• DocumentCode
    14976
  • Title

    True high-order VCO-based ADC

  • Author

    Babaie-Fishani, A. ; Rombouts, P.

  • Author_Institution
    ELIS, UGent, Ghent, Belgium
  • Volume
    51
  • Issue
    1
  • fYear
    2015
  • fDate
    1 8 2015
  • Firstpage
    23
  • Lastpage
    25
  • Abstract
    A novel approach to use a voltage-controlled oscillator (VCO) as the first integrator of a high-order continuous-time delta-sigma modulator (CT-DSM) is presented. In the proposed architecture, the VCO is combined with a digital up-down counter to implement the first integrator of the CT-DSM. Thus, the first integrator is digital-friendly and hence can maximally benefit from technological scaling.
  • Keywords
    analogue-digital conversion; delta-sigma modulation; voltage-controlled oscillators; digital up-down counter; high-order VCO-based ADC; high-order continuous-time delta-sigma modulator; technological scaling; voltage-controlled oscillator;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Electronics Letters
  • Publisher
    iet
  • ISSN
    0013-5194
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1049/el.2014.2719
  • Filename
    7006840