Effect of Non-Linear Settling Error on The Harmonic Distortion of Fully-Differential Switched-Current BandPass Sigma-Delta Modulators

This paper presents a detailed study of the effect of the non-linear settling on the harmonic distortion of BandPass SD Modulators (BP-ΣΔMs) realized using Fully Differential (FD) SwItched-current (SI) circuits. Based on the analysis of building blocks, closed-form expressions are derived for the th...

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Autores: Rosa, José M. de la, Pérez-Verdú, Belén, Medeiro, Fernando, Río, Rocío del, Rodríguez-Vázquez, Ángel
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2001
País:España
Institución:Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC)
Repositorio:DIGITAL.CSIC. Repositorio Institucional del CSIC
OAI Identifier:oai:digital.csic.es:10261/3781
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/10261/3781
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Switched-Current Circuits
Bandpass Sigma-Delta Modulators
Harmonic Distortion
Settling Error
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Sumario:This paper presents a detailed study of the effect of the non-linear settling on the harmonic distortion of BandPass SD Modulators (BP-ΣΔMs) realized using Fully Differential (FD) SwItched-current (SI) circuits. Based on the analysis of building blocks, closed-form expressions are derived for the third-order intermodulation distortion of BP-ΣΔMs due to defective settling, on the one hand, and to the non-linearities of the sampling process, on the other. Time-domain simulations and measurements taken from a 0.8μm CMOS 4th-order BP-ΣΔM silicon prototype validate our approach.