This thesis describes the development of a flash analog-to-digital converter based on
current-mode technique. The advantages of current -mode technique are higher speed,
smaller chip area, and simple division of reference current based on current mirror. A
current-mode comparator is designed consisting of a cascode current mirror and a
current sense amplifier used as a latch. The new method allows effective and simple
high-speed A/D conversion where the input is a current signal and the output of the
latch is a digital voltage signal. A four-bit flash analog-to-digital converter, using
current sense amplifier comparator is designed and simulated in 1-micron CMOS
technology. Simulation results show that for ADC with resolution below six-bit, this
technique offers a comparable accuracy with the existing voltage-mode methods at
much higher speed. / Graduation date: 1993
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:ORGSU/oai:ir.library.oregonstate.edu:1957/37347 |
| Date | 30 November 1992 |
| Creators | Maleki, Mohammad |
| Contributors | Kiaei, Sayfe |
| Source Sets | Oregon State University |
| Language | en_US |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis/Dissertation |
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