Design of an 1.8V 8-bit 500MSPS Cascaded-Folding Cascaded-Interpolation CMOS A/D Converter

1.8V 8-bit 500MSPS Cascaded-Folding Cascaded-Interpolation CMOS A/D 변환기의 설계

  • Jung Seung-Hwi (System IC Design Lab. Department of Semiconductor Science, Dongguk University) ;
  • Park Jae-Kyu (System IC Design Lab. Department of Semiconductor Science, Dongguk University) ;
  • Hwang Sang-Hoon (System IC Design Lab. Department of Semiconductor Science, Dongguk University) ;
  • Song Min-Kyu (System IC Design Lab. Department of Semiconductor Science, Dongguk University)
  • Published : 2006.05.01

Abstract

In this paper, an 1.8V 8-bit 500MSPS CMOS A/D Converter is proposed. In order to obtain the resolution of 8bits and high-speed operation, a Cascaded-Folding Cascaded-Interpolation type architecture is chosen. For the purpose of improving SNR, Cascaded-folding Cascaded-interpolation technique, distributed track and hold are included [1]. A novel folding circuit, a novel Digital Encoder, a circuit to reduce the Reference Fluctuation are proposed. The chip has been fabricated with a $0.18{\mu}m$ 1-poly 5-metal n-well CMOS technology. The effective chip area is $1050{\mu}m{\times}820{\mu}m$ and it dissipates about 146mW at 1.8V power supply. The INL and DNL are within ${\pm}1LSB$, respectively. The SNDR is about 43.72dB at 500MHz sampling frequency.

본 논문에서는, 1.8V 8-bit 500MSPS CMOS A/D 변환기를 제안한다. 8-bit 해상도, 고속의 샘플링과 입력 주파수, 그리고 저 전력을 구현하기 위하여 Cascaded-Folding Cascaded-Interpolation type으로 설계되었다. 또한 본 연구에서는 고속 동작의 문제점들을 해결하기 위하여 새로운 구조의 Digital Encoder, Reference Fluctuation을 보정하기 위한 회로, 비교기 자체의 Offset과 Feedthrough에 의한 오차를 최소화하기 위한 Averaging Resistor, SNR을 향상시키기 위한 Distributed Track & Hold를 설계하여 최종적으로 500MSPS의 A/D 변환기 출력 결과를 얻을 수가 있다. 본 연구에서는 1.8V의 공급전압을 가지는 $0.18{\mu}m$ 1-poly 5-metal N-well CMOS 공정을 사용하였고, 소비전력은 146mW로 Full Flash 변환기에 비해 낮음을 확인할 수 있었다. 실제 제작된 칩은 측정결과 500MSPS에서 SNDR은 약 43.72dB로 측정되었고, Static상태에서 INL과 DNL은 각각 ${\pm}1LSB$ 로 나타났다. 유효 칩 면적은 $1050um{\times}820um$의 면적을 갖는다.

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