Disclosure of Invention
The embodiment of the invention provides a source follower capable of being quickly switched off/on and equipment thereof, wherein the source follower is started to be switched off/on through a display result of a switching-off/on circuit and outputs a corresponding switching-off/on signal to a biasing circuit for accelerating the switching-off/on process of the source follower so as to realize low power consumption.
In a first aspect, an embodiment of the present invention provides a fast turn-off/turn-on source follower, including: a source follower, a cut-off/on circuit, and a bias circuit,
the cut-off/on circuit receives signal sampling time information corresponding to a signal sampling process performed in the source follower, starts a process of cutting off the source follower when the signal sampling time information shows that the signal sampling process is finished, and outputs a corresponding cut-off signal to the bias circuit for accelerating the process of cutting off the source follower, wherein the sampling time information corresponds to a sampling clock of the cut-off/on circuit; or alternatively, the process may be performed,
the turn-off/turn-on circuit receives signal conversion time information corresponding to a signal conversion process performed in the analog-to-digital converter, and starts a process of turning on the source follower when the signal conversion time information indicates that the signal conversion process is ended and outputs a corresponding turn-on signal to the bias circuit for accelerating the process of turning on the source follower, the signal conversion time information corresponding to a conversion clock of the turn-off/turn-on circuit.
Preferably, the off/on circuit includes:
the switch implements a switching process of turning the source follower off/on,
the precharge capacitor performs a process of accelerating the turn-off/turn-on of the source follower and outputs a corresponding turn-off/turn-on signal.
Preferably, the source follower is a source follower with a P-type MOS transistor.
Preferably, the bias circuit includes:
the source electrode of the P-type MOS tube is connected with the power supply voltage, the grid electrode of the P-type MOS tube is connected with the drain electrode of the P-type MOS tube and one end of the current source to generate corresponding bias voltage, and the other end of the current source is grounded.
Preferably, the source follower is a source follower with an N-type MOS transistor.
Preferably, the sampling clock of the cut-off/on circuit multiplexes the sampling clock of the analog-to-digital converter.
Preferably, the switching clock of the off/on circuit multiplexes the switching clock of the analog-to-digital converter.
Preferably, the sampling clock and the conversion clock of the off/on circuit multiplex the sampling clock and the conversion clock of the analog-to-digital converter, respectively.
In a second aspect, embodiments of the present invention provide a device for implementing a fast turn-off/turn-on source follower, comprising a device of any of the circuits described in the first aspect.
The fast cut-off/on source follower and the device thereof provided by the embodiment of the invention receive the signal sampling time information/signal conversion time information through the cut-off/on circuit, start the process of cutting off/on the source follower according to the display result and output the corresponding cut-off/on signal to the bias circuit for accelerating the process of cutting off/on the source follower so as to realize the excellent performance of low power consumption.
Detailed Description
The technical scheme of the invention is further described in detail through the drawings and the embodiments.
Fig. 1 is a schematic diagram of a source follower with fast turn-off/turn-on configuration according to an embodiment of the present invention. Illustrated in fig. 1 is: 101. source follower 102, off/on circuit 103, bias circuit 104.
As shown in fig. 1, a P-type source follower is formed by a P-type MOS (Metal Oxide Semiconductor ) tube M1, a P-type MOS tube M2 and a P-type MOS tube M3; the source electrode of the MOS transistor M3 is connected to VDD, where VDD is a power supply Voltage, the gate electrode is connected to VB (Bias Voltage) generated by the Bias circuit, that is, VBP1, the drain electrode is connected to the source electrode of the MOS transistor M2, the gate electrode of the M2 is connected to the Bias Voltage VX, the drain electrode is connected to the source electrode of the MOS transistor M1, and is used as an output end of the source follower and output to the analog-to-digital converter, the gate electrode of the MOS transistor M1 is connected to VIN (Input Voltage Signal ), and the drain electrode is grounded.
The off/on circuit includes: switches S1 to S10, precharge capacitor C X And C Y The method comprises the steps of carrying out a first treatment on the surface of the Wherein one end of S1 is connected with VBP2 generated by the bias circuit, the other end is connected with the grid electrode of the P-type MOS tube M2 and one end of S2, the other end of S2 is connected with VDD, one end of S3 is grounded, the other end is connected with one end of S4, and the other end is connected with a capacitor C X The other end of S4 is connected with one end of S5, the other end of S5 and one end of S6 are connected with a capacitor C Y One end of S6 is connected to VDD, the other end of the capacitor CX is connected to one end of S7 and S8, the other end of S7 is connected to one end of S9 and the other end of S9 is connected to C Y The other end of S10 is grounded, S1, S4, S6, S8, S10 are controlled by CLKS (Sampling Clock) of the analog-to-digital converter core, S2 is controlled by a reverse Clock of CLKS, and S3, S5, S7, S9 are controlled by CLKH (Holding Clock) of the analog-to-digital converter core.
