The Technology

Kenet’s FemtoCharge® CMOS technology employs a revolutionary ADC architecture that is fabricated with standard foundry CMOS processes. By manipulating the signal as packets of charge, Kenet converters simplify or eliminate some of the usual ADC circuit elements. This advanced process removes some of the traditional barriers that have limited speed and performance in the past.
 
The FemtoCharge® process is the result of more than ten years of research and development in disruptive analog-to-digital conversion technologies by Dr. Gerhard Sollner and his team of researchers at MIT Lincoln Laboratory. The technology, which is protected by 20 patents, yields ultra-low power ADC converter products that consume dramatically less power than comparable products and are scalable with process geometry.
 
Products
In 2005, Kenet developed its first ADC, a 10-bit converter operating a 275 MSPS. These ADCs achieve performance equal to the best traditional designs available in the marketplace, but with one-third of the core power and one-half of the total power. This chip is the basis for a product family of 8- and 10-bit ADCs at three different speed grades. Development of Kenet’s 12-bit, 250-MSPS high-performance ADC is presently underway