Title
A 50 MHz bandwidth 54.2 dB SNDR reference-free stochastic ADC using VCO-based quantizers
Abstract
A reference-free stochastic ADC is proposed by utilizing both spatial averaging and oversampling noise-shaping schemes. By implementing multiple VCO-based quantizers in parallel, stochastic spatial averaging for quantization errors is inherently obtained. In addition, 1st-order noise shaping of a VCO-based quantizer is achieved in an open-loop oversampling configuration. By resolving a faster conversion rate, this open-loop structure eliminates biasing, loop filter, sample-and-hold, and external reference, and it consists of only delay cells and digital logic. The proof-of-concept prototype which includes eight VCO-based quantizers and spatial averaging estimator is implemented in a 0.18 μm CMOS process, demonstrating 54.2 dB and 45.4 dB SNDR for 50 MHz and 100 MHz bandwidths, with 116 mW power consumption. Measurement results reveal that the eight channel stochastic ADC provides an average 9 dB SQNR improvement due to the spatial averaging.
Year
DOI
Venue
2016
10.1109/ASSCC.2016.7844201
2016 IEEE Asian Solid-State Circuits Conference (A-SSCC)
Keywords
Field
DocType
Analog-to-digital converter (ADC),spatial averaging,stochastic ADC,VCO-based quantizer
Oversampling,Control theory,Computer science,Communication channel,Electronic engineering,Voltage-controlled oscillator,Noise shaping,Bandwidth (signal processing),Quantization (signal processing),Biasing,Estimator
Conference
ISBN
Citations 
PageRank 
978-1-5090-3701-8
1
0.38
References 
Authors
4
6
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
hyuk sun113.08
Muhlestein, J.2124.25
Spencer Leuenberger374.74
Kazuki Sobue4246.42
Koichi Hamashita58515.02
Un-Ku Moon6836140.98