A circuit-design-driven tool with a hybrid automation approach for SAR ADCs in IoT

Ming Ding; Guibin Chen; Pieter Harpe; Benjamin Busze; Yao Hong Liu; Christian Bachmann; Kathleen Philips; Arthur van Roermund

doi:10.23919/DATE.2018.8342094

A circuit-design-driven tool with a hybrid automation approach for SAR ADCs in IoT

Ming Ding, Guibin Chen, Pieter Harpe, Benjamin Busze, Yao Hong Liu, Christian Bachmann, Kathleen Philips, Arthur van Roermund

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Abstract

A circuit-design-driven tool with a hybrid design automation approach for asynchronous SAR ADCs in IoT applications is presented. To minimize the circuit design time while still being able to maintain ADC performance, the hybrid approach allocates automation and manual effort properly for each block: fully-synthesized control logic, highly-automated DAC and S&H circuit, library-based comparator and template-based layout generation. A user interface governs the automated design flow from specification and circuit implementation to layout generation. Two prototypes are generated using the proposed flow in 40nm CMOS: an 8b 32MS/s and a 12b 1MS/s SAR ADC. The measured and the simulated ADC performance are in good agreement, showing the robustness of the proposed method. At 1V supply, two chips consume 187μW and 16.7μW, achieving 30.7fJ/conversion.step and 18.1fJ/conversion.step respectively.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of the 2018 Design, Automation and Test in Europe Conference and Exhibition, DATE 2018
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
Pages	672-675
Number of pages	4
Volume	2018-January
ISBN (Electronic)	9783981926316
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.23919/DATE.2018.8342094
Publication status	Published - 19 Apr 2018
Event	21st Design, Automation and Test in Europe Conference and Exhibition (DATE 2018) - Dresden, Germany Duration: 19 Mar 2018 → 23 Mar 2018 Conference number: 21 https://www.date-conference.com/date18/

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Conference	21st Design, Automation and Test in Europe Conference and Exhibition (DATE 2018)
Abbreviated title	DATE 2018
Country	Germany
City	Dresden
Period	19/03/18 → 23/03/18
Internet address	https://www.date-conference.com/date18/

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Keywords

Design Automation
Hybrid
SAR ADC

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Ding, M., Chen, G., Harpe, P., Busze, B., Liu, Y. H., Bachmann, C., ... van Roermund, A. (2018). A circuit-design-driven tool with a hybrid automation approach for SAR ADCs in IoT. In Proceedings of the 2018 Design, Automation and Test in Europe Conference and Exhibition, DATE 2018 (Vol. 2018-January, pp. 672-675). Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. https://doi.org/10.23919/DATE.2018.8342094

Ding, Ming ; Chen, Guibin ; Harpe, Pieter ; Busze, Benjamin ; Liu, Yao Hong ; Bachmann, Christian ; Philips, Kathleen ; van Roermund, Arthur. / A circuit-design-driven tool with a hybrid automation approach for SAR ADCs in IoT. Proceedings of the 2018 Design, Automation and Test in Europe Conference and Exhibition, DATE 2018. Vol. 2018-January Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, 2018. pp. 672-675

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Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › Academic › peer-review

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