Computer simulations are used to determine the stability limits of single-bit delta-sigma modulators up to order 8. It is found that none of the existing criteria for stability are adequate for design. Plots of the maximum signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) achievable with a given modulator order and oversampling ratio (OSR) are presented. These graphs can be used to determine the modulator order and OSR required to achieve a given SNR or to check the tightness of (as yet unavailable) theoretical bounds
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Circuits and Systems II: Analog and Digital Signal Processing, IEEE Transactions on
(Volume:40
,
Issue:
8
)
Date of Publication: Aug 1993