Low noise resistive analog front-end with automatic offset calibration loop

This paper presents a low noise resistive analog front-end (AFE) with automatic offset calibration loop. The capacitive transimpedance amplifier (CTIA) with correlated double sampling (CDS) technique is adopted to achieve low noise characteristics. The AFE employs automatic offset calibration loop (AOCL) to reduce the offset variations due to the fabrication imperfections. The automatic offset calibration loop is implemented using successive approximation register (SAR) logic and binary-weighted current-mode digital-to-analog converter (DAC). The analog output tracks the reference voltage using the binary search algorithms. The AFE is fabricated in 0.18μm 1P6M CMOS process. The core chip size of the AFE without I/O p-ad s is 1.76 mm
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