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VCO-Based ADCs

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With CMOS technology scaling, the analog and mixed-signal circuits face more and more design challenges and suffer a lot in accuracy. At the same time, digital circuits benefit from technology scaling in terms of improved timing accuracy and reduced power consumption.

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  1. Graduate School at Shenzhen, Tsinghua University, Shenzhen, China

    Xinpeng Xing

  2. Zhongguancun Dongsheng Technology Park, Analog Devices, Inc., Beijing, China

    Peng Zhu

  3. Departement Elektrotechniek, ESAT-MICAS, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Leuven, Belgium

    Georges Gielen

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Xing, X., Zhu, P., Gielen, G. (2018). VCO-Based ADCs. In: Design of Power-Efficient Highly Digital Analog-to-Digital Converters for Next-Generation Wireless Communication Systems. Signals and Communication Technology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-66565-8_4

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