• Journal of Semiconductors
  • Vol. 41, Issue 11, 111403 (2020)
Jiaxin Liu1, Xiyuan Tang2, Linxiao Shen2, Shaolan Li3, Zhelu Li2、4, Wenjuan Guo2, and Nan Sun1、2
Author Affiliations
  • 1Department of Electrical Engineering, Beijing National Research Center for Information Science and Technology, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
  • 2Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin 78712, USA
  • 3School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta 30313, USA
  • 4College of Electrical Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, China
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    DOI: 10.1088/1674-4926/41/11/111403 Cite this Article
    Jiaxin Liu, Xiyuan Tang, Linxiao Shen, Shaolan Li, Zhelu Li, Wenjuan Guo, Nan Sun. Error suppression techniques for energy-efficient high-resolution SAR ADCs[J]. Journal of Semiconductors, 2020, 41(11): 111403 Copy Citation Text show less
    Generic block diagram of a SAR ADC.
    Fig. 1. Generic block diagram of a SAR ADC.
    A sampling circuit with kT/C noise.
    Fig. 2. A sampling circuit with kT/C noise.
    Strong-ARM latch[1].
    Fig. 3. Strong-ARM latch[1].
    A SAR ADC with DAC mismatch: (a) operation scheme, (b) behavioral operation model.
    Fig. 4. A SAR ADC with DAC mismatch: (a) operation scheme, (b) behavioral operation model.
    Two-step SAR ADC with a continuous-time first stage[3].
    Fig. 5. Two-step SAR ADC with a continuous-time first stage[3].
    SAR ADC with kT/C noise cancellation[4].
    Fig. 6. SAR ADC with kT/C noise cancellation[4].
    kT/C noise reduction by decoupling Noise PSD and bandwidth[11].
    Fig. 7. kT/C noise reduction by decoupling Noise PSD and bandwidth[11].
    Generic block diagram of a NS- SAR ADC.
    Fig. 8. Generic block diagram of a NS- SAR ADC.
    NS-SAR ADC with close-loop amplifier-based noise-shaping filter[12].
    Fig. 9. NS-SAR ADC with close-loop amplifier-based noise-shaping filter[12].
    Closed-Loop Dynamic Amplifier-based noise-shaping filter[15].
    Fig. 10. Closed-Loop Dynamic Amplifier-based noise-shaping filter[15].
    Open-loop dynamic amplifier-based NS-SAR[16].
    Fig. 11. Open-loop dynamic amplifier-based NS-SAR[16].
    NS-SAR ADC with EF structure and open-loop dynamic amplifier[17].
    Fig. 12. NS-SAR ADC with EF structure and open-loop dynamic amplifier[17].
    (a) Simplified core schematic and (b) 3-input-pair comparator of the second-order NS-SAR ADC[22].
    Fig. 13. (a) Simplified core schematic and (b) 3-input-pair comparator of the second-order NS-SAR ADC[22].
    (Color online) Operation of the NS SAR ADC in Ref. [26]: (a) integration phase, (b) conversion phase.
    Fig. 14. (Color online) Operation of the NS SAR ADC in Ref. [26]: (a) integration phase, (b) conversion phase.
    (Color online) A SAR ADC with first-order EF MES[13].
    Fig. 15. (Color online) A SAR ADC with first-order EF MES[13].
    (Color online) Second-order EF MES with digital prediction[26].
    Fig. 16. (Color online) Second-order EF MES with digital prediction[26].
    Jiaxin Liu, Xiyuan Tang, Linxiao Shen, Shaolan Li, Zhelu Li, Wenjuan Guo, Nan Sun. Error suppression techniques for energy-efficient high-resolution SAR ADCs[J]. Journal of Semiconductors, 2020, 41(11): 111403
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