This paper presents a low-power high-precision switched-opamp（SO）-based delta-sigma（△Σ） analog-to -digital converter（ADC）.The proposed SO design allows circuit operation at sub-1 V supply voltage,only needs to...This paper presents a low-power high-precision switched-opamp（SO）-based delta-sigma（△Σ） analog-to -digital converter（ADC）.The proposed SO design allows circuit operation at sub-1 V supply voltage,only needs to work in half of a clock cycle,and thus is suitable for low power applications.In addition,an opamp-sharing technique is applied to save on hardware overheads.Due to the use of a dual cycle shift data weighted averaging （DCS-DWA） technique,mismatch errors caused in the feedback DAC have been eliminated without introducing signal-dependent tones.The proposed ADC has been implemented in a standard 0.18μm process and measured to have a 92.2 dB peak SNDR and 94.1 dB dynamic range with 25 kHz signal bandwidth.The power consumption is 58μW for the modulator at 0.9 V supply voltage and 96μW for the decimation filter,which translate to the figure-of-merit（FOM） of 35.4 fJ/step for the solo modulator,and 94 fJ/step for the whole system.展开更多
This paper presents a third-order single-loop delta-sigma modulator of a biomedical micro-system for portable electroencephalogram（EEG） monitoring applications.To reduce the power consumption,the loop filter of the ...This paper presents a third-order single-loop delta-sigma modulator of a biomedical micro-system for portable electroencephalogram（EEG） monitoring applications.To reduce the power consumption,the loop filter of the proposed modulator is implemented by applying a switched-capacitor structure.The modulator is designed in a 0.35-μm 2P4M standard CMOS process,with an active area of 365×290μm^2.Experimental results show that this modulator achieves a 68 dB dynamic range with an input sinusoidal signal of 100 Hz signal bandwidth under a 64 over-sampling ratio.The whole circuit consumes 515μW under a 2.5 V power supply,which is suitable for portable EEG monitoring.展开更多
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.60906012)
文摘This paper presents a low-power high-precision switched-opamp（SO）-based delta-sigma（△Σ） analog-to -digital converter（ADC）.The proposed SO design allows circuit operation at sub-1 V supply voltage,only needs to work in half of a clock cycle,and thus is suitable for low power applications.In addition,an opamp-sharing technique is applied to save on hardware overheads.Due to the use of a dual cycle shift data weighted averaging （DCS-DWA） technique,mismatch errors caused in the feedback DAC have been eliminated without introducing signal-dependent tones.The proposed ADC has been implemented in a standard 0.18μm process and measured to have a 92.2 dB peak SNDR and 94.1 dB dynamic range with 25 kHz signal bandwidth.The power consumption is 58μW for the modulator at 0.9 V supply voltage and 96μW for the decimation filter,which translate to the figure-of-merit（FOM） of 35.4 fJ/step for the solo modulator,and 94 fJ/step for the whole system.
基金Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Nos.60776024,60877035,90820002,60976026)the National High Technology Research and Development Program of China(Nos.2007AA04Z329,2007AA04Z254).
文摘This paper presents a third-order single-loop delta-sigma modulator of a biomedical micro-system for portable electroencephalogram（EEG） monitoring applications.To reduce the power consumption,the loop filter of the proposed modulator is implemented by applying a switched-capacitor structure.The modulator is designed in a 0.35-μm 2P4M standard CMOS process,with an active area of 365×290μm^2.Experimental results show that this modulator achieves a 68 dB dynamic range with an input sinusoidal signal of 100 Hz signal bandwidth under a 64 over-sampling ratio.The whole circuit consumes 515μW under a 2.5 V power supply,which is suitable for portable EEG monitoring.
