Grants and Contributions:

Grant or Award spanning more than one fiscal year (2017-2018 to 2018-2019).

nandbox Inc. is delivering innovative technologies for messaging communication platform and Internet ofx000D
Things (IoT) applications with focus on privacy, security, and bigger grouping for business tox000D
individual/machine communications.x000D
The company roadmap includes development of a complete set of IoT modules applied to home automationx000D
and wearable devices using nandbox communication messaging platform. These IoT devices need to interfacex000D
with sensors via analog-to-digital converter (ADC) device that requires stringent specifications including veryx000D
high resolution and ultra-low power. For an ultra-lower power and cost, it is necessary to use thex000D
system-on-chip (SoC) concept where all the analog front-end circuits and digital backend signal processing arex000D
implemented into a single silicon chip.x000D
Due to the complexity of implementing high resolution ADC in SoC for their IoT, nandbox needs assistance tox000D
study and develop this ultra-low power high resolution ADC for their future IoT products.x000D
The objective of this research project is to study and design a new architecture for high resolution ADC withx000D
ultra-low power performance less than 100 micro-Watts for IoT applications. These objectives includex000D
researching the existent available architectures suitable for IoT applications and deliver a comprehensive studyx000D
on the best architectures suitable for nandbox specifications. Propose a new ADC architecture that overcomesx000D
the challenges of implementing analog and mixed signal circuits in digital oriented SoC technology. Designx000D
and implement at the circuit and the layout levels of the ADC using CMOS technology. Fabricate and test thex000D
ADC to validate the performance.