8-mW, 1-V, 100-MSample/s, 6-bit A/D Converter Using a Latched Comparator Operating in the Triode Region

Jun TERADA  Yasuyuki MATSUYA  Fumiharu MORISAWA  Yuichi KADO  

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IEICE TRANSACTIONS on Fundamentals of Electronics, Communications and Computer Sciences   Vol.E86-A   No.2   pp.313-317
Publication Date: 2003/02/01
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Print ISSN: 0916-8508
Type of Manuscript: Special Section PAPER (Special Section on Analog Circuit Techniques and Related Topics)
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A/D converter,  low voltage,  low power,  bubble error,  monotonicity,  

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Summary: 
A very low-power, high-speed flash A/D converter front-end composed of a new latched comparator was developed. We established a butterfly sorting technique to guarantee the monotonicity of the converter. The 6-bit A/D front-end achieves a speed of 100 Msps and dynamic range of 33 dB with power consumption of only 7 mW at the supply voltage of 1 V, and the butterfly sorter guarantees 6-bit monotonicity with an extra power consumption of 1 mW.