A 1-V 225-nW 1KS/s current successive approximation ADC for pacemakers

6th Conference on Ph.D. Research in Microelectronics and Electronics, PRIME 2010

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages

  Al Ahdab, Salim ^a   Lotfi, Reza ^a   Serdijn, Wouter A ^a  

^a Department of Microelectronics   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Current ADC; Low voltage; Successive approximation ADC; Ultra low power

Indexed keywords

ANALOG-DIGITAL CONVERTER; CMOS TECHNOLOGY; CURRENT ADC; CURRENT MODE; CURRENT-MODE OPERATION; FIGURE OF MERIT; LOW VOLTAGE; POWER CONSUMPTION; SMALL CHIP AREA; SUCCESSIVE APPROXIMATIONS; SUCCESSIVE-APPROXIMATION ADC; SYSTEM ARCHITECTURES; ULTRA LOW POWER; ULTRA-LOW POWER CONSUMPTION;

CMOS INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; MICROELECTRONICS;

APPROXIMATION THEORY;

EID: 78049523443     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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