In microelectronics energy efficient circuits are of increasing interest, especially for battery powered devices or passive transponders. While the expertise in the area of digital low-power circuits...
Theoretical and practical minimum of the power consumption of 3 ADCs in SC technique (2007)
Bechen, B., Boom, T. Van Den, Weiler, D., Hosticka, B.J.
In this paper the theoretical and practical minimum of the power consumption is investigated for 3 ADC architectures, which are predestined for low conversion speed and applications in low-power...
B. Bechen, D. Weiler, B. J. Hosticka
This paper presents the development of a 10 bit very low-power CMOS SAR-ADC to be used in medical implants. The first part discusses the principle schematic and the requirements for component...
A very low-power CMOS 11-b cyclic A/D converter with mismatch compensation (2006)
Bechen, B., Weiler, D., Hosticka, B.J.
A 11-b CMOS cyclic A/D converter with very low-power consumption is presented. A method to reduce the effect of component mismatch is introduced, which significantly improves the accuracy. The...
Bechen, B., Weiler, D., Boom, T. Van Den, Hosticka, B.J.
This paper presents the development of a 10 bit very low-power CMOS SAR-ADC to be used in medical implants. The first part discusses the principle schematic and the requirements for component...
Noise Considerations of Integrators for Current Readout Circuits (2005)
B. Bechen, A. Kemna, M. Gnade, B. Hosticka
In this paper the noise analysis of a current integrator is carried out and measures to reduce the overall noise are presented. The effects of various noise sources are investigated and their...