A VCO-Based ADC with Relaxation Oscillator for Biomedical Applications

Olaitan Olabode; Antti Ontronen; Vishnu Unnikrishnan; Marko Kosunen; Jussi Ryynänen

doi:10.1109/ICECS.2018.8617935

A VCO-Based ADC with Relaxation Oscillator for Biomedical Applications

Olaitan Olabode
, Antti Ontronen
, Vishnu Unnikrishnan
, Marko Kosunen
, Jussi Ryynänen

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Abstract

This paper describes a voltage controlled oscillator(VCO) -based ADC for biomedical applications which employs a relaxation oscillator for voltage-to-frequency conversion. The proposed circuit uses a redundant pair of capacitors to mitigate the conversion error resulting from the time required for resetting the capacitor. A switch matrix with feedback helps sustain oscillations. Further, the VCO frequency approaches zero as the input voltage approaches zero unlike a converter with ring oscillator, thereby reducing power consumption. Post-layout simulation of the proposed ADC designed with a 28 nm FDSOI CMOS technology shows an ENOB of 8 and power consumption of 12 uW from a 0.7 V supply.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	2018 IEEE International Conference on Electronics Circuits and Systems
Publisher	IEEE
Pages	861 - 864
Number of pages	4
ISBN (Electronic)	978-1-5386-9562-3
ISBN (Print)	978-1-5386-9116-8
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/ICECS.2018.8617935
Publication status	Published - 2018
MoE publication type	A4 Conference publication
Event	IEEE International Conference on Electronics Circuits and Systems - Bordeaux, France Duration: 9 Dec 2018 → 12 Dec 2018 https://www.ieee-icecs2018.org/

Conference

Conference	IEEE International Conference on Electronics Circuits and Systems
Abbreviated title	ICECS
Country/Territory	France
City	Bordeaux
Period	09/12/2018 → 12/12/2018
Internet address	https://www.ieee-icecs2018.org/

Keywords

VCO
ADC
relaxation oscillator
voltage-to-frequency
biomedical applications

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Olabode, O, Ontronen, A, Unnikrishnan, V, Kosunen, M & Ryynänen, J 2018, A VCO-Based ADC with Relaxation Oscillator for Biomedical Applications. in 2018 IEEE International Conference on Electronics Circuits and Systems. IEEE, pp. 861 - 864, IEEE International Conference on Electronics Circuits and Systems, Bordeaux, France, 09/12/2018. https://doi.org/10.1109/ICECS.2018.8617935

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