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Andrea Boni
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AffiliationUniversità degli Studi di Parma
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CountryItaly
Abstract
This paper presents a Flash A/D converter to be integrated at the periphery of mixed-signal computing memories for convolutional neural networks. We investigate the feasibility of a true time-multiplexing, which allows to greatly relax the ADC requirements of area and aspect ratio, without sacrificing the data throughput of the memory array. The ADC, based on a strong-arm latched comparator combining built-in reference generation, body bias, and offset calibration, exhibits 29.8-dB SNDR at 3.2 GS/s with 1.5-mW power consumption, and a silicon area of 900 um2. Integrated with the memory array, the converter enables up to 32-to-1 column multiplexing with 20 ns of A/D conversion latency.