Analysis and Experimental Characterization of Idle Tones in 2nd-Order Bandpass Sigma-Delta Modulators - A 0.8μm CMOS Switched-Current Case Study

Ths paper analyses the tonal behaviour of the quantization noise in 2nd-order bandpass SD modulators. The analysis previously performed for lowpass modulators is extended to the bandpass case. As a result, closed-form expressions for the frequency of the idle tones are derived for different location...

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Authors: Rosa, José M. de la, Pérez-Verdú, Belén, Medeiro, Fernando, Río, Rocío del, Rodríguez-Vázquez, Ángel
Format: article
Publication Date:2001
Country:España
Institution:Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC)
Repository:DIGITAL.CSIC. Repositorio Institucional del CSIC
OAI Identifier:oai:digital.csic.es:10261/3782
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10261/3782
Access Level:Open access
Keyword:BandPass Sigma-Delta
Idle Tones
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Summary:Ths paper analyses the tonal behaviour of the quantization noise in 2nd-order bandpass SD modulators. The analysis previously performed for lowpass modulators is extended to the bandpass case. As a result, closed-form expressions for the frequency of the idle tones are derived for different locations of the signal center frequency. The analytical results are validated through measurements from a silicon prototype realized using fully differential switched-current circuits in a standard 0.8μm CMOS technology.