A 88-dB DR, 84-dB SNDR very low-power single Op-Amp third-order ΣΔ modulator

IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits

Volumn 47, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 2107-2118

  Peña Perez, Aldo ^a   Bonizzoni, Edoardo ^a   Maloberti, Franco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Analog digital conversion; mixed analog digital integrated circuits; noise shaping; operational amplifier; sigma delta ( ) modulation; switched capacitor circuits

Indexed keywords

ANALOG-DIGITAL CONVERSION; MIXED ANALOG-DIGITAL INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; NOISE-SHAPING; SIGMA-DELTA; SWITCHED CAPACITOR CIRCUITS;

CAPACITORS; CMOS INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; DELTA SIGMA MODULATION; DIGITAL INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; OPERATIONAL AMPLIFIERS;

MODULATORS;

EID: 84865498596     PISSN: 00189200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSSC.2012.2199669     Document Type: Article

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