A low-power high-speed architecture for Σ-Δ modulators is proposed. Results are presented for a first-order Σ-Δ modulator constructed using a low-power fully-differential current-mode continuous-time integrator with a sampling frequency of 128 MHz. Deleterious effects due to glitches associated with the feedback D/A converter are circumvented through simple modifications of the system-level timing. The results are in good agreement with the theoretical limits: for an oversampling ratio of 128, behavioral simulations predict a maximum dynamic range of 56.9 dB for an input signal amplitude of -3 dB. Power dissipation for the first-order Σ-Δ modulator is 1 mW in a 1.2 μm CMOS process with a 3.3 V power supply
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Circuits and Systems, 1995. ISCAS '95., 1995 IEEE International Symposium on
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Date of Conference: 30 Apr-3 May 1995