A 14b 40Msample/s Pipelined ADC with DFCA
Paul Yu, Shereef Shehata, Ashutosh Joharapurkar, Pankaj Chugh, Alex Bugeja, Xiaohong Du, Sung-Ung Kwak, Yiannis Papantonopoulos, Turker Kuyel
Texas Instruments, Inc., Dallas TX
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Outline
• Description of a Pipelined Architecture
• Error Sources in a Pipelined ADC
• Technique I: DAC and Feedback Capacitor Averaging (DFCA)
• Technique II: Mismatch Noise Cancellation (MNC)
• Conclusion
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A Pipelined ArchitectureStage 2 Stage 3
m1 bitsMSB
m2 bits
mn bits...
LSB
VRES1VINSHA Σ
m1 bits
Stage 1
2m1-1
ADC DAC
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Outline
• Description of a Pipelined Architecture
• Error Sources in a Pipelined ADC
• Technique I: DAC and Feedback Capacitor Averaging (DFCA)
• Technique II: Mismatch Noise Cancellation (MNC)
• Conclusion
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Error Sources in Pipelined ADC Problems• Comparator Offsets• Finite Op-Amp
Gain• kT/C Noise • Capacitor
Mismatch– DAC Error– Interstage Gain
Error
Solutions• Digital Error Correction• High Gain Op-Amps
• Large Cap • Trimming/Calibration, or DFCA, DFCA+MNC (SFDR), (SFDR/SNR)
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High Resolution ADC TechniquesTechniques Pro ConFactoryCalibration/Trimming
SimpleTest Time,Extra AnalogHardware
Digital SelfCalibration Min. Analog User Burden
BackgroundCalibration
Test Time,Background
DAC orInterstageGain Only
CFCS Simple DNL OnlyProposedDFCA +MNC
Test Time,BackgroundMin. Analog
Extra Digital
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9
14
3 3 3
Block diagram of the ADC
Stage 1 Stage 2 Stage 3 PNG
M N C
Digital Error Correction
33
Stage 6
43
VIN
Chip I with DFCA Chip II with DFCA + MNC
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Outline
• Description of a Pipelined Architecture
• Error Sources in a Pipelined ADC
• Technique I: DAC and Feedback Capacitor Averaging (DFCA)
• Technique II: Mismatch Noise Cancellation (MNC)
• Conclusion
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Implementation of 2.8b/Stage
VIN C3
C2
C4
C1
VOUT
C3
C2
C4
C1a VREF
b VREF
c VREF
}{ 10,1,cb,a,:alConvention
−∈
S
Sampling Phase Amplifying Phase
DAC CapacitorsFeedback Capacitor
DFCA
}{ 2, =−∈ f10,1,cb,a,:DFCA
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DAC Errors Only
DOUT
VRES1
VIN
VIN
IdealC2 = 1 + εC3 = 1 - ε
81
−83
−
REFVC1C2
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Interstage Gain Error Only
DOUT
VRES1
VIN
VIN
IdealC1 = 1 - εC1 = 1 + ε
81
−83
−
C1
C4
1i∑
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Parallel Shuffling
c0
c0 b0
c1
f1
PN3PN1
PN2 PN3
f1a1
b1c1
a1
b1
PN3PN1
PN2 PN3
f0a0
b0
a0
f0
C1
C4
C3
C2
6 Pre-Amps
3b ADC
Example:
PN1 = 1, PN2 = 1, PN3 = -1 a1a0 = +1, b1b0 = 0, c1c0 = 0
VREF+
VOUT
VREF-
VCM
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VREF+Pre-amps
LatchBank
3b ADC
ParallelShufflingNetwork
Analog Domain Shuffling
CapSelectLogic
C3 VOUT
C2
C4
C1
VOUTVIN
VREF-VCM
φ1
φ2
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0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 2.5(MHz)
DFCA SFDR SNR THD
Off 83 dB 77 dB 81 dB
DFCA Results (Chip I) fs = 5MSample/s
DFCA SFDR SNR THD
On 95 dB 74 dB 93 dB
5th
10080604020
0-20-40-600.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 2.5
(MHz)
5th
fin
3rd 3rd
fin
(dB
)
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10080604020
0-20-40-600.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 2.5
(MHz)
5th
fin
3rd
0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 2.5(MHz)
DFCA SFDR SNR THD
Off 78 dB 77 dB 77 dB
DFCA Results (Chip I) fs = 40 MSample/s
DFCA SFDR SNR THD
On 84 dB 73 dB 80 dB
5th
fin
3rd(dB
)
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80
85
90
95
0 20 40 60Msample/s
dB
DFCA ONDFCA OFF
SFDR vs. Conversion Speed (Chip I)fin =1MHz
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Outline
• Description of a Pipelined Architecture
• Error Sources in a Pipelined ADC
• Technique I: DAC and Feedback Capacitor Averaging (DFCA)
• Technique II: Mismatch Noise Cancellation (MNC)
• Conclusion
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Noise Cancellation CDMA Analogy
X: -1 1 1 -1
PN: -1 1 -1 1
Y: 1 1 -1 -1
Y: 1 1 -1 -1
PN: -1 1 -1 1
X: -1 1 1 -1
Transmit
Receive
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1
Accum
& Avg
1+∆
DAC Noise Cancellation
Galton, IEEE CAS II, March 2000
ΣVRES1
m1 bits
Stage 1
a
bΣ
PN
∆
=
1-1
ba
•∆•+=
21
PN'VQD2:V Small RESIN
Noise DAC 48476
PN
D2 ∆
ADCD2
Stage 2 ...
2m1-1
ADC
PN
VIN
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Mismatch Noise Cancellation
VRES1 D2ADC
Stage 2 ...
VIN Σ
m1 bits
Stage 1
2m1-1
ADC DAC
Σ
Gain Noise
DAC Noise
Accum
& Avg
∆i
PNi
D2
PNi
{ }NoiseDACNoise) (Gain 'VQD2 RES1 +=
∆i
VRES1’
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VRES1
PNi
∆i (Cap Mismatch)
Estimation Logic
Cancellation Logic
3PNi
14
Stage 1 Stages 2-6
Accumulate & Average
123
3
3
MNC Architecture in Chip II
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MNC Experimental Results (Chip II)
0 5 10 15(MHz)
0 5 10 15(MHz)
-140-120-100
-80-60-40-20
0
0 5 10 15(MHz)
(dB
)
DFCA SFDR SNR
Off 48dB 55dB
DFCA SFDR SNR
ON 80dB 50dB
MNC SFDR SNR
ON 80dB 73dB
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Conclusion• DFCA Increases SFDR
– Parallel Shuffling• Reduces Number of Switches in Series
– Analog Domain Operation• Minimizes Non-Overlapping Time
• MNC Increases SNR by Digitally Removing both DAC and Gain Noise
• DFCA+MNC
– Background Calibration
– Enables High SFDR, High SNR ADC’s
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Acknowledgement
• Discussion of DNC and MNC with Dr.
Ian Galton is greatly appreciated.
• Discussion with Dr. Ranjit Gharpurey
and other Members of the Mixed Signal
Product Group at TI is acknowledged.
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