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E = 0.625CVref
2
1800
Vcm Vref V cm conventional [1]
1600 split-capacitor [1]
Vref V cm V cm V cm V cm energy saving [3]
set and down [5]
1400
2C C C 2C C C MCS
V ip -Vin > 0.5Vref V ip -Vin > -0.5Vref 1200
ref
2C C C 2C C C
2
energy, CV
1000
E = 0.625CVref
E = 0.125CVref
V cm V cm Vref V cm V cm
800
Vref V cm V cm 600
2
2C C C 2C C C
400
Vip -Vin > 0.25Vref V ip -Vin > -0.75Vref
200
2C C C 2C C C
onto the virtual node. The first comparison does not consume any
n
switching energy as compared to the conventional scheme. Further, set and down scheme [5] Eavg ≃ 2n−2−i CVref
2
J (3)
‘UP’ and ‘DOWN’ transitions are symmetrical and consume equal i=1
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n−1 results in improved INL and DNL performance as compared to a
MCS scheme Eavg ≃ 2n−3−2i × (2i − 1)CVref
2
J (4) conventional architecture.
i=1
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