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Quarterly Technical Report 1 for Pittsburgh Digital Greenhouse. High Speed CMOS A/D Converter Circuit for Radio Frequency Signal. Kyusun Choi. Computer Science and Engineering Department. The Pennsylvania State University. Project goals for this quater.
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Quarterly Technical Report 1 for Pittsburgh Digital Greenhouse High Speed CMOS A/D Converter Circuit for Radio Frequency Signal Kyusun Choi Computer Science and Engineering Department The Pennsylvania State University
Project goals for this quater • Design a 6 and 8 bit TIQ based flash ADC circuits and CMOS layouts • Design the first prototype chip: • 6 and 8 bit flash ADC • 3. Chip fabrication submission
Accomplished project milestones for this quarter • Designed 6, 8, and 9 bit TIQ based ADC circuits and CMOS layouts in 0.25 m • Designed the first prototype chip: • 6, 8, and 9 bit flash ADC • Fabrication submission preparation • Chip fabrication submission: • - Submission date: 4/2/2001 • - Vendor: MOSIS with TSMC 0.25 m foundry • - Expected prototype chip delivery date: 7/16/2001
Design Method • Systematic Variation Approach • - Systematic Parameter Variation (SPV) • 2. CAD Tools • - MAX for layout • - SUE for schematic capture • - HSPICE for circuit simulation • - Custom designed a set of C programs • 3. Experiment base, Spice Model Base
Chip Layout Design (1) Chip Block Diagram
Chip Layout Design (2) • Dimension • ADCs • Chip size (2580um * 2580um)
Chip Layout Design (3) Layout - 6bit (0.24 um)
Chip Layout Design (4) Layout - 6bit (1.00 um)
Chip Layout Design (5) Layout - 8bit (0.24 um)
Chip Layout Design (6) Layout - 8bit (0.50 um)
Chip Layout Design (7) Layout - 9bit (0.50 um)
Chip Layout Design (8) Layout - 9bit (1.00 um)
Chip Layout Design (9) Layout - Pad
Chip Layout Design (10) Layout - Chip
Simulation Results (1) - pad delay : 0.864 ns
Simulation Results (2) - 6bit (0.24um)
Simulation Results (3) - 6bit (1.00um)
Simulation Results (4) - 8bit (0.24um)
Simulation Results (5) - 8bit (0.50um)
Simulation Results (6) - 9bit (0.50um)
Simulation Results (7) - 9bit (1.00um)
Features of the TIQ based ADC • High Speed • Relatively small area • 3. Relatively low-power
Issues to Be Addressed in Future 1. Dynamic fine-tuning 2. Supply voltage variation compensation 3. Temperature variation compensation 4. Process variation compensation 5. Lower power 6. FIFO design for on-chip high-speed data acquisition
Innovation Challenges • 2 GSPS with 0.18um CMOS • Custom layout CAD tool • 10bit and 12bit ADC • Low power • Dynamic calibration • Offset • Gain • Temperature • Power supply voltage • Process parameter variation
Summary • High speed ADC for RF • ADC core - 6, 8 and 9 bit design • first prototype chip (silicon test) • 0.25 m MOSIS (tsmc) process • CMOS digital logic technology • Future ready • Dynamic calibration