A fully-synchronous offset-insensitive structure is proposed for
implementing level-crossing analog-to-digital converters (LC-ADCs). The
proposed structure is designed and implemented for high-precision
compressed electrocardiogram (ECG) monitoring applications. Synchronous
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A fully-synchronous offset-insensitive structure is proposed for
implementing level-crossing analog-to-digital converters (LC-ADCs). The
proposed structure is designed and implemented for high-precision
compressed electrocardiogram (ECG) monitoring applications. Synchronous
implementation leads to less implementation complexity compared to the
conventional asynchronous implementations. Also the major source of
error, viz. the difference in comparators offsets is eliminated which
additionally leads to considerable saving in silicon area. Designing and
simulating in a 0.18 μm CMOS technology, the LC-ADC achieves an ENOB of
8.45 bits and occupies 0.038 mm2 silicon area. The average
sampling rate is about 120 S/s when applied to the whole MIT/BIH
arrhythmia database. Simulation results show a power consumption of 81
nW with a 1.8 V supply voltage, by testing the ADC using Tape 100 of the
MIT/BIH arrhythmia database.@en