A fourth-order single-bit switched-capacitor (sigma)-(delta) modulator for distributed sensor applications

In this paper, we present a switched-capacitor sigma-delta (sigma-(delta)) modulator for high resolution applications. In particular, this (sigma)-(delta) modulator is well suited for distributed sensor networks. The circuit, implemented in a double-poly, double-metal 0.6 (mu)m CMOS technology, is based on a fourth-order single-loop architecture with a sampling frequency of 256 kHz. The chip consumes 50 mW from a single 5-V supply and achieves a signal-to-noise ratio of 104.9 dB over a bandwidth of 400 Hz, corresponding to a resolution of 17.1 bits.