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By updating the figure-of-merit plots presented in CHIPS 2020 using new survey data collected over the years 2011–2015, this chapter discusses asymptotes and extracts recent improvement rates in the area of low-power, high-performance A/D conversion. Moreover, five years after the writing of CHIPS 2020, the developments in current architectures will be re-iterated, and the emerging concept of analog-to-information conversion will be discussed.
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We define the conversion bandwidth as the highest input frequency for which the plotted SNDR was measured. This frequency is typically fs/2 with exceptions noted in the fin_hf column of [2].
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Keller, M., Murmann, B., Manoli, Y. (2016). Analog-Digital Interfaces—Review and Current Trends. In: Höfflinger, B. (eds) CHIPS 2020 VOL. 2. The Frontiers Collection. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-22093-2_4
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