A new power and resolution adaptive flash ADC named PRA-ADC, is proposed. The pRA-ADC enables tial power reduction with linear resolution reduction, u nused parallel voltage comparators are switched to standby mode. The voltage comparators consume only the leakge power during the standby mode. The PRA-ADC, capable of operating at 5-bit, g-bit, 7-bit, and 8-bit precision, dissipates 69 m~ at 5-bit and 435 mW at 8-bit. The PRA-ADC was designed and simulated with 0.18 pm CMOS technology. nication devices, allowing tighter management of power and efficiency.has been fabricated. Of course, one can use only 6-bit precision from an 8-bit ADC chip, while full 8-bit operation takes place internally. Such an application is non-optimal, resulting in slower speed and extra power consumption due to full 8-bit internal operation. This proposition applies t o the flash which are parallel high-speed high-power A new flash ADC design is proposed in this paper, a true variable power and variable resolution ADC. It is named Power and Resolution Adaptive ADC (PRA-ADC). PRApower when it Operates at a lower ADC feature is highly desirable in many wireless mobile applications. For example, the strength of a radio frequencyThe PRA-ADC design is applicable to R F portable commu-ADC can 'perate at higher speed and will less The