A 0.9-V 0.2-/spl mu/W CMOS single-opamp-based switched-opamp /spl Sigma//spl Delta/ modulator for pacemaker applications

A 3/sup rd/-order lowpass /spl Sigma//spl Delta/ modulator operating with a 0.9-V supply voltage is realized with a standard 0.35-/spl mu/m CMOS process. To achieve ultra-low-power and tiny-chip-area design, single-opamp-based /spl Sigma//spl Delta/ modulator architecture is proposed and implemented with switched-opamp technique. Employing a novel opamp design with three switching output pairs, the /spl Sigma//spl Delta/ modulator achieves a SNR of 75dB at an ultra low power consumption of 0.2/spl mu/W, which is more than an order lower than existing designs.