A Nanoelectromechanical Resonator-Based Flash Style Analog to Digital Converter
Type
Conference PaperAuthors
Zou, XuecuiAhmed, Sally

Kazmi, Syed
Da Costa, Pedro M. F. J.

Younis, Mohammad I.

Fariborzi, Hossein

KAUST Department
Computer, Electrical and Mathematical Sciences and Engineering (CEMSE) DivisionElectrical Engineering Program
Material Science and Engineering Program
Mechanical Engineering Program
Physical Science and Engineering (PSE) Division
Date
2020-04-07Online Publication Date
2020-04-07Print Publication Date
2020-01Permanent link to this record
http://hdl.handle.net/10754/662619
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In this work, the design of a flash-style nanoelectromechanical resonator-based analog to digital converter (ADC) is presented. The operation of the proposed ADC depends on tuning the beam resonance frequency by the sampled voltage, using the electrostatic softening effect. In this paper, experimental results are demonstrated for a 3-bit ADC. The proposed solution reduces design complexity by 20 times and reduces energy consumption by one order of magnitude compared to conventional complementary metal-oxide-semiconductor (CMOS) counterpart. While the measured sampling rate is 8 kS/s, resonators with GHz resonance frequency can increase the sampling rate to MHz and above, making this technology a viable option for medium speed, ultra-low power IoT and sensor applications.Citation
Zou, X., Ahmed, S., Kazmi, S., da Costa, P., Younis, M., & Fariborzi, H. (2020). A Nanoelectromechanical Resonator-Based Flash Style Analog to Digital Converter. 2020 IEEE 33rd International Conference on Micro Electro Mechanical Systems (MEMS). doi:10.1109/mems46641.2020.9056381Conference/Event name
33rd IEEE International Conference on Micro Electro Mechanical Systems, MEMS 2020ISBN
9781728135809Additional Links
https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9056381/ae974a485f413a2113503eed53cd6c53
10.1109/MEMS46641.2020.9056381