sigma-delta modulator
A technology of modulator and instrument, applied in the direction of analog conversion, electrical components, code conversion, etc.
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[0042] One or more embodiments of the invention may provide high speed or low power Sigma-Delta modulators with acceptable levels of metastability. A distributed quantizer architecture can be used to separate the quantizer's gain requirements (related to metastability issues) from the clock speed limitations of the Sigma-Delta modulator (related to modulator stability). In this way, Sigma-Delta modulators can operate at higher speeds or consume less power without needing to suffer from metastability problems. Understandably, speed of operation is related to power consumption.
[0043] Figure 3a Shown is a Sigma-Delta modulator 300 including a distributed quantizer architecture 312, which can operate adequately at frequencies on the order of 10 GHz to 20 GHz. The Sigma-Delta modulator 300 includes a first filter stage 304 and a second filter stage 306 connected in series. Collectively, the first filter stage 304 and the second filter stage 306 may be referred to as a loop f...
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