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A 0.16㎟ 12b 30MS/s 0.18um CMOS SAR ADC Based on Low-Power Composite Switching

저전력 복합 스위칭 기반의 0.16㎟ 12b 30MS/s 0.18um CMOS SAR ADC

  • Received : 2016.04.21
  • Accepted : 2016.07.03
  • Published : 2016.07.25
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Abstract

This work proposes a 12b 30MS/s 0.18um CMOS SAR ADC based on low-power composite switching with an active die area of $0.16mm^2$. The proposed composite switching employs the conventional $V_{CM}$-based switching and monotonic switching sequences while minimizing the switching power consumption of a DAC and the dynamic offset to constrain a linearity of the SAR ADC. Two equally-divided capacitors topology and the reference scaling are employed to implement the $V_{CM}$-based switching effectively and match an input signal range with a reference voltage range in the proposed C-R hybrid DAC. The techniques also simplify the overall circuits and reduce the total number of unit capacitors up to 64 in the fully differential version of the prototype 12b ADC. Meanwhile, the SAR logic block of the proposed SAR ADC employs a simple latch-type register rather than a D flip-flop-based register not only to improve the speed and stability of the SAR operation but also to reduce the area and power consumption by driving reference switches in the DAC directly without any decoder. The measured DNL and INL of the prototype ADC in a 0.18um CMOS are within 0.85LSB and 2.53LSB, respectively. The ADC shows a maximum SNDR of a 59.33dB and a maximum SFDR of 69.83dB at 30MS/s. The ADC consumes 2.25mW at a 1.8V supply voltage.

본 논문에서는 저전력 복합 스위칭 기법을 기반으로 하여 $0.16mm^2$의 면적을 가지는 12비트 30MS/s SAR ADC를 제안한다. 제안하는 ADC에 적용된 복합 스위칭 기법은 기존의 monotonic 스위칭 기법에 $V_{CM}$ 기반의 스위칭 기법을 접목한 것으로써 SAR ADC의 선형성을 제한하는 동적 오프셋 문제를 최소화하는 동시에 평균 스위칭 전력소모도 최소화할 수 있다. 제안하는 C-R 하이브리드 DAC 회로에는 균등 분할 커패시터 구조 및 기준전압 레인지 스케일링 기법을 적용하여 입력신호와 기준전압의 범위를 일치시키면서 12비트 해상도에서 사용되는 단위 커패시터의 총 개수를 64개로 줄이는 동시에 효율적으로 $V_{CM}$ 기반의 스위칭을 수행하여 전체적인 회로를 간소화하였다. 한편, 제안하는 SAR ADC의 SAR 논리회로에는 D 플립플롭 기반이 아닌 래치구조의 레지스터를 사용하여 빠르고 안정적인 SAR 동작을 구현하였으며, 출력 값을 디코더 논리회로 없이 DAC의 스위치에 직접 인가하여 면적 및 전력소모를 줄였다. 제안하는 SAR ADC는 0.18um CMOS 공정으로 제작되었으며, 측정된 DNL 및 INL은 12비트 해상도에서 각각 최대 0.85LSB, 2.53LSB이고, 30MS/s 동작속도에서 동적성능은 최대 59.33dB의 SNDR 및 69.83dB의 SFDR을 보인다. 제안하는 시제품 ADC는 1.8V 전원전압에서 2.25mW의 전력을 소모한다.

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