Interference rejection in delay line based quadrature band-pass ΣΔ modulators

This paper presents a new concept for an effective design of quadrature band-pass ΣΔ modulators with built-in Signal Transfer Function (STF) filtering action and discusses the architectural level implementation issues for second and third order modulators based on delay line topologies. The methodology uses an architecture which locks the intermediate frequency (IF) to the sampling frequency for both STF and Noise Transfer Function (NTF). Robustness of the structure against the mismatch is analyzed with interference tones placed in different locations of the receiver spectrum, including the image band. Simulations at the behavioral level verify the architecture implementation and the effectiveness of the approach.