Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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6945289 | Microelectronics Journal | 2016 | 8 Pages |
Abstract
This paper presents the design of a second-order continuous time (CT) ΣΠmodulator with DC gain compensated OTA based integrators. Compared to similar solutions, this novel technique uses a simple transconductor stage to compensate for the multi-bit feedback DAC inputs in the modulator. The work details the effective compensation technique by using a negative transconductance stage that only increases a 17% of the overall ΣΠpower consumption. The compensated CT modulator is implemented in a 65 nm CMOS process and achieves a SQNR of 79.3dB and a state-of-the-art FoM of 31 fJ/conv-level.
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Authors
Victor R. Gonzalez-Diaz, Aldo Pena-Perez, Franco Maloberti,