Top-Down Design of a xDSL 14-bit 4MSh ZA Modulator in Digital CMOS Technology

This paper describes the design of a Sigma-Delta modulator aimed for A/D conversion in xDSL applications, featuring 14-bit@4Msample/s in a 0.35μm mainstream digital CMOS technology. Architecture selection, modulator sizing and cell sizing tasks where supported by a CAD methodology, thus allowing us...

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Authors: Río, Rocío del, Rosa, José M. de la, Medeiro, Fernando, Pérez-Verdú, Belén, 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:10261/3765
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10261/3765
Access Level:Open access
Keyword:Top-down design
DSL Analog-to-Digital Converters
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Summary:This paper describes the design of a Sigma-Delta modulator aimed for A/D conversion in xDSL applications, featuring 14-bit@4Msample/s in a 0.35μm mainstream digital CMOS technology. Architecture selection, modulator sizing and cell sizing tasks where supported by a CAD methodology, thus allowing us to obtain a power efficient implementation in a short design cycle.