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Tentative schedule and lecture notes

1. Introduction & ADC overview

2. Sampling & quantization (Reference: Baker Ch1~2 and any DSP book) 2.1 switched-cap circuit brief

Guest Lecture by 清大謝秉璇教授: introduction to power management for wireless sensor node

3. Flash ADC. Review: step response; Section 7.5 of Gray & Meyer

4. Data converter specifications: dynamic specifications; static specifications

homework 3 discussion

Reference: Data conversion handbook, published by Analog Devices Inc (free download).

5.1 interpolation & two-step ADC; 5.2 Multi-stage & pipelined ADC 5.3 pipeline ADC

6. Digital-to-analog converters (DACs): resistive and capacitive DACs ;

capacitor, resistor

7. Switched-capacitor circuits ; 7.1 switched-capacitor circuits in pipelined ADCs

8. Comparator 8.2 Latch

9. SAR ADC

10. Oversampling ADCs


Project Presentation

  1. Using Toolbox and system-level design

  2. Cadence schematics simulation