Chopper-stabilized high-pass sigma delta modulator utilizing a resonator structure

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Abstract

A chopper-stabilized high-pass sigma delta modulator (SDM) utilizing a resonator structure for the reduction of low-frequency noise, such as dc offset, thermal drift, and 1/f noise, is presented. The high-pass SDM has a zero of a noise transfer function at half of the sampling frequency and is stabilized by chopper modulation. Since the first integrator of the proposed modulator has a large closed-loop gain, no pre-amplifier is required even when the input signal is small, which is suitable for low-power applications. The signal-to-noise ratios (SNRs) and power dissipations of a high-pass modulator and a conventional modulator have been numerically analyzed.

Details

Original languageEnglish
Article number1232536
Pages (from-to)627-631
Number of pages5
JournalIEEE transactions on circuits and systems : a publication of the Circuits and Systems Society ; 2, Express briefs
Volume50
Issue number9
Publication statusPublished - 1 Sept 2003
Peer-reviewedYes

External IDs

Scopus 0141954031
ORCID /0000-0002-4152-1203/work/165453379

Keywords

Keywords

  • Delta-sigma modulation, Delta modulation, Low-frequency noise, Noise reduction, Transfer functions, Sampling methods, Frequency, Choppers, Signal to noise ratio, Power dissipation