Abstract: Class D amplifiers [1]-[16], or switching amplifiers, are popular components in mixed-signal IC design and widely adopted for smartphones and tablets with rich multimedia, thanks to the high ...

Abstract: This paper presents a 9-bit 1.8 GS/s pipelined analog-to-digital converter (ADC) using open-loop amplifiers. In this ADC, open-loop amplifiers are used as residue amplifiers to increase the ...