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A 6-Bit Low Power SAR ADC

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The design of a 6-bit, 100 MHz successive approximation register (SAR) analog to digital converter (ADC) is presented in this paper. The implemented SAR ADC is realized by using SAR logic, a 6-bit DAC, a sample and hold circuit and a comparator circuit. The fully realized system is measured under different input frequencies with a sampling rate of 100 MHz and it consumes 36.7 µW from a 1.8 V power supply. The ADC implemented in 130 nm CMOS technology exhibits signal-to-noise plus distortion ration SNDR of 64.2 dB and occupies a die area of 0.14 mm2.

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Krishna, K.L., Anuradha, K., Murshed, A.M. (2019). A 6-Bit Low Power SAR ADC. In: Verma, S., Tomar, R., Chaurasia, B., Singh, V., Abawajy, J. (eds) Communication, Networks and Computing. CNC 2018. Communications in Computer and Information Science, vol 839. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-2372-0_57

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