An 8.5mW 5GS/s 6b flash ADC with dynamic offset calibration in 32nm CMOS SOI

This paper describes a 5GS/s 6bit flash ADC fabricated in a 32nm CMOS SOI. The randomness of process mismatch is exploited to compensate for dynamic offset errors of comparators that occur during high speed operation. Utilizing the proposed calibration, comparators are designed with near-minimum size transistors and built-in reference levels. The ADC achieves an SNDR of 30.9dB at Nyquist and consumes 8.5mW with an FoM of 59.4fJ/conv-step.