The bias circuit includes: p type MOS pipe M4, P type MOS pipe M5, current source I1 and current source I2. The source electrode of the P-type MOS tube M4 is connected with the VDD, the grid electrode is connected with one end of the drain electrode and one end of the current source I1 to generate bias voltage VBP1, the other end of the current source I1 is grounded, the source electrode of the P-type MOS tube M5 is connected with the VDD, the grid electrode is connected with one end of the drain electrode and one end of the current source I2 to generate bias voltage VBP2, and the other end of the current source I2 is grounded.
The input end of the analog-to-digital converter is connected with the output end of the source follower. It should be noted that the analog-to-digital converter is a basic analog-to-digital converter, and not only can complete the sampling process of the analog signal, but also can realize the conversion process of the data.
It can be seen from the schematic structure of the source follower which is turned on/off rapidly as shown in fig. 1: the process of switching on/off the source follower is started by the display result of the switching on/off circuit and a corresponding switching on/off signal is outputted to the bias circuit for accelerating the process of switching on/off the source follower, so that the source follower has the advantages of high speed stability and low power consumption.
Further, the control clock of the off/on circuit multiplexes the sample clock and the hold clock of the analog-to-digital converter core. Since the control clock of the off/on circuit does not need a clock generation circuit which is additionally configured by itself, the complexity of the design of the off/on circuit is reduced.
Further, since the source follower provided by the embodiment of the invention is designed to introduce a cut-off/on circuit.
Switching off/on the circuit has the following advantages. First, when the source follower is not required to operate, i.e., after the analog-to-digital converter completes the sampling process and then enters the process of converting the analog signal into the digital signal, the turn-off/on circuit can start the process of rapidly turning off the source follower and output a corresponding turn-off signal to the bias circuit for accelerating the process of turning off the source follower, thus saving the power consumption consumed by the source follower and enabling the source follower to have the advantage of low power consumption.
Second, when the analog-to-digital converter finishes the conversion process from the analog signal to the digital signal, and enters the next sampling process, the cut-off/on circuit can start the process of quickly switching on the source follower, so that the source follower quickly recovers from the previous cut-off state to the working state of the source follower. In this way, the off/on circuit starts a process of rapidly switching on the source follower and outputs a corresponding on signal to the bias circuit for accelerating the process of switching on the source follower, which makes the source follower have an advantage of high-speed stability.
It is further noted that the off/on circuit of the multiplexed analog-to-digital converter clock can be applied in the design of P-type MOS source follower and N-type MOS source follower.
In the source follower capable of being rapidly switched off/on, the source follower, the switching-off/on circuit and the biasing circuit form a low-power-consumption dynamic source follower multiplexing analog-to-digital converter clock.
The cut-off/on circuit receives signal sampling time information corresponding to a signal sampling process performed in the source follower, starts a process of cutting off the source follower when the signal sampling time information shows that the signal sampling process is finished, and outputs a corresponding cut-off signal to the bias circuit for accelerating the process of cutting off the source follower, wherein the sampling time information corresponds to a sampling clock of the cut-off/on circuit; or alternatively, the process may be performed,
the turn-off/turn-on circuit receives signal conversion time information corresponding to a signal conversion process performed in the analog-to-digital converter, and starts a process of turning on the source follower when the signal conversion time information indicates that the signal conversion process is ended and outputs a corresponding turn-on signal to the bias circuit for accelerating the process of turning on the source follower, the signal conversion time information corresponding to a conversion clock of the turn-off/turn-on circuit.
As an embodiment of the present invention, the off/on circuit includes a switch and a precharge capacitor. The switch realizes the switching process of switching on/off the source follower, and the precharge capacitor realizes the accelerating switching on/off process of the source follower and outputs corresponding switching on/off signals.
As an embodiment of the present invention, the source follower may be a source follower having a P-type MOS transistor.
As an embodiment of the present invention, a bias circuit includes: the source electrode of the P-type MOS tube is connected with the power supply voltage, the grid electrode of the P-type MOS tube is connected with the drain electrode of the P-type MOS tube and one end of the current source to generate corresponding bias voltage, and the other end of the current source is grounded.
As an embodiment of the present invention, the source follower may also be a source follower with an N-type MOS transistor.
As an embodiment of the present invention, the sampling clock of the off/on circuit multiplexes the sampling clock of the analog-to-digital converter.
As an embodiment of the present invention, the conversion clock of the off/on circuit multiplexes the conversion clock of the analog-to-digital converter.
As an embodiment of the present invention, the sampling clock and the conversion clock of the off/on circuit multiplex the sampling clock and the conversion clock of the analog-to-digital converter, respectively.
The source follower capable of being turned off/on quickly starts the process of turning off/on the source follower through the display result of the turn-off/on circuit and outputs the corresponding turn-off/on signal to the bias circuit for accelerating the process of turning off/on the source follower, so that the source follower has the advantages of high speed and stability and low power consumption.
Fig. 2 is a schematic circuit diagram of a fast turn-off/on source follower fast turn-off process according to an embodiment of the present invention.
