(WITH 2-BIT QUANTIZER)

CONTINUOUS TIME SIGMA-DELTA ADC

Basics of Sigma Delta Modulators

Advantages and Issues in CTSDM

ADVANTAGES
Implicit Anti-aliasing No front-end S/H Lack of KT/C Noise Low Power Consumption

ISSUES
Finite Gain & GBW of Op-amp Quantizer Non-linearity RC-time constant variations Excess Loop Delay Clock Jitter

Architecture of Cascaded 211 CTSDM

Noise Cancellation Filter

MATLAB Simulation Results (2bit Quantizer)

MATLAB Simulation Results (1bit Quantizer)

Design Parameters & Other Coefficients (CTSDM with 2bit Quantizers)

Design Parameters
fb OSR fs = 24 KHz = 64 = 3.072MHz

Feedback Coefficients
Ksig K1 K2 K3 K51 K61 K71 K4 K52 K62 K72 K82 K92 = 1/4 =1 = 3/2 =1 = -1 =2 = -4/3 =1 = 1/3 = -1/2 = 7/24 =1 = -1/4

Other Parameters
MSA SNR = 0.89 V = 133 dB

For 1bit Quantizer MSA SNR = 0.48 V = 100 dB

Conclusion & Future Task

A Continuous Time Sigma-Delta ADC with 3 stage Cascaded 211 Architecture and 2bit Quantizer at each stage was simulated in MATLAB. An improvement of 30 dB in SNR and 0.4 V in MSA was observed over similar architecture with 1bit Quantizer at each stage.

CIRCUIT LEVEL implementation will be done in this semester in 130nm technology, while targeting TAPE-OUT.

References
Understanding Delta-Sigma Data Converters Richard Schreier & Gabor C. Temes. Delta-Sigma Data Converters, Theory, Design and Simulation Richard Schreier, Gabor C. Temes & Steven R. Norsworthy. Delta-Sigma Toolbox Richard Schreier. A Cascaded Continuous Time Sigma-Delta Modulator with 80 dB Dynamic Range Maurits Ortmanns, Markus Kuderer, Yiannos Manoli & Friedel Gerfers. A Case Study on a 2-1-1 Cascaded Continuous-Time Sigma-Delta Modulator Maurits Ortmanns, Friedel Gerfers, & Yiannos Manoli. Optimal Parameters for Delta-Sigma Modulator Topologies Augusto Marques, Vincenzo Peluso, Michel S. Steyaert, & Willy M. Sansen.

References
Analysis of Integrator Nonlinearity in a Class of Continuous-Time Delta Sigma Modulators Prabu Sankar and Shanthi Pavan. Excess Loop Delay in Continuous-Time DeltaSigma Modulators James A. Cherry and W. Martin Snelgrove. A Power Optimized Continuous-Time ADC for Audio Applications Shanthi Pavan, Nagendra Krishnapura, Ramalingam Pandarinathan, and Prabu Sankar Theory, Practice, and Fundamental Performance Limits of High-Speed Data Conversion Using Continuous-Time Delta-Sigma Modulators James A. Cherry Compensation of the Influence of Finite GBW on CT-SDM Maurits Ortmanns, Friedel Gerjers, Eannos Manoli A Clock Jitter Insensitive Multi-bit DAC Architecture for High-Performance Low-Power CTSDM Gerfers, M . Ortmanns, P Schmitz, Z Manoli & K. M. Soh

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