A High-Performance TID- and SEE-Tolerant ADC in 65 nm for Space Applications

Abstract

In medical, aerospace, and high-energy physics applications, radiation tolerance in ADCs is crucial to guarantee the signal chain’s robustness. This paper presents a 13-bit pipelined-SAR ADC, which is designed by revealing and balancing the tradeoffs between power efficiency and radiation tolerance, achieving 80MS/s and 70.79-dB SNDR with high conversion efficiency and radiation tolerance.