Title
A Novel Time-Domain Phase Quantization Noise Extraction for a VCO-based Quantizer
Abstract
A highly linear SAR-VCO MASH delta-sigma ADC architecture is presented. OTA based analog integrators are not needed whereby the ADC is mostly digital and process scaling friendly. A new technique is introduced to extract the quantization noise of the VCO-based quantizer as a PWM signal using digital circuitry. This technique is independent of the OSR and the input signal amplitude of the VCO-based quantizer making it attractive for higher bandwidth applications. The proposed technique is demonstrated with a 0-1-1 MASH delta sigma architecture. Behavioral simulations show second order noise shaping with 75dB SNDR for an OSR of 20.
Year
DOI
Venue
2018
10.1109/mwscas.2018.8623894
Midwest Symposium on Circuits and Systems Conference Proceedings
Keywords
Field
DocType
Analog-to-digital converter (ADC),quantization noise,phase domain,successive-approximation register (SAR) ADC,delta sigma modulator,MASH,PWM generator,nonlinearity,VCO-based quantizer
Time domain,Computer science,Pulse-width modulation,Integrator,Voltage-controlled oscillator,Delta-sigma modulation,Electronic engineering,Noise shaping,Bandwidth (signal processing),Quantization (signal processing)
Conference
ISSN
Citations 
PageRank 
1548-3746
0
0.34
References 
Authors
0
6
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Hamidreza Maghami101.01
Hossein Mirzaie232.49
Pedram Payandehnia385.51
Kartikeya Mayaram434958.50
Ramin Zanbaghi5195.18
Terri S. Fiez616747.25