• 대한전자공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한전자공학회 2006년도 하계종합학술대회
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• pp.993-994
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• 2006

현대 Mobile module에 알맞은 IP들은 고속에서 얼마나 소비 전력을 낮춰주느냐 하는 방향으로 진화하고 있다. 본 논문에서는 저전력 구현을 위해 digital block에서의 신호를 제어해주는 방법을 사용한 UWB system용 6B 2.5Gsample/s Flash ADC를 소개한다. 소개된 ADC는 2.5GS/s의 clock, 1240MHz의 input 신호에서 36,7dB의 SNDR과 5.80 비트의 ENOB를 가지며 385mW의 전력을 소모한다.

• Journal of Electrical Engineering and Technology
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• 제3권3호
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• pp.430-435
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• 2008

In the paper, an algorithm called a Constraint algorithm is proposed to solve the fan-in problem occurred in ADC encoding circuits. The Flash ADC architecture uses a double-base number system (DBNS). The DBNS has known to represent the multi-dimensional logarithmic number system (MDLNS) used for implementing the multiplier accumulator architecture of FIR filter in digital signal processing (DSP) applications. The authors use the DBNS with the base 2 and 3 to represent binary output of ADC. A symmetric map is analyzed first, and then asymmetric map is followed to provide addition read DBNS to DSP circuitry. The simulation results are shown for the Double-Base Integer Encoder (DBIE) of the 6-bit ADC to demonstrate an effectiveness of the Constraint algorithm, using $0.18{\mu}\;m$ CMOS technology. The DBIE’s processing speed of the ADC is fast compared to the FAT tree encoder circuit by 0.95 GHz.

• 전기전자학회논문지
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• 제27권3호
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• pp.333-339
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• 2023

세계적으로 웨어러블 디바이스의 시장이 확장하고 있으며, 이를 위한 효율적인 PMIC의 수요 또한 늘어나고 있다. 웨어러블 디바이스용 PMIC 특성상 높은 에너지 효율과 작은 면적이 필요하다. 프로세스 기술의 발전으로 저전력 설계가 가능하지만, 기존의 아날로그 LDO 레귤레이터는 전원 전압이 낮아짐에 따라 설계의 어려움이 있다. 본 논문에서는 이중 루프 디지털 LDO용 coarse-fine ADC를 제안한다, ADC의 설계는 55 nm CMOS 공정으로 진행하였고 34.78 dB와 5.39 bits의 SNR과 ENOB를 갖는다.

• 대한전자공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한전자공학회 2008년도 하계종합학술대회
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• pp.549-550
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• 2008

This paper proposed and designed the modified flash analog-to-digital converter(ADC). The speed of new architecture is similar to conventional flash ADC but the die area consumption is much less due to reduce numbers of comparators. The circuits which are implemented in this paper is simulated with LT SPICE and layout with Electric tools of computer.

• 전자공학회논문지SC
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• 제46권1호
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• pp.76-81
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• 2009

본 논문에서는 새로운 방법의 채널 시간 공유 Subranging ADC를 제안한다. 기존 Subranging ADC의 경우, 상위 비교기 블록과 하위 비교기 블록이 각각 존재 하여 면적과 파워소비가 단점을 지니고 있다. 제안하는 Subrangin ADC는 기존 Subranging ADC와 비슷하나 가장 큰 특징은 하위 ADC의 비교기가 존재하지 않는다. 하위 ADC의 비교기가 존재하지 않는 대신에 Control Switch(CS)를 사용하여 상위 ADC의 비교기를 시간차이를 두고 공유하는 형식을 보여주고 있다. 제안하는 ADC는 하위단의 비교기 블록을 제거하고 상위단의 비교기 블록과 공유하므로 기존 Subranging ADC보다 컴페레이터 숫자를 반으로 줄이며 따라서 칩 전체 면적을 40% 가량 줄인다. 동작 특성을 확인하기 위하여 $0.18{\mu}m$ 1P6M Technology 이용하여 제안된 방법으로 8bit ADC를 설계하였다. 시뮬레이션 결과, 전원전압 1.8V에서 8bit 80MS/s 특성 그리고 10mW의 낮은 전력 소모의 특성을 나타내었다.

