floating inverter amplifier (FIA)

A 500-MS/s 12-bit Pipeline-SAR ADC Using a PVT-Robust Triple-Cascoded FIA With Virtual Supply Extension

A 500-MS/s 12-bit Pipeline-SAR ADC Using a PVT-Robust Triple-Cascoded FIA With Virtual Supply Extension 150 150

Abstract:

The pipeline-successive approximation register (SAR) analog-to-digital converter (ADC) extends the energy efficiency and the scaling properties of SAR ADCs to the medium-to-high resolutions and high bandwidths typical of classical pipeline ADCs. However, the residue amplifier (RA) is often a performance and energy efficiency bottleneck, especially for high-speed designs in scaled …

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A 92.1-dB SNDR Easy-Driving Two-Step NS-SAR-Based Incremental ADC With Concurrent Gain-Error Plus Noise Suppression

A 92.1-dB SNDR Easy-Driving Two-Step NS-SAR-Based Incremental ADC With Concurrent Gain-Error Plus Noise Suppression 150 150

Abstract:

This article presents a two-step incremental analog-to-digital converter (ADC) that achieves high resolution and energy efficiency while substantially easing the input driving constraints and interstage gain variation. By employing a level-shifted sub-ranging architecture with an input-tracking (IT) feature, the design obviates direct input sampling, thereby significantly relaxing the demands on …

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