DE69107059T2 - Sigma-delta-modulator. - Google Patents

Sigma-delta-modulator.

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DE69107059T2
DE69107059T2 DE69107059T DE69107059T DE69107059T2 DE 69107059 T2 DE69107059 T2 DE 69107059T2 DE 69107059 T DE69107059 T DE 69107059T DE 69107059 T DE69107059 T DE 69107059T DE 69107059 T2 DE69107059 T2 DE 69107059T2
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delta modulator
sigma delta
sigma
modulator
delta
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Paul Ferguson
Apparajan Ganesan
Robert Adams
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    • HELECTRICITY
    • H03ELECTRONIC CIRCUITRY
    • H03GCONTROL OF AMPLIFICATION
    • H03G3/00Gain control in amplifiers or frequency changers without distortion of the input signal
    • H03G3/02Manually-operated control
    • HELECTRICITY
    • H03ELECTRONIC CIRCUITRY
    • H03MCODING; DECODING; CODE CONVERSION IN GENERAL
    • H03M3/00Conversion of analogue values to or from differential modulation
    • H03M3/30Delta-sigma modulation
    • H03M3/39Structural details of delta-sigma modulators, e.g. incremental delta-sigma modulators
    • H03M3/436Structural details of delta-sigma modulators, e.g. incremental delta-sigma modulators characterised by the order of the loop filter, e.g. error feedback type
    • H03M3/438Structural details of delta-sigma modulators, e.g. incremental delta-sigma modulators characterised by the order of the loop filter, e.g. error feedback type the modulator having a higher order loop filter in the feedforward path
    • H03M3/454Structural details of delta-sigma modulators, e.g. incremental delta-sigma modulators characterised by the order of the loop filter, e.g. error feedback type the modulator having a higher order loop filter in the feedforward path with distributed feedback, i.e. with feedback paths from the quantiser output to more than one filter stage
    • HELECTRICITY
    • H03ELECTRONIC CIRCUITRY
    • H03MCODING; DECODING; CODE CONVERSION IN GENERAL
    • H03M7/00Conversion of a code where information is represented by a given sequence or number of digits to a code where the same, similar or subset of information is represented by a different sequence or number of digits
    • H03M7/30Compression; Expansion; Suppression of unnecessary data, e.g. redundancy reduction
    • H03M7/3002Conversion to or from differential modulation
    • H03M7/3004Digital delta-sigma modulation
    • H03M7/3015Structural details of digital delta-sigma modulators
    • H03M7/3031Structural details of digital delta-sigma modulators characterised by the order of the loop filter, e.g. having a first order loop filter in the feedforward path
    • H03M7/3033Structural details of digital delta-sigma modulators characterised by the order of the loop filter, e.g. having a first order loop filter in the feedforward path the modulator having a higher order loop filter in the feedforward path, e.g. with distributed feedforward inputs
    • H03M7/3035Structural details of digital delta-sigma modulators characterised by the order of the loop filter, e.g. having a first order loop filter in the feedforward path the modulator having a higher order loop filter in the feedforward path, e.g. with distributed feedforward inputs with provisions for rendering the modulator inherently stable, e.g. by restricting the swing within the loop, by removing part of the zeroes using local feedback loops, by positioning zeroes outside the unit circle causing the modulator to operate in a chaotic regime
    • HELECTRICITY
    • H03ELECTRONIC CIRCUITRY
    • H03MCODING; DECODING; CODE CONVERSION IN GENERAL
    • H03M3/00Conversion of analogue values to or from differential modulation
    • H03M3/30Delta-sigma modulation
    • H03M3/39Structural details of delta-sigma modulators, e.g. incremental delta-sigma modulators
    • H03M3/412Structural details of delta-sigma modulators, e.g. incremental delta-sigma modulators characterised by the number of quantisers and their type and resolution
    • H03M3/422Structural details of delta-sigma modulators, e.g. incremental delta-sigma modulators characterised by the number of quantisers and their type and resolution having one quantiser only
    • H03M3/43Structural details of delta-sigma modulators, e.g. incremental delta-sigma modulators characterised by the number of quantisers and their type and resolution having one quantiser only the quantiser being a single bit one
    • HELECTRICITY
    • H03ELECTRONIC CIRCUITRY
    • H03MCODING; DECODING; CODE CONVERSION IN GENERAL
    • H03M3/00Conversion of analogue values to or from differential modulation
    • H03M3/30Delta-sigma modulation
    • H03M3/39Structural details of delta-sigma modulators, e.g. incremental delta-sigma modulators
    • H03M3/436Structural details of delta-sigma modulators, e.g. incremental delta-sigma modulators characterised by the order of the loop filter, e.g. error feedback type
