Design and IC implementation of a fully digital power management delay-line ADC

Yevgeny Bezdenezhnykh, Timur Vekslender, Eli Abramov, Alon Cervera, Mor Mordechai Peretz

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Abstract

This paper presents the design and IC implementation of a fully-digital 10-bit, 4Mbps sampling rate, delay-line analog-to-digital converter (DL-ADC) for power management applications. The design of the ADC is based on the approach of delay cells string to reduce design complexity and the resultant the silicon area. A unique advantage of the new ADC architecture and the design process is that it is entirely based on standard digital cells out of a vendor's library. Namely, neither custom nor analog design is required, making the concept attractive in terms of performance, scalability to other implementation platforms, design complexity and cost. In this study, two implementation options to the DL-ADC architecture are presented, and both are demonstrated and verified with post-layout results on a Tower Jazz 0.18μm power management (TS18PM) platform. The total silicon area that is required for the implementation of the new DL-ADC sums at 0.05mm2, which confirms the area saving attribute of the concept and design procedure.

Original languageAmerican English
Title of host publication2014 IEEE 28th Convention of Electrical and Electronics Engineers in Israel, IEEEI 2014
ISBN (Electronic)9781479959877
DOIs
StatePublished - 1 Jan 2014
Event2014 28th IEEE Convention of Electrical and Electronics Engineers in Israel, IEEEI 2014 - Eilat, Israel
Duration: 3 Dec 20145 Dec 2014

Publication series

Name2014 IEEE 28th Convention of Electrical and Electronics Engineers in Israel, IEEEI 2014

Conference

Conference2014 28th IEEE Convention of Electrical and Electronics Engineers in Israel, IEEEI 2014
Country/TerritoryIsrael
CityEilat
Period3/12/145/12/14

Keywords

  • Delay-line ADC
  • Digital implementation
  • Integrated circuit design

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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