Signal-dependent analog-to-digital converter based on MINIMAX sampling

Igors Homjakovs, Masanori Hashimoto, Takao Onoye, Tetsuya Hirose
2012 2012 International SoC Design Conference (ISOCC)  
This paper presents a physical implementation of a signal-dependent analog-to-digital converter (ADC), called MINIMAX ADC. This ADC captures a sample every time an analog signal reaches its local maximum or minimum value. In this ADC, sampling naturally adapts to input signal frequency, which enables high data compression rate and power reduction to be achieved. A 8-bit MINIMAX ADC was implemented in 180nm CMOS technology. Measurement results show that the proposed MINIMAX ADC consumes lower
more » ... er for less active signals, and the power reduction from conventional synchronous ADC is up to 20%.
doi:10.1109/isocc.2012.6407054 dblp:conf/isocc/HomjakovsHOH12 fatcat:z2l4f5tzjvgcrdygul3g6fznvq