Systematic Figure of Merit Computation for the Design of Pipeline ADC

TL;DR

This paper introduces a systematic method for evaluating pipeline ADC configurations using a figure of merit, enabling efficient high-level optimization without extensive simulations.

Contribution

It develops a top-down approach for pipeline ADC design that compares configurations based on imperfections and architecture, bypassing complex simulations.

Findings

Provides a new figure of merit for ADC configuration comparison

Enables faster optimization of pipeline ADCs

Reduces reliance on time-consuming simulations

Abstract

The emerging concept of SoC-AMS leads to research new top-down methodologies to aid systems designers in sizing analog and mixed devices. This work applies this idea to the high-level optimization of pipeline ADC. Considering a given technology, it consists in comparing different configurations according to their imperfections and their architectures without FFT computation or time-consuming simulations. The final selection is based on a figure of merit.