Emerging Data Converter Concepts Video

This talk presents several novel data-converter architectures, including hybrid ADCs that combine traditional architectures (e.g., a noise-shaping SAR) and Nyquist-rate ADCs with continuous-time (CT) front ends (e.g., a CT-pipe and CT-SAR). It also includes scaling-friendly time-domain ADCs that use digital gates to process analog signals. This talk also covers circuit-level innovations, including the use of open-loop and closed-loop dynamic amplifiers for residue amplification, as well as noise cancellation techniques that break the kT/C noise limit.