A 10-Bit 300 kS/s Reference-Voltage Regulator Free SAR ADC for Wireless-Powered Implantable Medical Devices

Autor: Yongkui Yang, Jun Zhou, Xin Liu, Wang Ling Goh
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2018
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Zdroj: Sensors, Vol 18, Iss 7, p 2131 (2018)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 1424-8220
DOI: 10.3390/s18072131
Popis: This paper presents a reference-voltage regulator free successive-approximation-register analog-to-digital converters (SAR ADC) with self-timed pre-charging for wireless-powered implantable medical devices. Assisted by a self-timed pre-charging technique, the proposed SAR ADC eliminates the need for a power-hungry reference-voltage regulator and area-consuming decoupling capacitor while maintaining insensitivity to the supply voltage fluctuation. Fabricated with a 0.18-µm complementary metal–oxide–semiconductor (CMOS) technology, the proposed SAR ADC achieves a Signal To Noise And Distortion Ratio (SNDR) of 53.32 dB operating at 0.8 V with a supply voltage fluctuation of 50 mVpp and consumes a total power of 2.72 µW at a sampling rate of 300 kS/s. Including the self-timed pre-charging circuits, the total figure-of-merit (FOM) is 23.9 fJ/conversion-step and the total area occupied is 0.105 mm2.
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