This 410 MS/s 11 bit 2.1 mW dynamic pipelined SAR ADC with on-chip background calibration in 28nm CMOS is suited for LTE-Advanced wireless receivers.
| Macro Name | ADC (Analog Digital Converter) 11bit 410MS/s | 
| Short Description(max 128 characters) | 410 MS/s 11 bit 2.1 mW dynamic pipelined SAR ADC with on-chip background calibration in 28nm CMOS - suited e.g. for LTE-Advanced wireless receivers. | 
| Extra description (optional) | Imec offers a white-box IP license with support on a 410 MS/s 11 bit 2.1 mW dynamic pipelined SAR (Successive Approximation Register) ADC with background calibration in 28nm digital CMOS. Each ADC channel of the 2x interleaved ADC consists of a 6 bit coarse SAR, a dynamic residue amplifier, a 7 bit fine SAR, and an on-chip calibration engine. The latter detects and corrects comparator offsetsand amplifier gain errors in the background. This ADC achieves a SNDR of 59.8 dB at 410 MS/s for an energy of 6.5 fJ per conversion step. This ADC is a good candidate for LTE-Advanced wireless receivers, and its results have been published at VLSI Circuits Symposium of 2013. | 
| 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 | 28 nm digital HPM CMOS | 
| Foundry | TSMC | 
| Maturity | Silicon proven on prototypes, hence white-box license (no corner characterization performed for high volume production) | 
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| Conference where this IP has been published | VLSI Circuits Symposium 2013 | 
| Paper publication URL | Download the publication here | 
| Chip area(for Hard IP only) (um**2) | 108500 | 
| Width (for Hard IP only) (um) | 310 um - including the calibration engine, excluding the decoupling capacitance | 
| Height (for Hard IP only) (um) | 350 um | 
| Power (uW/MHz) | 5 uW/MHz for ADC + 3.3 uW/MHz for calibration | 
| Constant Power (mW) | 5 uW/MHz for ADC + 3.3 uW/MHz for calibration | 
| Constant Leakage Power (uW) | 90 uW | 
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