Title
Near-Optimal Decoding of Incremental Delta-Sigma ADC Output
Abstract
This paper presents a nonlinear digital decoder (reconstruction filter) for incremental delta-sigma modulators. This decoder utilizes both the magnitude and pattern information of the modulator output to achieve accurate input estimation. Compared to the conventional linear filters with the same oversampling ratio (OSR), it can improve the converter's signal-to-quantization noise ratio by a few dB to a few 10's of dB with slight thermal noise performance degradation. Using the proposed decoder, the modulator's OSR can be a few times less while achieving the same resolution and data rate, thus minimizing the modulator as well as its peripheral circuits' energy consumption. In this paper, the proposed decoder is optimized for digital implementation, with its function being verified using a modulator prototype. This decoder is mainly designed for dc or near-dc signal conversions and it does not provide frequency notches.
Year
DOI
Venue
2020
10.1109/TCSI.2020.3010991
IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems I: Regular Papers
Keywords
DocType
Volume
Reconstruction filter,incremental ADC,IDC,delta-sigma modulator,decimation filter,optimal filter,thermal noise averaging,noise penalty factor
Journal
67
Issue
ISSN
Citations 
11
1549-8328
0
PageRank 
References 
Authors
0.34
0
4
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Bo Wang1166.72
Man-Kay Law27219.83
Brahim Belhaouari Samir3935.93
Amine Bermak449390.25