SIGNAL-DEPENDENT TIMING JITTER IN CONTINUOUS-TIME SIGMA-DELTA MODULATORS

Authors
CHERRY JA SNELGROVE WM SCHVAN P
Citation
Ja. Cherry et al., SIGNAL-DEPENDENT TIMING JITTER IN CONTINUOUS-TIME SIGMA-DELTA MODULATORS, Electronics Letters, 33(13), 1997, pp. 1118-1119
Citations number
6
Categorie Soggetti
Engineering, Eletrical & Electronic
Journal title
Electronics Letters → ACNP
ISSN journal
00135194
Volume
33
Issue
13
Year of publication
1997
Pages
1118 - 1119
Database
ISI
SICI code
0013-5194(1997)33:13<1118:STJICS>2.0.ZU;2-Y
Abstract
A previously unpublished mechanism of signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) loss specific to continuous-time Sigma Delta modulators is illustrated. It arises from increased quantiser resolution time for small-amplitude q uantiser inputs, and is related to metastability.