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    Presenter(s)
    Hanyue Li Headshot
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    Hanyue Li
    Affiliation
    Affiliation
    Eindhoven University of Technology
    Country
    Country
    Netherlands
    Author(s)
    Display Name
    Hanyue Li
    Affiliation
    Affiliation
    Eindhoven University of Technology
    Display Name
    Yuting Shen
    Affiliation
    Affiliation
    Eindhoven University of Technology
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    Eugenio Cantatore
    Affiliation
    Affiliation
    Eindhoven University of Technology
    Affiliation
    Affiliation
    Eindhoven University of Technology
    Abstract

    This paper presents a duty-cycled input driver for a SAR ADC. Being a discrete-time system, the SAR ADC requires an accurate input signal only at its sampling moment. This motivates the use of a duty-cycled input driver which can be turned off during the conversion phase to save power. In this way, the power consumption of the SAR ADC together with its input driver becomes fully dynamic. This idea is applied to a 10-bit 4 MS/s SAR ADC with unity-gain input drivers. Fabricated in 65 nm CMOS, the prototype achieves 8.9 ENOB and 69.9 dB SFDR while consuming 35.0 μW. This leads to a Walden FoM of 18.3 fJ/conversion-step for the ADC including driver.

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    • A 10-Bit 4 MS/s SAR ADC with Fully-Dynamic Duty-Cycled Input Driver (application/pdf)