The invention discloses a low-
voltage SAR ADC (
Synthetic Aperture Radar Analog-to-
Digital Converter) switch switching method based on
charge recovery, which comprises the following steps: sampling stage differential input signals Vip and Vin are connected to top polar plates of P-end and N-end
capacitor arrays through sampling switches, reference voltages Vref and gnd are connected to bottom polarplates of P-end and N-end corresponding capacitors, the
capacitor arrays are pre-charged; and the sampling switches are disconnected in the transforming stage. the
comparator compares the voltages ofthe top
electrode plates of the P-end
capacitor array and the N-end capacitor array from the MSB bit to the LSB bit in sequence to obtain digital codes of corresponding bits, floating and
voltage switching of corresponding capacitors of the P-end capacitor array and the N-end capacitor array are controlled according to the digital codes, and a
binary search algorithm is completed. According to the invention, 100% capacitor array switching energy can be saved, extra third reference
voltage does not need to be generated, the circuit is suitable for design under
near threshold voltage, in a conversion stage, common-mode voltage of top polar plates of the P-end capacitor array and the N-end capacitor array is always kept constant, and the design difficulty of a
comparator is reduced.