A 14bit 500MS/s 85.62dBc SFDR 66.29dB SNDR SHA-less pipelined ADC with a stable and high-linearity input buffer and aperture-error calibration in 40nm CMOS

Abstract

This paper presents a 14bit 500MS/s SHA-less pipelined analog-to-digital converter (ADC) implemented in 40nm CMOS. A high-linearity pseudo-differential push-pull input buffer with an anti-oscillation technique and a nonlinear parasitism eliminate technique is proposed to stably drive the pipelined stages while keeping low distortion. Moreover, a digital controlled aperture-error calibration is also employed with offset of comparators compensated in advance. Measurement results show that the ADC achieves a signal-to-noise-and-distortion-ratio (SNDR) of 66.29dB and a spurious-free-dynamic-range (SFDR) of 85.62dBc at 80.1MHz input.