Articles | Volume 11
https://doi.org/10.5194/ars-11-119-2013
https://doi.org/10.5194/ars-11-119-2013
04 Jul 2013
 | 04 Jul 2013

State scaling of continuous-time sigma-delta modulators

C. Zorn, T. Brückner, M. Ortmanns, and W. Mathis

Abstract. In this paper, the common method of scaling the feedback coefficients of continuous time sigma delta modulators in order to stabilize the system is enhanced. The presented approach scales the different states of the system instead of the coefficients. The new corresponding coefficients are then calculated from the solution of the state space description. Therewith, it is possible to tune the maximum out-of-band gain directly in continuous time. In addition, the input amplitude distribution between each quantization level of multi bit sigma-delta modulator can be adapted.