Overview

Oversampling techniques based on sigma-delta modulation are widely used to implement the analog/digital interfaces in CMOS VLSI technologies. This approach is relatively insensitive to imperfections in the manufacturing process and offers numerous advantages for the realization of high-resolution analog-to-digital (A/D) converters in the low-voltage environment that is increasingly demanded by advanced VLSI technologies and by portable electronic systems. In The Design of Low-Voltage, Low-Power Sigma-Delta Modulators, an analysis of power dissipation in sigma-delta modulators is presented, and a low-voltage implementation of a digital-audio performance A/D converter based on the results of this analysis is described. Although significant power savings can typically be achieved in digital circuits by reducing the power supply voltage, the power dissipation in analog circuits actually tends to increase with decreasing supply voltages. Oversampling architectures are a potentially power-efficient means of implementing high-resolution A/D converters because they reduce the number and complexity of the analog circuits in comparison with Nyquist-rate converters. In fact, it is shown that the power dissipation of a sigma-delta modulator can approach that of a single integrator with the resolution and bandwidth required for a given application. In this research the influence of various parameters on the power dissipation of the modulator has been evaluated and strategies for the design of a power-efficient implementation have been identified.

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Author:   Shahriar Rabii ,  Bruce A. Wooley
Publisher:   Springer
Imprint:   Springer
Edition:   1999 ed.
Volume:   483
Dimensions:   Width: 15.50cm , Height: 1.20cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   1.050kg
ISBN:  

9780792383611

ISBN 10:   0792383613
Pages:   187
Publication Date:   31 October 1998
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Out of print, replaced by POD  
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Table of Contents

1 Introduction.- 1.1 Organization.- 1.2 Simulation Details.- 2 Trends Toward Low-Voltage Power Supplies.- 2.1 Technology Scaling in CMOS Processes.- 2.2 Scaling Theory.- 2.3 Battery Cell Technologies for Portable Electronic Systems.- 2.4 Summary.- 3 Analog-to-Digital Conversion.- 3.1 Analog-to-Digital Converters.- 3.2 Nyquist-Rate A/D Converters.- 3.3 Oversampling A/D Converters.- 3.4 Summary.- 4 Power Dissipation in Sigma-Delta A/D Converters.- 4.1 Power Dissipation in a Sigma-Delta Modulator.- 4.2 Ideal Integrator Power Dissipation.- 4.3 Impact of Circuit Nonidealities.- 4.4 Comparison of Amplifier Topologies.- 4.5 Power Dissipation in the Decimation Filter.- 4.6 Summary.- 5 Design of a Low-Voltage, High-Resolution Sigma-Delta Modulator.- 5.1 Modulator Architecture.- 5.2 Signal Scaling.- 5.3 Integrator Implementation.- 5.4 Circuit Noise.- 5.5 Modulator Specifications.- 5.6 Summary.- 6 Implementation of an Experimental Low-Voltage Modulator.- 6.1 The Integrators.- 6.2 The Operational Amplifiers.- 6.3 The Quantizers.- 6.4 The Clocks.- 6.5 Clock Boosters.- 6.6 Decimation Filtering.- 6.7 Experimental Results.- 6.8 Comparison of the Power Efficiency of A/D Converters.- 6.9 Summary.- 7 Conclusion.- 7.1 Recommendations for Further Investigation.- A Fundamental Limits.- A.1 Power in a Switched-Capacitor Integrator.- A.2 Power in a Continuous-Time Integrator.- A.3 Power in a Switched-Current Integrator.- B Power Dissipation vs. Supply Voltage and Oversampling Ratio.- B.1 Folded Cascode Amplifier.- B.2 Two-Stage Class A Amplifier.- B.3 Two-Stage Class A/AB Amplifier.- C Effects of Capacitor Mismatch.- D Test Setup.

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