• JSTS:Journal of Semiconductor Technology and Science
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• 제14권6호
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• pp.706-711
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• 2014

A low power 6-bit flash ADC that uses an input voltage range detection algorithm is described. An input voltage level detector circuit has been designed to overcome the disadvantages of the flash ADC which consume most of the dynamic power dissipation due to comparators array. In this work, four digital input voltage range detectors are employed and each input voltage range detector generates the specific clock signal only if the input voltage falls between two adjacent reference voltages applied to the detector. The specific clock signal generated by the detector is applied to turn the corresponding latched comparators on and the rest of the comparators off. This ADC consumes 68.82 mW with a single power supply of 1.2V and achieves 4.3 effective number of bits for input frequency up to 1 MHz at 500 MS/s. Therefore it results in 4.6 pJ/step of Figure of Merit (FoM). The chip is fabricated in 0.13-um CMOS process.

• JSTS:Journal of Semiconductor Technology and Science
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• 제7권1호
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• pp.28-35
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• 2007

This paper presents a high-speed flash analog-to-digital converter (ADC) for ultra wide band (UWB) receivers. In this flash ADC, the interpolating technique is adopted to reduce the number of the amplifiers and a linear and wide-bandwidth interpolating amplifier is presented. For this ADC, the transistor size for the cascaded stages is inversely scaled to improve the trade-off in bandwidth and power consumption. The active inductor peaking technique is also employed in the pre-amplifiers of comparators and the track-and-hold circuit to enhance the bandwidth. Furthermore, a digital-to-analog converter (DAC) is embedded for the sake of measurements. This chip has been fabricated in $0.13{\mu}m$ 1P8M CMOS process and the total power consumption is 113mW with 1V supply voltage. The ADC achieves 4-bit effective number of bits (ENOB) for input signal of 200MHz at 5-GSample/sec.

• 융합신호처리학회논문지
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• 제9권3호
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• pp.224-229
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• 2008

In the paper, a new Constraint algorithm is proposed to solve the fan-in problem occurred in the encoding circuitry of an ADC. The Flash ADC architecture uses a Double-Base Number System(DBNS). The DBNS has been known to represent the Multidimensional Logarithmic Number System (MDLNS) used for implementing the multiplier accumulator architecture of FIR filter in Digital Signal Processing (DSP) applications. The authors use the DBNS with the base 2 and 3 in designing ADC encoder circuits, which is called as Double Base Integer Encoder(DBIE). A symmetric map is analyzed first, and then asymmetric map is followed to provide addition ready DBNS for DSP circuitry. The simulation results of the DBIE circuits in 6-bit and 8-bit ADC show the effectiveness of the Constraint algorithm with $0.18{\mu}m$ CMOS technology. The DBIE yields faster processing speed compared to the speed of Fat Tree Encoder (FAT) circuits by 17% at more power consumption by 39%.

• JSTS:Journal of Semiconductor Technology and Science
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• 제13권2호
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• pp.98-107
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• 2013

This work describes a 13b 100 MS/s 0.13 um CMOS four-stage pipeline ADC for 3G communication systems. The proposed SHA-free ADC employs a range-scaling technique based on switched-capacitor circuits to properly handle a wide input range of $2V_{P-P}$ using a single on-chip reference of $1V_{P-P}$. The proposed range scaling makes the reference buffers keep a sufficient voltage headroom and doubles the offset tolerance of a latched comparator in the flash ADC1 with a doubled input range. A two-step reference selection technique in the back-end 5b flash ADC reduces both power dissipation and chip area by 50%. The prototype ADC in a 0.13 um CMOS demonstrates the measured differential and integral nonlinearities within 0.57 LSB and 0.99 LSB, respectively. The ADC shows a maximum signal-to-noise-and-distortion ratio of 64.6 dB and a maximum spurious-free dynamic range of 74.0 dB at 100 MS/s, respectively. The ADC with an active die area of 1.2 $mm^2$ consumes 145.6 mW including high-speed reference buffers and 91 mW excluding buffers at 100 MS/s and a 1.3 V supply voltage.

• JSTS:Journal of Semiconductor Technology and Science
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• 제8권4호
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• pp.318-325
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• 2008

A 1.2 V 7-bit 1 GS/s CMOS flash ADC with an interpolation factor of 4 is implemented by using a $0.13\;{\mu}m$ CMOS process. A digital calibration of DC reference voltage is proposed for the $1^{st}$ preamp array to compensate for the input offset voltage of differrential amplifiers without disturbing the high-speed signal path. A 3-stage cascaded voting process is used in the digital encoder block to eliminate the conescutive bubbles up to seven completely, if the $2^{nd}$ preamp output is assumed to have a single bubble at most. ENOB and the power consumption were measured to be 5.88 bits and 212 mW with a 195 MHz $400\;mV_{p-p}$ sine wave input.