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    Ayman Mohamed Headshot
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    Ayman Mohamed
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    Universität Stuttgart
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    Ayman Mohamed
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    Universität Stuttgart
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    Lars Baumgärtner
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    Institute of Smart Sensors, Universität Stuttgart
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    Jianyu Zhao
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    Universität Stuttgart
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    Denis Djekic
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    Institute of Smart Sensors, University of Stuttgart
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    Jens Anders
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    Universität Stuttgart
    Abstract

    In this paper, we present a CT C-SDM with FIR feedback to increase clock jitter robustness while preserving the anti-aliasing filtering (AAF) property of a CT modulator. The modulator also features a newly proposed DC servo loop (DSL) that extends the modulator’s dynamic range in applications with a large DC bias current. This improvement breaks the intrinsic tradeoff between dynamic range and quantization noise floor of C-SDM. Moreover, a resistive-steering DAC is proposed that allows for larger sampling frequencies than conventional resistive DACs while, at the same time, achieving lower noise floors compared to current-steering DACs. The proposed modulator architecture has been manufactured in 180nm CMOS, and consumes 64mW from a 3.3V supply. The chip’s measured peak SNR and SNDR are 77dB and 76.8 dB, respectively. The modulator can accommodate AC signal currents up to 137μApp and features an integrated noise of 6.9nArms over a 200kHz bandwidth, corresponding to a noise floor of 15pA/sqrt(Hz).

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    • A Current-Mode ΣΔ Modulator with FIR Feedback and DC Servo Loop for an Improved Dynamic Range (application/pdf)