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    A 0.5V 300μW 50MS/s 180nm 6bit Flash ADC using inverter based comparators
    (2012) Komar, R.; Bhat, S.M.; Laxminidhi, T.
    This paper presents a 0.5 V, 50 MS/s, 6 bit Flash ADC designed using 180 nm CMOS technology. To reduce the silicon area and power requirement, an inverter based comparator is used in the design. Low threshold MOSFETs are used for the ultra low voltage operation. A simple clock delaying technique and back to back inverters in the comparator have been used to increase the power efficiency and speed of operation. A fat tree encoder design is used for digitizing comparator outputs. The measured SNDR at input frequency of 5.1 MHz is 31 dB. The measured maximum INL and DNL for a ramp input are 0.375 LSB and 0.025 LSB, respectively. The design consumes a very low power of 300 μW. © 2012 Pillay Engineering College.
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    Switched inverter comparator based 0.5 v low power 6 bit Flash ADC
    (2012) Komar, R.; Bhat, S.M.; Laxminidhi, T.
    This paper presents an ultra low power 6 bit Flash ADC designed in 180 nm CMOS technology for ultra low power applications. The design uses inverter based comparators to reduce the silicon area and power requirement. A novel clock delaying technique is used to power on the three stages of the comparator which work in series. This reduces the power consumption and increases speed of operation. Fat tree architecture is used to design the digital encoder. The power supply used for the design is 0.5 V and the sampling rate is 50 MS/s. The design consumes ultra low power of 600 μW and spans a very small area of 0.164 mm2. In literature this is found to be the lowest for 6 bit ADCs in 180 nm with sampling frequency of 5 MS/s or above. The SNDR remains above 31.5 dB in the whole input frequency range of 0 to 25 MHz. The ADC has maximum DNL of 0.85 LSB and maximum INL of 1 LSB. The FOM of the ADC is found to be 0.39 pJ/conv. © 2012 IEEE.