摘要 |
A multi-bit sigma-delta analog-to-digital converter (ADC) (40) includes a sigma-delta modulator (41) with a multi-bit quantizer (46) and a digital-to-analog converter (DAC) (47). An output of the DAC (47) provides an error signal of the modulator (41). The quantizer (46) provides a quantized signal having multiple bits ordered from a most-significant bit, to a second most significant bit, to at least one lower-order bit including a least-significant bit. At least two of these bits, including the most significant bit and one of the lower-order bit or bits, are provided as inputs to the DAC (47). The remaining bits are provided as inputs to a prefilter (49), which performs the same transfer function as a comparable multi-bit modulator. A summing device (49) subtracts the output of the prefilter (48) from the quantized signal. A decimation filter (50) resamples the output of the summing device (49) to provide the output of the ADC (40).
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