Multiple-Signal Single-Loop Filter (MSSF) sigma-delta modulators

This paper presents a new family of Sigma-Delta modulators, the so called Multiple-Signal Single-Loop Filter (MSSF) modulators, where several input signals are added at the modulator input, then passed through only one single loop filter, and converted to digital by means of a column of quantizers,...

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Autores: Torralba Silgado, Antonio Jesús, Colodro Ruiz, Francisco, Martínez Heredia, Juana María, Mora Jiménez, José Luis
Formato: artículo
Estado:Versión aceptada para publicación
Fecha de publicación:2021
País:España
Recursos:Universidad de Sevilla (US)
Repositorio:idUS. Depósito de Investigación de la Universidad de Sevilla
OAI Identifier:oai:idus.us.es:11441/166825
Acesso em linha:https://hdl.handle.net/11441/166825
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aeue.2021.153633
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palavra-chave:Analog-digital conversion
Sigma-delta modulation
Noise coupling paths
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Resumo:This paper presents a new family of Sigma-Delta modulators, the so called Multiple-Signal Single-Loop Filter (MSSF) modulators, where several input signals are added at the modulator input, then passed through only one single loop filter, and converted to digital by means of a column of quantizers, equal in number to the number of input signals. As long as a suitable correction path is added to the input of every quantizer, the input signals are separated at the quantizers' outputs in such a way that they are converted to digital independently of each other. Each quantizer output has the digital version of only one of the input signal plus its corresponding quantization noise shaped by the order of the loop filter. The procedure to achieve the above is explained for a general Sigma-Delta modulator in the ideal case. This paper also studies the performance degradation produced by mismatch in the coefficients of the correction paths. High-level simulations show that the MSSF modulator, even under the effects of mismatch, is a power efficient approach to convert multiple input signals.