A SELF-LATCHING A D CONVERTER USING RESONANT-TUNNELING DIODES/

Authors
WEI SJ LIN HC POTTER RC SHUPE D
Citation
Sj. Wei et al., A SELF-LATCHING A D CONVERTER USING RESONANT-TUNNELING DIODES/, IEEE journal of solid-state circuits, 28(6), 1993, pp. 697-700
Citations number
17
Categorie Soggetti
Engineering, Eletrical & Electronic
Journal title
IEEE journal of solid-state circuits → ACNP
ISSN journal
00189200
Volume
28
Issue
6
Year of publication
1993
Pages
697 - 700
Database
ISI
SICI code
0018-9200(1993)28:6<697:ASADCU>2.0.ZU;2-U
Abstract
A high-speed A/D converter based on the resonant tunneling diode (RTD) is described. This A/D converter takes advantage of the folding chara cteristic of the RTD to reduce circuit complexity. The speed of the A/ D converter (ADC) is improved by the fast latching action of the RTD d igitizer. Simulations show that the 4-b A/D converter can have a sampl ing rate of several gigahertz.