8 Bit 125Ms/S Pipelined ADC
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| Pipeline Stage Amplifier |
Obsidian has experience with pipline ADC design for communications analog front ends.
Made from a stack of 1.5 bit switched cap ADC's. The most critical element is the differential stage amplifier: a folded cascodes are used with an additional source follower stage prior to the pre-drive for extra speed.
Excellent dynamic characteristics are needed for the system to settle within one clock cycle. For this 8 bit solution trimming is not required.
A 10 bit version of the same design adds triming for gain and offset.