonlinearity (DNL) of +0.61/?0.57?LSB and integrated nonlinearity (INL) of +1.1/?1.0?LSB at 30?MHz input and maintains over 78?dB SFDR and 65?dB SNDR up to 425?MHz, consuming 223?mW totally.     

A power optimized 13-b 5 Msamples/s pipelined analog-to-digitalconverter in 1.2 μm CMOS

A 13-b 5-MHz pipelined analog-to-digital converter (ADC) was designed with the goal of minimizing power dissipation. Power was reduced by using a high swing residue amplifier and by optimizing the per stage resolution. The prototype device fabricated in a 1.2 μm CMOS process displayed 80.1 dB peak signal-to-noise plus distortion ratio (SNDR) and 82.9 dB dynamic range. Integral nonlinearity (INL) is 0.8 least significant bits (LSB), and differential nonlinearity (DNL) is 0.3 LSB for a 100 kHz input. The circuit dissipates 166 mW on a 5 V supply     

A 15-bit Linear 20-MS/s Pipelined ADC Digitally Calibrated With Signal-Dependent Dithering

Pseudo-random dithers have been used to measure capacitor mismatch and opamp gain errors of the pipelined analog-to-digital converter (ADC) in background and to calibrate them digitally. However, this error measurement suffers from signal range reduction and long signal decorrelation time. A signal-dependent dithering scheme allows the injection of a large dither without sacrificing the signal range and shortens the signal decorrelation time. A 1.5-bit multiplying digital-to-analog converter (MDAC) stage is modified for signal-dependent dithering with two additional comparators, and its capacitor mismatch and gain errors are measured and calibrated as one error. When sampled at 20 MS/s, a 15-bit prototype ADC achieves a spurious-free dynamic range of 98 dB with 14.5-MHz input and a peak signal-to-noise plus distortion ratio of 73 dB with 1-MHz input. Integral nonlinearity is improved from 25 to 1.3 least significant bits (LSBs) after calibrating the first six stages. The chip is fabricated in 0.18-mu CMOS process, occupies an active area of 2.3 x 1.7 mm² , and consumes 285 mW at 1.8 V.