A Highly Digital CCO-Based Asynchronous Analog-to-Time Converter

Sanjeev Tannirkulam Chandrasekaran, Arindam Sanyal

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Abstract

This paper presents an asynchronous current controlled oscillator (CCO) based analog-to-time converter (ATC). The proposed ATC uses a ring oscillator as phase-domain integrator and quantizer. A negative feedback loop using current steering digital-to-analog converter (DAC) relaxes linearity requirement of the CCO. The ATC output is a multi-phase pulse-width modulated (PWM) signal which can be used with continuous-time digital signal processing systems. The proposed ATC is simulated in 65nm CMOS process and has a 59.2dB SNDR with an input-referred noise of 42.6nVsqrt {{text{Hz}}} over 500kHz bandwidth while consuming 11μW from 0.5V power supply.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publication2019 IEEE 62nd International Midwest Symposium on Circuits and Systems, MWSCAS 2019
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages105-108
Number of pages4
ISBN (Electronic)9781728127880
DOIs
StatePublished - Aug 2019
Externally publishedYes
Event62nd IEEE International Midwest Symposium on Circuits and Systems, MWSCAS 2019 - Dallas, United States
Duration: Aug 4 2019Aug 7 2019

Publication series

NameMidwest Symposium on Circuits and Systems
Volume2019-August
ISSN (Print)1548-3746

Conference

Conference62nd IEEE International Midwest Symposium on Circuits and Systems, MWSCAS 2019
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityDallas
Period8/4/198/7/19

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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