ADCFiguresofMerit-UniversityofCalifornia,Berkeley.pdfVIP

EE247 Lecture 23 • ADC figures of merit • Oversampled ADCs – Why oversampling? – Pulse-count modulation – Sigma-delta modulation • 1-Bit quantization – Quantization error (noise) spectrum – SQNR analysis – Limit cycle oscillations • 2nd order SD modulator – Practical implementation – Effect of various building block nonidealities on the SD performance EECS 247- Lecture 23 Oversampled ADCs © 2010 Page 1 ADC Figures of Merit • Objective: Establish measure/s to compare performance of various ADCs • Can use FOM to combine several performance metrics to get one single number • What are reasonable FOM for ADCs? EECS 247- Lecture 23 Data Converters- Nyquist Rate ADCs © 2010 Page 2 ADC Figures of Merit FOM 1 f s 2ENOB • This FOM suggests that adding an extra bit to an ADC is just as hard as doubling its bandwidth • Is this a good assumption? Ref: R. H. Walden, Analog-to-digital converter survey and analysis, IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications, April 1999 EECS 247- Lecture 23 Data Converters- Nyquist Rate ADC © 2010 Page 3 Survey Data 1bit/Octave Ref: R. H. Walden, Analog-to-digital converter survey and analysis, IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications , April 1999 EECS 247- Lecture 23 Data Converters- Nyquist Rate ADCs © 2010 Page 4 ADC Figures of Merit Power FOM 2 ENOB [J / conv] f s  2 • Sometimes inverse of this metric is used • In typical circu