Title
A 950 MHz Clock 47.5 MHz BW 4.7 mW 67 dB SNDR Discrete Time Delta Sigma ADC Leveraging Ring Amplification and Split-Source Comparator Based Quantizer in 28 nm CMOS
Abstract
This article presents a delta sigma modulator (DSM) analog to digital (ADC) that uses ring amplifiers as integrators to relax speed and efficiency bottlenecks in discrete-time (DT) oversampled ADCs. Its multi-bit quantizer is based on split source (SS) comparators, adding flexibility and power efficiency. The complete oversampling ADC is designed as a 3rd-order cascade of integrator with feed forward (CIFF) with a 4-bit quantizer, and it achieves a peak signal-to-noise and distortion ratio (SNDR) of 67 dB and DR of 70.0 dB with 47.5-MHz bandwidth when clocked at 950 MHz. This is the highest bandwidth reported to date among single-channel DT DSM ADCs and demonstrates a viable alternative to continuous-time (CT) DSM ADCs for wideband oversampling applications. With a power consumption of 4.7 mW from a 1-V supply, figure of merit (FoM) Schreier and Walden are 167.0 dB and 27.0 fJ/c.s, respectively, demonstrating efficient DT delta-sigma conversion with high bandwidth.
Year
DOI
Venue
2022
10.1109/JSSC.2022.3163819
IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits
Keywords
DocType
Volume
Cascade of integrators with feed forward (CIFFs),delta-sigma modulation,discrete-time (DT) analog to digital (ADC),oversampling ADC,ring amplification
Journal
57
Issue
ISSN
Citations 
7
0018-9200
0
PageRank 
References 
Authors
0.34
3
6
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Lucas Moura Santana100.68
Ewout Martens211.03
Jorge Lagos3185.57
Benjamin P. Hershberg418023.21
Piet Wambacq55610.11
Jan Craninckx6756181.43