A power-optimized analog-to-digital converter (ADC) input circuit provides
for optimized power consumption versus performance. The first amplifier
stage of the ADC is provided by a plurality of amplifiers that are
selectably enabled to provide a particular bandwidth and noise
performance level. The selection of the combination of enabled amplifiers
may be made in conformity with the sample rate of the converter and the
amplifiers may have evenly-weighted bias currents, or unevenly weighed
bias currents and may be optimized for their particular use in
combinations for bandwidth and 1/f noise corner performance. The outputs
of the amplifiers are combined in a combiner circuit, which may be a
discrete-time chopping amplifier that receives charges from a plurality
of capacitors that sample each enabled amplifier output.