This article presents a high speed third-order continuous-time(CT)sigma-delta analog-to-digital converter(SDADC)based on voltagecontrolled oscillator(VCO),featuring a digital programmable quantizer structure.To improv...This article presents a high speed third-order continuous-time(CT)sigma-delta analog-to-digital converter(SDADC)based on voltagecontrolled oscillator(VCO),featuring a digital programmable quantizer structure.To improve the overall performance,not only oversampling technique but also noise-shaping enhancing technique is used to suppress in-band noise.Due to the intrinsic first-order noise-shaping of the VCO quantizer,the proposed third-order SDADC can realize forth-order noise-shaping ideally.As a bright advantage,the proposed programmable VCO quantizer is digital-friendly,which can simplify the design process and improve antiinterference capability of the circuit.A 4-bit programmable VCO quantizer clocked at 2.5 GHz,which is proposed in a 40 nm complementary metaloxide semiconductor(CMOS)technology,consists of an analog VCO circuit and a digital programmable quantizer,achieving 50.7 dB signal-to-noise ratio(SNR)and 26.9 dB signal-to-noise-and-distortion ration(SNDR)for a 19 MHz−3.5 dBFS input signal in 78 MHz bandwidth(BW).The digital quantizer,which is programmed in the Verilog hardware description language(HDL),consists of two-stage D-flip-flop(DFF)based registers,XOR gates and an adder.The presented SDADC adopts the cascade of integrators with feed-forward summation(CIFF)structure with a third-order loop filter,operating at 2.5 GHz and showing behavioral simulation performance of 92.9 dB SNR over 78 MHz bandwidth.展开更多
A 16bit sigma-delta audio analog-to-digital converter is developed.It consists of an analog modulator and a digital decimator.A standard 2-order single-loop architecture is employed in the modulator.Chopper stabilizat...A 16bit sigma-delta audio analog-to-digital converter is developed.It consists of an analog modulator and a digital decimator.A standard 2-order single-loop architecture is employed in the modulator.Chopper stabilization is applied to the first integrator to eliminate the 1/f noise.A low-power,area-efficient decimator is used,which includes a poly-phase comb-filter and a wave-digital-filter.The converter achieves a 92dB dynamic range over the 96kHz audio band.This single chip occupies 2.68mm2 in a 0.18μm six-metal CMOS process and dissipates only 15.5mW power.展开更多
连续时间Sigma-Delta调制器被大量应用于音频电子系统及其他领域。设计采用单环二阶连续时间系统架构,包含分段式7 bit Flash量化器,提出了双噪声耦合结构。通过对系统结构的改进,二阶系统有很好的稳定性,能实现三阶的噪声整形效果,对DA...连续时间Sigma-Delta调制器被大量应用于音频电子系统及其他领域。设计采用单环二阶连续时间系统架构,包含分段式7 bit Flash量化器,提出了双噪声耦合结构。通过对系统结构的改进,二阶系统有很好的稳定性,能实现三阶的噪声整形效果,对DAC失配、环路延时、放大器有限带宽等非理想特性有着非常好的鲁棒性。仿真结果显示,在3 M的输入信号带宽,16倍的过采样率时,调制器信噪失真比(SNDR)达到96.9 d B,有效比特数(ENOB)为15.8 bit,输入信号动态范围(DR)为98 d B。展开更多
尽管多比特量化调制器能够实现更高性能的数据转换,并且使整个系统的噪声降低,功耗得到有效控制,但是sigma-delta数模转换器的一个明显缺点是输出线性误差受器件匹配程度制约[1],本文提出一种动态元件匹配(Dynamic Element Matching,DEM...尽管多比特量化调制器能够实现更高性能的数据转换,并且使整个系统的噪声降低,功耗得到有效控制,但是sigma-delta数模转换器的一个明显缺点是输出线性误差受器件匹配程度制约[1],本文提出一种动态元件匹配(Dynamic Element Matching,DEM)电路设计方法,可减小数模转换器电容网络产生的误差,改善谐波失真。展开更多
基金This work was supported by the Natural Science Foundation of the Jiangsu Higher Education Institutions of China under Grant No.18KJB510045.
文摘This article presents a high speed third-order continuous-time(CT)sigma-delta analog-to-digital converter(SDADC)based on voltagecontrolled oscillator(VCO),featuring a digital programmable quantizer structure.To improve the overall performance,not only oversampling technique but also noise-shaping enhancing technique is used to suppress in-band noise.Due to the intrinsic first-order noise-shaping of the VCO quantizer,the proposed third-order SDADC can realize forth-order noise-shaping ideally.As a bright advantage,the proposed programmable VCO quantizer is digital-friendly,which can simplify the design process and improve antiinterference capability of the circuit.A 4-bit programmable VCO quantizer clocked at 2.5 GHz,which is proposed in a 40 nm complementary metaloxide semiconductor(CMOS)technology,consists of an analog VCO circuit and a digital programmable quantizer,achieving 50.7 dB signal-to-noise ratio(SNR)and 26.9 dB signal-to-noise-and-distortion ration(SNDR)for a 19 MHz−3.5 dBFS input signal in 78 MHz bandwidth(BW).The digital quantizer,which is programmed in the Verilog hardware description language(HDL),consists of two-stage D-flip-flop(DFF)based registers,XOR gates and an adder.The presented SDADC adopts the cascade of integrators with feed-forward summation(CIFF)structure with a third-order loop filter,operating at 2.5 GHz and showing behavioral simulation performance of 92.9 dB SNR over 78 MHz bandwidth.
文摘A 16bit sigma-delta audio analog-to-digital converter is developed.It consists of an analog modulator and a digital decimator.A standard 2-order single-loop architecture is employed in the modulator.Chopper stabilization is applied to the first integrator to eliminate the 1/f noise.A low-power,area-efficient decimator is used,which includes a poly-phase comb-filter and a wave-digital-filter.The converter achieves a 92dB dynamic range over the 96kHz audio band.This single chip occupies 2.68mm2 in a 0.18μm six-metal CMOS process and dissipates only 15.5mW power.
文摘连续时间Sigma-Delta调制器被大量应用于音频电子系统及其他领域。设计采用单环二阶连续时间系统架构,包含分段式7 bit Flash量化器,提出了双噪声耦合结构。通过对系统结构的改进,二阶系统有很好的稳定性,能实现三阶的噪声整形效果,对DAC失配、环路延时、放大器有限带宽等非理想特性有着非常好的鲁棒性。仿真结果显示,在3 M的输入信号带宽,16倍的过采样率时,调制器信噪失真比(SNDR)达到96.9 d B,有效比特数(ENOB)为15.8 bit,输入信号动态范围(DR)为98 d B。
文摘尽管多比特量化调制器能够实现更高性能的数据转换,并且使整个系统的噪声降低,功耗得到有效控制,但是sigma-delta数模转换器的一个明显缺点是输出线性误差受器件匹配程度制约[1],本文提出一种动态元件匹配(Dynamic Element Matching,DEM)电路设计方法,可减小数模转换器电容网络产生的误差,改善谐波失真。
