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This article reviews the application and the requirements of Sigma-Delta ADCs with improved interferer robustness. While most power efficient state-of-the-art architectures for Sigma-Delta ADCs are based on forward compensated loop filters, these architectures are known to feature gain in their signal transfer function at out-of-band frequencies. In applications, where interferer and blocker signals are present outside the band of interest, gain at these frequencies consequently increases the required dynamic range or the necessary pre-processing complexity, e.g. within the preceding filter stages. More recently, increasing attention was dedicated to improved signal transfer functions of Sigma-Delta ADC’s, such that—by intrinsically attenuating the interferers within the Sigma-Delta loop filter—pre-processing stages can be relaxed or even omitted, and the dynamic range can be reduced. In this contribution, the state-of-the-art of Sigma-Delta ADCs is reviewed with respect to interferer robustness from system level on.
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Ritter, R., Chi, J., Ortmanns, M. (2017). Sigma-Delta ADCs with Improved Interferer Robustness. In: Baschirotto, A., Harpe, P., Makinwa, K. (eds) Wideband Continuous-time ΣΔ ADCs, Automotive Electronics, and Power Management. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-41670-0_3
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