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Understanding Delta-Sigma Data Converters

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This chapter discusses the design and simulation of delta-sigma modulator systems, and some of the considerations for implementation considerations for [Delta][Sigma] ADCs.
Abstract
Chapter 1: Introduction.Chapter 2: The first-order delta-sigma modulator.Chapter 3: The second-order delta-sigma modulator.Chapter 4: Higher-order delta-sigma modulation.Chapter 5: Bandpass and quadrature delta-sigma modulation.Chapter 6: Implementation considerations for [Delta][Sigma] ADCs.Chapter 7: Delta-sigma DACs.Chapter 8: High-level design and simulation.Chapter 9: Example modulator systems.Appendix A: Spectral estimation.Appendix B: The delta-sigma toolbox.Appendix C: Noise in switched-capacitor delta-sigma data converters.

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Frequency-Agile Multiband Quadrature Sigma-Delta Modulator for Cognitive Radio: Analysis, Design and Digital Post-Processing

TL;DR: A novel frequency-agile and reconfigurable transfer function design, allowing digital post-compensation of the MFI, is proposed, based on a novel closed-form transfer function model for higher-order quadrature Σ� Δ modulators (QΣΔMs) under implementation inaccuracies, proposed herein.
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Analysis of a Broadband High-Efficiency Switch-Mode $\Delta \Sigma $ Supply Modulator Based on a Class-E Amplifier and a Class-E Rectifier

TL;DR: In this paper, a broadband high-efficiency supply modulator is proposed, with a node controlled by the ΔΣ modulator's output, consisting of a conventional Class-E amplifier and a Class E rectifier, and its performance for broadband envelopes amplification is analyzed using numerical difference equations.
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Two-Tone Signal Generation for ADC Testing

TL;DR: Eight methods to precompensate for the IMD using DSP algorithms and produce low-IMD two-tone signals using an arbitrary waveform generator or a multi-bit ΣΔ DAC inside an SoC.
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Low-noise sigma-delta capacitance-to-digital converter for Sub-pF capacitive sensors with integrated dielectric loss measurement

TL;DR: An integrated dielectric loss measurement circuit by means of two parallel channels with different integration times offers a complex permittivity measurement in a single-chip solution.

Microphone array processing for augmented listening

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The Structure of Quantization Noise from Sigma-Delta Modulation

TL;DR: Simple algebraic expressions for this modulation noise and its spectrum in terms of the input amplitude are derived and can be useful for designing oversampled analog to digital converters that use sigma-delta modulation for the primary conversion.
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A fourth-order bandpass sigma-delta modulator

TL;DR: The modulator of a bandpass analog/digital (A/D) converter, with 63 dB signal/noise for broadcast AM bandwidth signals centered at 455 kHz, has been implemented by modifying a commercial digital-audio sigma-delta ( Sigma Delta ) converter.