Current comparison becomes critical in those data conversion systems where it is highly desirable to achieve speed without sacrificing either accuracy or power consumption. This paper presents a novel circuital solution to perform current comparison at very high speed. Furthermore, we deal with the comparator input offset causes proposing a mismatch aware design to get the desired accuracy. The comparator consists of a fully differential class-AB current input stage, two regenerative flip-flops, and an SR latch. We simulated the circuit in a 0.13 mu m technology with 1.2V supply voltage. The comparator speed can be pushed up to 1.SGHz achieving a current difference sensitivity up to 20nA and only 800 mu A of both static and dynamic current consumption

Giannini, V., Craninckx, J., Come, B., Malcovati, P., Baschirotto, A. (2006). 1.5GHz fully differential latched current comparator with 20nA of sensitivity. In Research in Microelectronics and Electronics 2006, Ph. D. (pp.181-184) [10.1109/RME.2006.1689926].

1.5GHz fully differential latched current comparator with 20nA of sensitivity

BASCHIROTTO, ANDREA
2006

Abstract

Current comparison becomes critical in those data conversion systems where it is highly desirable to achieve speed without sacrificing either accuracy or power consumption. This paper presents a novel circuital solution to perform current comparison at very high speed. Furthermore, we deal with the comparator input offset causes proposing a mismatch aware design to get the desired accuracy. The comparator consists of a fully differential class-AB current input stage, two regenerative flip-flops, and an SR latch. We simulated the circuit in a 0.13 mu m technology with 1.2V supply voltage. The comparator speed can be pushed up to 1.SGHz achieving a current difference sensitivity up to 20nA and only 800 mu A of both static and dynamic current consumption
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0.13 micron;1.2 V;1.5 GHz; 20 nA; 800 muA; SR latch; current comparator; data conversion systems; dynamic current consumption; regenerative flip-flops; static current consumption; current comparators; current-mode circuits; flip-flops; integrated circuit design
English
Conference on Ph D Research in MicroElectronics and Electronics JUN 12-15
2006
Malcovati, P; Baschirotto, A
Research in Microelectronics and Electronics 2006, Ph. D.
1-4244-0156-9
2006
181
184
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Giannini, V., Craninckx, J., Come, B., Malcovati, P., Baschirotto, A. (2006). 1.5GHz fully differential latched current comparator with 20nA of sensitivity. In Research in Microelectronics and Electronics 2006, Ph. D. (pp.181-184) [10.1109/RME.2006.1689926].
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