CONTENTS

Synopsis Acknowledgement List of Figures List of Tables

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1. INTRODUCTION 1.1 Overview 1.2 Motivation and Goal 1.3 Need for the project 1.4 Comparison of Various ADCs 1.4.1 Flash ADC 1.4.2 Successive Approximation ADC 1.4.3 Sigma Delta ADC 1.4.4 Pipelined ADC

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2. LITERATURE SURVEY 2.1 An 8-bit 120-MS/s Interleaved CMOS Pipeline ADCBased on MOS Parametric Amplification 2.2 A 12-bit 75-MS/s pipeline ADC using open-loop residue amplification 2.3 Comparator-based switched-capacitor circuits for scaled CMOS technologies 2.4 A zero-crossing-based 8-bit 200 MS/s pipeline ADC 2.5 Discrete-time parametric amplification based on a three-terminal MOS

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varactor: Analysis and experimental results 2.6 New low-power 1.5-bit time-interleaved MDAC based on MOS capacitor amplification 2.7 Low- power CMOS comparator with embedded amplification for ultra-highspeed ADCs 12 12

3. METHODOLOGY 3.1 Pipelined ADC Architecture 3.2 Sample and Hold Circuit 3.3 Comparator 3.3.1 Characterization of Comparators 3.3.2 Voltage Comparator 3.3.3 Comparator Performance 3.3.4 Design Specifications 3.4 Thermometer Code <ALIGNMENT> 3.5 Modified Thermometer Code 3.6 Flash ADC Using Thermometer Code 3.7 Flash ADC Using Modified Thermometer Code 3.8 Decoder 3.9 Modified Decoder 3.10 3.11 3.12 3.13 Digital To Analog Converter (DAC) Using Decoder Digital To Analog Converter (DAC) Using Modified Decoder One Stage of Pipelined ADC (Analog-To-Digital Converter) One Stage of Pipelined ADC (Analog-To-Digital Converter) Using Modified Flash-ADC and DAC 3.14 3.15 3.16 3.17 3.18 Half Adder Full Adder Digital Error Correction Circuit 10-Bit 50-MS/s Pipelined ADC 10-Bit 50-MS/s Pipelined ADC Using Modified Flash-ADC and DAC

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4. RESULTS AND DISCUSSION 4.1 Implementation of Sample And Hold Circuit 4.2 Output Waveforms of Sample And Hold Circuit 4.3 Implementation of Comparator 4.4 Output Waveforms of Comparator 4.5 Implementation of Thermometer Code

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4.6 Implementation of Modified Thermometer Code 4.7 Output Waveforms of Modified Thermometer Code 4.8 Implementation of Flash ADC Using Thermometer Code 4.9 Implementation of Flash ADC Using Modified Thermometer Code 4.10 4.11 4.12 4.13 4.14 Output Waveforms of Flash ADC Using Modified Thermometer Code Implementation of Decoder Implementation of Modified Decoder Output Waveforms of Modified Decoder Implementation of Digital To Analog Converter (DAC) Using Modified Decoder 4.15 Output Waveforms of Digital To Analog Converter (DAC) Using Modified Decoder 4.16 Implementation of One Stage of Pipelined ADC (Analog-To-Digital Converter) Using Flash-ADC and DAC 4.17 Implementation of One Stage of Pipelined ADC (Analog-To-Digital Converter) Using Modified Flash-ADC and DAC 4.18 Output Waveforms of One Stage of Pipelined ADC (Analog-To-Digital Converter) Using Modified Flash-ADC and DAC 4.19 4.20 Implementation of Digital Error Correction Circuit Implementation of 10-Bit 50-Ms/S Pipelined ADC Using Modified FlashADC and DAC 4.21 Output Waveforms of 10-Bit 50-Ms/S Pipelined ADC Using Modified Flash-ADC and DAC

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5. CONCLUSION AND FUTURE WORK 5.1 Conclusion 5.2 Future work

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6. REFERENCE

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