In recent years, there has been growing interest in both industry and
academia to use continuous-time (CT) Δ-Σ A/D converters for wideband wireless
and wireline communication applications.
So far no reported CT Δ-Σ A/D modulator achieves 14-bit or higher
dynamic range (DR) with more than 2MHz signal bandwidth (equivalently 4MS/s).
This dissertation presents the realization of a continuous-time (CT) Δ-Σ A/D
modulator providing 80.5dB SNDR and 85dB DR with 5MS/s output data rate in a
2.5V 0.25μm CMOS process. The modulator has a single-stage dual-loop
architecture allowing large quantizer delay. A 17-level quantizer is used to increase
resolution and non-return-to-zero DACs are adopted to reduce clock jitter
sensitivity. Capacitor tuning is utilized to overcome time-constant variation. Onchip
self-calibration is implemented to suppress DAC nonlinearity. Combining
techniques to address various design challenges, the modulator consumes 50mW
with 60MHz sampling rate.
another basic one:
Continuous-Time Delta-Sigma A/D Converters for
High Speed Applications