Lukas Krystofiak - DR project
Software scalable high performance analog-to-digital converter in 28 nm process technology
Doctoral Researcher: Lukas Krystofiak
Local ZEA-2 Supervisor: Christian Grewing
Academic Supervisor: Stefan van Waasen, University of Duisburg-Essen (UDE)
Topic: Detector Systems
Research Field: Earth and Environment
Analog-to-digital converters (ADC) are one of the fundamental blocks in electronic systems transforming physical signals to the computer domain enabling powerful signal processing. With demands for higher and higher bandwidth and system flexibility, relevance of ADCs is rapidly increasing unlocking the potential of reduced system complexity and increased system integration. As one of the main driving factors for technological progress in signal processing, ADCs are subject to intensive research.
ADCs are systems on their own combining many different analog and digital blocks. Development therefore is a very time-consuming and costly task.
In this pilot project, a scalable analog-to-digital converter is developed to investigate general complexity and feasibility and assess benefits and risks for different fields of application. It can be adapted in sampling speed, precision and power consumption to satisfy different use cases ranging from low power to high performance applications. The ultimate goal is to have a ready-to-use, configurable ADC allowing rapid prototyping of integrated circuit solutions.
For this project, ZEA-2 will use a 28 nm process technology for the first time initiating a shift to smaller technology node. This leads to more compact and powerful solutions, while keeping cost for manufacturing and additional design effort at a reasonable level.
- Central Institute of Engineering, Electronics and Analytics (ZEA)
- Electronic Systems (ZEA-2)
Room E1