Abstract

We evaluate the performance of an asynchronous analog-to-digital converter known as the Integrate and Fire (I&F) circuit. The reconstruction algorithm for the sampler is presented along with the analytical results for the signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) of the reconstructed signal. We present the power vs. SNR tradeoff, based on the measurements from the chip fabricated in AMI 0.6 m technology. The figure-of-merit (FOM) of the I&F sampler is 0.6 pJ/conversion, which is comparable to the reported FOM for other synchronous and asynchronous ADCs, even though the I&F is implemented in a much older technology as compared to the other ADCs. © 2011 IEEE.

Department(s)

Electrical and Computer Engineering

International Standard Book Number (ISBN)

978-142449473-6

International Standard Serial Number (ISSN)

0271-4310

Document Type

Article - Conference proceedings

Document Version

Citation

File Type

text

Language(s)

English

Rights

© 2025 Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, All rights reserved.

Publication Date

02 Aug 2011

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