Characterizing Sampling Aperture of Clocked Comparators Aperture Time for comparator Testbench &Simulation with cadence spectre Simple dynamic comparator Testbench with a small servo loop Script for optimization Parameters for optimization Opt goal: Minimum aperture_time Opt constrain: power Results comparation parameters Initial results Opt results wn_0 4.8u 6.82u wn_1 4u 4.49u wn_2 6.4u 4.57u wn_3 4.8u 7.66u wp_0 6.65u 3.05u wp_1 3.2u 3.01u wp_2 8u 3.14u aperture_time(goal) 12.833ps 11.72ps Iavg(constraint) 2.219mA 1.536mA Results comparation Results comparation(initial case) Results comparation(optimal case) Results comparation(optimal case) Need to add constraint about bandwidth