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Metastability in the comparators of high speed synchronous flash A D converters is a source of noise in the output. Pipelining can reduce metastability errors but can consume significant power in synchronous systems, and techniques have been described which aim to reduce the power, but can lead to nonlinearity. It is shown that power can also be reduced without loss of linearity by asynchronous micropipelining techniques which allow the comparison times to vary without a high probability of metastability noise. Other advantages resulting from asynchronous internal timing include a reduction in clock noise, and improved tolerance to process and interconnect delays.
Author(s): Kinniment DJ, Yakovlev AV
Publication type: Article
Publication status: Published
Journal: IEE Proceedings: Circuits, Devices and Systems
Year: 1999
Volume: 146
Issue: 5
Pages: 263-267
Print publication date: 01/10/1999
ISSN (print): 1350-2409
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Publisher: The Institution of Engineering and Technology
URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1049/ip-cds:19990544
DOI: 10.1049/ip-cds:19990544
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