Modular Low-Power, High-Speed CMOS Analog-to-Digital Converter of Embedded Systems

One of the main trends of microelectronics is toward design for integrated systems, that is, system-on-a-chip (SoC) or system-on-silicon (SoS). Due to this development, design techniques for mixed-signal circuits become more important than before. Among other devices, analogue-to-digital and digital-to-analog converters are the two bridges between the analogue and the digital worlds. Besides, low-power design technique is one of the main issues for embedded systems, especially for hand-held applications. This work discusses design techniques for low-power, high-speed analogue-to-digital converter processed by the standard CMOS technology. Additionally the text covers physical integration issues of A/D converter integrated in SoC, that is, substrate crosstalk and reference voltage network design.