Low-Power SAR ADCs: Basic Techniques and Trends

With the advent of small, battery-powered devices, power efficiency has become of paramount importance. For Analog-to-Digital-Converters (ADCs), the Successive Approximation Register (SAR) architecture plays a prominent role thanks to its ability to combine power efficiency with a simple architectur...

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Published inIEEE open journal of solid-state circuits Vol. 2; p. 1
Main Author Harpe, Pieter
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Published New York IEEE 2022
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Abstract With the advent of small, battery-powered devices, power efficiency has become of paramount importance. For Analog-to-Digital-Converters (ADCs), the Successive Approximation Register (SAR) architecture plays a prominent role thanks to its ability to combine power efficiency with a simple architecture, a broad application scope, and technology portability. In this review article, the basic design challenges for low-power SAR ADCs are summarized and several design techniques are illustrated. Further, the limitations of SAR ADCs are outlined and hybrid architecture trends, like noise-shaping SAR ADCs and pipelined SAR ADCs, are briefly introduced and clarified with examples.
AbstractList With the advent of small, battery-powered devices, power efficiency has become of paramount importance. For analog-to-digital converters (ADCs), the successive approximation register (SAR) architecture plays a prominent role thanks to its ability to combine power efficiency with a simple architecture, a broad application scope, and technology portability. In this review article, the basic design challenges for low-power SAR ADCs are summarized and several design techniques are illustrated. Furthermore, the limitations of SAR ADCs are outlined and hybrid architecture trends, such as noise-shaping SAR ADCs and pipelined SAR ADCs, are briefly introduced and clarified with examples.
With the advent of small, battery-powered devices, power efficiency has become of paramount importance. For Analog-to-Digital-Converters (ADCs), the Successive Approximation Register (SAR) architecture plays a prominent role thanks to its ability to combine power efficiency with a simple architecture, a broad application scope, and technology portability. In this review article, the basic design challenges for low-power SAR ADCs are summarized and several design techniques are illustrated. Further, the limitations of SAR ADCs are outlined and hybrid architecture trends, like noise-shaping SAR ADCs and pipelined SAR ADCs, are briefly introduced and clarified with examples.
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Analog-digital conversion
Analog-to-Digital Converter
Analog-to-digital converter (ADC)
Capacitors
Distortion
Latches
Linearity
Low-Power
Noise-Shaping
Power demand
Power efficiency
Power management
Registers
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