APPARATUS COMPRISING A SIGMA-DELTA MODULATOR AND METHOD OF GENERATING A QUANTIZED SIGNAL IN A SIGMA-DELTA MODULATOR

摘要

A method of generating a quantized signal in a Sigma-Delta modulator (25) comprises the steps of feeding a modulator input signal to a quantizer (15) via at least one integrator (12, 13); generating in the quantizer (15) a quantized signal; feeding back the quantized signal to be subtracted from the modulator input signal; and generating a dither signal to be applied to a point in the Sigma-Delta modulator. The dither signal is applied to a selected one of a number of different points (11, 14) in the Sigma-Delta modulator (25) in dependence of a control signal. In this way a method of generating a quantized signal in a Sigma-Delta modulator is provided which provides optimal results for different modes of the application, such as phase modulation mode and frequency modulation mode in a Bluetooth receiver.