Pipeline of Successive Approximation Converters with Optimum Power Merit Factor

In this paper, we present a low power 12 bit 5 MSPS, successive approximation converter architecture using pipeline technique. The converter consumes 4 mW at the Nyquist rate input with 1.8 V power supply. By combination of pipeline and successive architecture, the entire circuit, simulated at the transistor level in a 0.18 μ CMOS process, achieves a FoM (Figure of Merit) of 0.19 pJ/conversion. Jinghua Li was born in 1973. He received the MSEE and BSEE Degree from College of Electronics and information, Shanghai Jiaotong University and Harbin Engineering University in 1997 and 1994 respectively. He is currently pursuing Ph.D degree in Department of Electrical Engineering, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, USA. In 1997, he joined Bell Laboratory (China), Lucent Technologies as a member of technical staff. He worked on single-chip HDTV decoder IC and Sonet/SDH SoC for various projects in Murray Hill, NJ, USA and Shanghai China. He also finished projects on hardware implementation of Video conference/Phone based on H.263 standard as his master thesis. Since 2000, he has been a research assistant in Analog Mixed Signal center, TAMU. Most currently his research interests are focused on low power analog to digital conversion IC design, CMOS implementation of 10 G/2.5 G clock data recovery IC for high speed serial communications. Franco Maloberti received the Laurea Degree in Physics (Summa cum Laude) from the University of Parma, Parma Italy, in 1968 and the Dr. Honoris Causa degree in electronics from the Instituto Nacional de Astrofisica, Optica y Electronica (Inaoe), Puebla, Mexico in 1996. In 1993 he was a Visiting Professor at ETH-PEL, Zurich. He was Professor of Microelectronics and Head of the Micro Integrated Systems Group University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy and the TI/J.Kilby Analog Engineering Chair Professor at the Texas A&M University. He is currently the Distinguished Microelectronic Chair Professor at University of Texas at Dallas and part-time Professor at the University of Pavia, Italy. His professional expertise is in the design, analysis and characterization of integrated circuits and analogue digital applications, mainly in the areas of switched capacitor circuits, data converters, interfaces for telecommunication and sensor systems, and CAD for analogue and mixed A-D design. He has written more than 250 published papers, three books and holds 15 patents. He was in 1992 recipient of the XII Pedriali Prize for his technical and scientific contributions to national industrial production. He was co-recipient of the 1996 Institute of Electrical Engineers (U.K.) Fleming Premium for the paper “CMOS Triode Transistor Transconductor for high-frequency continuous time filters.” He has been responsible at both technical and management levels for many research programs including ten ESPRIT projects and has served the European Commission as ESPRIT Projects' Evaluator, Reviewer and as European Union expert in many European Initiatives. He served the Academy of Finland on the assessment of electronic research in Academic institutions and on the research programs' evaluations. Dr. Maloberti was Vice-President, Region 8, of the IEEE Circuit and Systems Society from 1995 to 1997 and an Associate Editor of IEEE-Transaction on Circuit and System-II. He received the 1999 IEEE CAS Society Meritorious Service Award, the 2000 CAS Society Golden Jubilee Medal, and the IEEE Millenium Medal. He is the President of the IEEE Sensor Council and member of the Board of Governors of the IEEE CAS Society. He is a member of the Italian Electrothecnical and Electronic Society (AEI), the Editorial Board of Analog Integrated Circuits and Signal Processing, and Fellow of IEEE.     

86.5GHz下输出功率257mW的 W波段GaN MMIC放大器

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系统芯片中低功耗测试的几种方法

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S波段35W GaN功率MMIC

报道了一款采用两级拓扑结构的2～4 GHz宽带高功率单片微波功率放大器芯片.放大器采用了微带结构,并使用电抗匹配进行设计,重点在于宽带功率效率平坦化设计.经匹配优化后放大器在2～4 GHz整个频带内脉冲输出功率大于35 W,小信号增益达到22 dB,在2.4 GHz频点处峰值输出功率达到40 W,对应的功率附加效率为3...     

高分辨率显示屏特性分析用光学透镜设计

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一种新兴的蓝牙技术——超低功耗蓝牙技术

文章介绍了一种功耗比标准蓝牙更低的超低功耗蓝牙技术,描述了这种技术的由来、协议栈构成、拓扑结构、Radio层的工作状态和工作角色以及特点。在技术特点部分中,详细介绍了超低功耗蓝牙技术实现低功耗的原理,并且给出了它与标准蓝牙技术的参数相对比的表格。     

红外双幅度脉冲间隔调制通信系统性能分析

提出一种新的调制方法——双幅度脉冲间隔调制(DAPIM)．研究了采用该调制方法的红外通信系统在加性高斯白噪声情况下的性能，对DAPIM的符号结构、带宽、功率谱和误码率特性等方面进行了分析，并与开关键控(OOK)、脉冲位置调制(PPM)和脉冲间隔调制(PIM)等调制方式做了比较．DAPIM具有较好的带宽和功率综合特性．对于：DAPIM，符号位数M=5或6是较好的选择。     

智能路灯控制系统设计与应用研究

针对传统路灯使用和监控系统存在的问题,分析智能控制型路灯实现的基本理论和应用优势,提出它应具有的基本功能：遥控、遥测、遥信、遥监、遥视、自动反馈、自动报警、统计、查询和打印。通过通讯网络和控制模式两方面阐明智能路灯控制系统的设计和应用。该研究明确了智能路灯控制系统的设计思路和基本原理,为下一步的实施及采用打下基础。     

AMBE声码器特性分析及其应用

首先简要分析了AMBE算法的特性,然后详细介绍了AMBE-2000芯片在数字集群移动通信系统语音压缩模块中的应用情况。     

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