    • H03M3/438Structural details of delta-sigma modulators, e.g. incremental delta-sigma modulators characterised by the order of the loop filter, e.g. error feedback type the modulator having a higher order loop filter in the feedforward path
    • H03M3/44Structural details of delta-sigma modulators, e.g. incremental delta-sigma modulators characterised by the order of the loop filter, e.g. error feedback type the modulator having a higher order loop filter in the feedforward path with provisions for rendering the modulator inherently stable
    • H03M3/446Structural details of delta-sigma modulators, e.g. incremental delta-sigma modulators characterised by the order of the loop filter, e.g. error feedback type the modulator having a higher order loop filter in the feedforward path with provisions for rendering the modulator inherently stable by a particular choice of poles or zeroes in the z-plane, e.g. by positioning zeroes outside the unit circle, i.e. causing the modulator to operate in a chaotic regime
    • HELECTRICITY
    • H03ELECTRONIC CIRCUITRY
    • H03MCODING; DECODING; CODE CONVERSION IN GENERAL
    • H03M3/00Conversion of analogue values to or from differential modulation
    • H03M3/30Delta-sigma modulation
    • H03M3/39Structural details of delta-sigma modulators, e.g. incremental delta-sigma modulators
    • H03M3/436Structural details of delta-sigma modulators, e.g. incremental delta-sigma modulators characterised by the order of the loop filter, e.g. error feedback type
    • H03M3/438Structural details of delta-sigma modulators, e.g. incremental delta-sigma modulators characterised by the order of the loop filter, e.g. error feedback type the modulator having a higher order loop filter in the feedforward path
    • H03M3/45Structural details of delta-sigma modulators, e.g. incremental delta-sigma modulators characterised by the order of the loop filter, e.g. error feedback type the modulator having a higher order loop filter in the feedforward path with distributed feedforward inputs, i.e. with forward paths from the modulator input to more than one filter stage
    • HELECTRICITY
    • H03ELECTRONIC CIRCUITRY
    • H03MCODING; DECODING; CODE CONVERSION IN GENERAL
    • H03M7/00Conversion of a code where information is represented by a given sequence or number of digits to a code where the same, similar or subset of information is represented by a different sequence or number of digits
    • H03M7/30Compression; Expansion; Suppression of unnecessary data, e.g. redundancy reduction
    • H03M7/3002Conversion to or from differential modulation
    • H03M7/3004Digital delta-sigma modulation
    • H03M7/3015Structural details of digital delta-sigma modulators
    • H03M7/302Structural details of digital delta-sigma modulators characterised by the number of quantisers and their type and resolution
    • H03M7/3024Structural details of digital delta-sigma modulators characterised by the number of quantisers and their type and resolution having one quantiser only
    • H03M7/3028Structural details of digital delta-sigma modulators characterised by the number of quantisers and their type and resolution having one quantiser only the quantiser being a single bit one
    • HELECTRICITY
    • H03ELECTRONIC CIRCUITRY
    • H03MCODING; DECODING; CODE CONVERSION IN GENERAL
    • H03M7/00Conversion of a code where information is represented by a given sequence or number of digits to a code where the same, similar or subset of information is represented by a different sequence or number of digits
    • H03M7/30Compression; Expansion; Suppression of unnecessary data, e.g. redundancy reduction
    • H03M7/3002Conversion to or from differential modulation
    • H03M7/3004Digital delta-sigma modulation
    • H03M7/3015Structural details of digital delta-sigma modulators
    • H03M7/3031Structural details of digital delta-sigma modulators characterised by the order of the loop filter, e.g. having a first order loop filter in the feedforward path
    • H03M7/3033Structural details of digital delta-sigma modulators characterised by the order of the loop filter, e.g. having a first order loop filter in the feedforward path the modulator having a higher order loop filter in the feedforward path, e.g. with distributed feedforward inputs
    • H03M7/304Structural details of digital delta-sigma modulators characterised by the order of the loop filter, e.g. having a first order loop filter in the feedforward path the modulator having a higher order loop filter in the feedforward path, e.g. with distributed feedforward inputs with distributed feedback, i.e. with feedback paths from the quantiser output to more than one filter stage
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US07/472,706 US5055843A (en) 1990-01-31 1990-01-31 Sigma delta modulator with distributed prefiltering and feedback
US49894190A 1990-03-26 1990-03-26
PCT/US1991/000686 WO1991011863A1 (en) 1990-01-31 1991-01-31 Sigma delta modulator

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DE69123366D1 (de) 1997-01-09
WO1991011863A1 (en) 1991-08-08
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