A/D converter trends: Power dissipation, scaling and digitally assisted architectures

This paper summarizes recent trends in the area of low-power A/D conversion. Survey data collected over the past eleven years indicates that the power efficiency of ADCs has improved on average by a factor of two every two years. A closer inspection on the impact of technology scaling is presented t...

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Published in2008 IEEE Custom Integrated Circuits Conference pp. 105 - 112
Main Author Murmann, B.
Format Conference Proceeding
LanguageEnglish
Published IEEE 01.09.2008
Subjects
Application software
Bandwidth
Circuits
Energy resolution
Inspection
Power dissipation
Quantization
Radio frequency
Sampling methods
Scattering
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ISBN9781424420186
1424420180
ISSN0886-5930
DOI10.1109/CICC.2008.4672032

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Summary:This paper summarizes recent trends in the area of low-power A/D conversion. Survey data collected over the past eleven years indicates that the power efficiency of ADCs has improved on average by a factor of two every two years. A closer inspection on the impact of technology scaling is presented to explain the observed trend in the context of shrinking supply voltages and increasing device speed. Finally, a discussion on minimalistic and digitally assisted design approaches is used to sketch a route toward further improvements in ADC power efficiency and performance.
ISBN:9781424420186
1424420180
ISSN:0886-5930
DOI:10.1109/CICC.2008.4672032