As can be seen from fig. 2, CLKH controls the closing of switches S3, S5, S7, S9; the reverse clock of CLKS controls the closing of switch S2 with the remaining switches being in an open state. At this time, the gate bias voltage VX of the MOS transistor M2 is connected to VDD and is applied to the capacitor C X Charging is performed. Capacitor C during source follower fast turn-off X Is charged to (VDD-GND), where GND (Ground).
During the fast turn-off of the source follower by the turn-off/turn-on circuit, VX is connected to VDD due to the precharge capacitor C Y Through the function of the MOS transistor, VX can reach VDD faster, and the MOS transistor M2 can be cut off rapidly, so that the power consumption consumed by the source follower is saved, and the source follower has the advantage of low power consumption.
Fig. 3 is a schematic circuit diagram of a fast turn-on/fast turn-off source follower according to an embodiment of the present invention.
As can be seen from fig. 3, CLKS controls the closing of switches S1, S4, S6, S8, S10, with the remaining switches being in an open state. At this time, the gate bias voltage VX of the MOS transistor M2 is connected to VBP2 and simultaneously corresponds to the capacitor C Y Charging is performed. Capacitor C during the fast on period of the source follower Y Is charged to (VDD-GND), where GND (Ground).
Precharge capacitor C during fast turn-on of source follower by turn-off/turn-on circuit X The parasitic capacitance Cp of the grid electrode of the MOS tube M2 is used for rapidly distributing charges, meanwhile, the bias voltage VBP2 of the MOS tube M2 can also start to charge the Cp, and under the combined action of the parasitic capacitance Cp and the MOS tube, the rapid switching-on process of the low-power consumption dynamic source follower is quickened, so that the source follower is rapidly recovered to the working state of the source follower from the previous switching-off state, and the source follower has the advantage of high speed and stability.
Fig. 4a is an equivalent schematic diagram of a fast turn-off circuit of a fast turn-off/turn-on source follower of an embodiment of the present invention, and fig. 4b is an equivalent schematic diagram of a fast turn-off/turn-on circuit of a fast turn-on source follower of an analog-to-digital converter of an embodiment of the present invention.
As can be seen from fig. 4a, during the fast turn-off of the source follower by the turn-off/on circuit, due to the precharge capacitor C Y Through the function of the MOS transistor, VX can reach VDD faster, and the MOS transistor M2 can be cut off rapidly, so that the power consumption consumed by the source follower is saved, and the source follower has the advantage of low power consumption.
As can be seen from fig. 4b, the capacitor C is precharged during the fast on-state of the source follower by the off/on circuit X And meanwhile, the bias voltage VBP2 of the MOS tube M2 can start to charge Cp, so that the process of quickly recovering the source follower from the previous cut-off state to the working state of the source follower is accelerated.
Fig. 5 is a timing diagram of the fast turn-off and fast turn-on process of the fast turn-off/turn-on source follower of the embodiment of the present invention.
From FIG. 5, it can be seen thatIt is seen that: capacitor C during source follower fast turn-off X Is charged to (VDD-GND), VX is connected to VDD, due to the precharge capacitor C Y Through the function of (2), VX can reach VDD faster, and the MOS tube M2 can be cut off rapidly, wherein GND (Ground).
In contrast, during the fast turn-on of the source follower, the capacitor C Y Is charged to (VDD-GND), precharging capacitor C X And meanwhile, the bias voltage VBP2 of the MOS tube M2 can start to charge Cp, so that the process of quickly recovering the source follower from the previous cut-off state to the working state of the source follower is accelerated.
It should be further noted that the precharge capacitor C X The magnitude of the precharge capacitor C can be determined by the following equation (1) X Wherein the on-resistance of the switch is not taken into account: v (V) X, initial value =VDD,V X, final value =VBP2,V CX, prefill =VDD-GND,V CX, end value =VDD-VBP2,
By conservation of the electric charge,
Q initial value of =VDD×C P +(VDD-GND)×C X =Q Final value of =(VDD-VBP2)×C X +VBP2×C P ,
The following formula (1) is obtained from the above derivation:
as shown in the above formula, it should be noted that, in the source follower provided in the embodiment of the present invention, the capacitor C is precharged X The size of the (C) can be accurately calculated through the formula so as to meet different requirements of users. Compared with the prior art, the source follower provided by the embodiment of the invention can more accurately control the precharge capacitor C X So that the source follower further has the advantage of precise controllability.
The cut-off/on circuit of the source follower which is cut-off/on rapidly in the embodiment of the invention is used for accelerating the cut-off/on process of the source follower by rapidly starting the cut-off/on process of the source follower and outputting the corresponding cut-off/on signal to the bias circuit, so that the source follower has the advantages of low power consumption and high speed stability.
In practical applications, the source follower may also be used to prepare a device including the source follower, and specific details refer to corresponding details of the source follower, which are not described herein.
The foregoing description of the embodiments has been provided for the purpose of illustrating the general principles of the invention, and is not meant to limit the scope of the invention, but to limit the invention to the particular embodiments, and any modifications, equivalents, improvements, etc. that fall within the spirit and principles of the invention are intended to be included within the scope of the invention.