The successive approximation register (SAR) analog-to-digital converter (ADC)
is currently the most popular type of ADC architecture, owing to its power
efficiency. They are also used in multichannel systems, where power
efficiency is of high importance because of the large number of
simultaneously working channels. However, the SAR ADC architecture is not
the most area efficient. In SAR ADCs, the binary weighted capacitive
digital-to-analog converter (DAC) is used, which means that one additional
bit of resolution costs double the increase of area. Oversampling and noise
shaping are methods that allow an increase in resolution without an increase
of area. In this paper we present the new SAR ADC architectures with a noise
shaping. A first-order noise transfer function (NTF) with zero located
nearly at one can be achieved. We propose two modifications of the
architecture: with zero-only NTF and with the NTF with additional pole. The
additional pole theoretically increases the efficiency of noise shaping to
further 3 dB. The architectures were applied to the design of SAR ADCs in a
65 nm complementary metal-oxide semiconductor (CMOS) with OSR equal to 10. A
6-bit capacitive DAC was used. The proposed architectures provide nearly 4
additional bits in ENOB. The equalent input bandwitdth is equal to 200 kHz
with the sampling rate equal to 4 MS/s.