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Analog Digital Converter 11 bit 250MS/s

This 250 MS/s 11 bit 1.7 mW two times interleaved fully dynamic pipelined SAR ADC in 40 nm CMOS is a good candidate for LTE-Advanced wireless receivers.

Macro Name  ADC ( Analog Digital Converter ) 11 bit 250MS/s
Short Description(max 128 characters)  This 250 MS/s 11 bit 1.7 mW two times interleaved fully dynamic pipelined SAR ADC in 40 nm CMOS is a good candidate for LTE-Advanced wireless receivers.
Extra description (optional) Imec offers a white-box IP license with support on a 250 MS/s 11 bit (9.5 ENOB) 1.7 mW two times interleaved fully dynamic pipelined SAR (Successive Approximation Register) ADC in 40 nm digital CMOS. This ADC achieves a peak SNDR of 62 dB, degrading to 56 dB at 250 MS/s and Nyquist frequency .
This ADC is a good candidate for LTE-Advanced wireless receivers.
Market category Communications - Data processing - Consumer Electronics
Possible applications & standards This ADC is a good candidate for next generation Software Defined Radio ( SDR ) receivers, including LTE Advanced and the emerging generation of WIFI IEEE 802.11ac.
Primary Category  Analog & Mixed Signal IP:A2D Converter
Node / process 40nm Low Power CMOS
Foundry TSMC
Maturity  Silicon proven on prototypes, hence only white-box license (no corner characterization performed for high volume production)
Leaflet or datasheet URL  
Conference where this IP has been published ISSCC2012
Paper publication URL Download the paper publication here
Chip area(for Hard IP only) (um**2) 66300
Width (for Hard IP only) (um) 170 um
Height (for Hard IP only) (um) 390 um ( 66000 um*2 is the core chip area )
Power (uW/MHz) 6.9 uW/MHz
Constant Power (mW) 1.7 mW @ 250 MS/s
Constant Leakage Power (uW) < 10 uW
Features
  • core chip area is 170um by 390um ADC in 40nm digital CMOS
  • 250 MS/s
  • 9.5 ENOB (11 bits)
  • peak SNDR of 62 dB at low frequencies, SNDR is 56dB at 250 MS/s and Nyquist frequency
  • fully dynamic pipelined SAR (Successive Approximation Register)
  • low power of 1.7 mW at 1.1 V
  • energy 6.9 fJ/conversion step at 20MS/s and 11MHz input frequency ; 13 fJ/conversion step at 250 MS/s and Nyquist input frequency
  • The overall DNL (differential non-linearity) is within -0.5/+0.8 LSB and INL (integral non-linearity) is -1.5/+1.1 LSB.
Deliverables
  • whitebox IP license with technology transfer training and support
  • evaluation boards with ADC samples