A 120nm low power asynchronous ADC

Proceedings of the International Symposium on Low Power Electronics and Design

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 60-65

  Allier, E ^a   Goulier, J ^b   Sicard, G ^a   Dezzani, A ^b   Andre E ^b   Renaudin, M ^a  

^a TIMA LABORATORY   (France)

^b STMICROELECTRONICS   (France)

Author keywords

Analog to Digital Conversion; Asynchronous technology; Level crossing sampling

Indexed keywords

CMOS INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; ENERGY UTILIZATION; FREQUENCIES; MICROELECTRONICS; POWER ELECTRONICS; SAMPLING;

ASYNCHRONOUS TECHNOLOGY; LEVEL-CROSSING SAMPLING; POWER PROCESSORS; POWER SAVINGS;

ANALOG TO DIGITAL CONVERSION;

EID: 28444497138     PISSN: 15334678     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/lpe.2005.195486     Document Type: Conference Paper

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