Advanced Techniques for High-Performance Analog-to-Digital Converters

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From medical imaging to smart phones, a myriad of devices in our daily lives rely on a specialized circuit known as an analog-to-digital converter or ADC for short. These ADCs translate signals between the physical world and the realm of digital computers. Unfortunately, the capabilities of advanced medical diagnostic tools and personal communications systems are limited by the ADC's ability to perform the signal translations in a timely manner. In this research program, massively parallel ADCs are being explored to overcome the signal-translation bottleneck. It is anticipated that these massively parallel ADCs will lead to significantly faster translation rates, thereby enabling new generations of medical imaging systems with improved diagnostic capabilities and personal communication systems with a greatly improved user experience.