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2 Enhancing ADC Performance by Exploiting Signal Properties |
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2.1 Introduction to Analog-to-Digital Converters |
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2.2 ADC Performance Parameters |
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2.2.1 Conversion Accuracy |
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2.2.4 ADC Figure-of-Merit |
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2.3 ADC Performance Limitations and Trends |
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2.5 Exploiting Signal Properties |
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3 Parallel-Sampling ADC Architecture for Multi-carrier Signals |
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3.1 Introduction to Multi-carrier Transmission |
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3.2 Statistical Amplitude Properties of Multi-carrier Signals |
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3.3 ADC Requirements for Multi-carrier Signals |
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3.4 Power Reduction Techniques for Thermal-Noise Limited ADCs |
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3.5 A Parallel-Sampling ADC Architecture |
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3.5.1 Principle of the Parallel-Sampling ADC Architecture |
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3.5.2 Advantages of the Parallel-Sampling Architecture |
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3.5.3 Impact of Mismatch Between Signal Paths |
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3.6 Implementation Options |
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4 Implementations of the Parallel-Sampling ADC Architecture |
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4.1 Parallel-Sampling Architecture Applied to a Pipeline ADC |
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4.1.1 Pipeline ADCs Architecture |
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4.1.2 A Parallel-Sampling First Stage for a Pipeline ADC |
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4.1.3 Implementation and Operation of the First Stage |
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4.1.4 Simulation and Comparison |
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4.2 Parallel-Sampling Architecture Applied to a TI SAR ADC |
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4.2.1 A Hierarchical TI-SAR ADC Architecture |
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4.2.2 A Parallel-Sampling Frontend Stage for a TI-SAR ADC |
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4.2.3 Implementation and Operation |
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4.3.1 Architecture and Operation Overview |
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4.3.2 Circuit Implementation |
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4.3.3 Layout and Test-Chip Implementation |
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4.3.5 Experimental Results |
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4.3.6 Performance Summary |
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4.3.7 Comparison with State-of-the-Art |
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5 Conclusions and Recommendations |
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5.2 Recommendations for Future Research |
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Appendix: A Dynamic Latched Comparator for Low Supply Voltage Applications |
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