A 70-mW 300-MHz CMOS continuous-time ΣΔ ADC with 15-MHz bandwidth and 11 bits of resolution

A wide-bandwidth continuous-time sigma-delta ADC is implemented in a 0.13-mum CMOS. The circuit is targeted for wide-bandwidth applications such as video or wireless base-stations. The active blocks are composed of regular threshold voltage devices only. The fourth-order architecture uses an OpAmp-RC-based loop filter and a 4-bit internal quantizer operated at 300-MHz clock frequency. The converter achieves a dynamic range of 11 bits over a bandwidth of 15 MHz. The power dissipation is 70 mW from a 1.5-V supply.