Power analysis for two-stage high resolution pipeline SAR ADC

Abstract

In this paper, we provide a detailed analysis on the power consumption of two-stage pipeline successive approximation analog-to-digital converter (SAR ADC) and also show the relationship between stage resolution and the total power consumption in 65 nm technology. Thereafter, we evaluate the analysis results with designing a 15-bit pipeline SAR ADC in 65 nm technology and also a power comparison between two-stage pipeline SAR ADC and single SAR ADC is analyzed with the parameters from same technology. The finally results demonstrate that for high resolution ADC design, a particular range is obtained, in which the total power consumption of two-stage pipeline SAR ADC is much lower than single SAR ADC.