Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Sigma-delta modulator
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Application No.: US16312865Application Date: 2017-06-22
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Publication No.: US10530385B2Publication Date: 2020-01-07
- Inventor: Hassan Aboushady , Tamer Badran , Alhassan Sayed
- Applicant: SORBONNE UNIVERSITE , Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique
- Applicant Address: FR Paris FR Paris
- Assignee: SORBONNE UNIVERSITE,Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique
- Current Assignee: SORBONNE UNIVERSITE,Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique
- Current Assignee Address: FR Paris FR Paris
- Agency: Osha Liang LLP
- Priority: EP16305763 20160623
- International Application: PCT/EP2017/065373 WO 20170622
- International Announcement: WO2017/220720 WO 20171228
- Main IPC: H03M3/00
- IPC: H03M3/00 ; H04B1/00

Abstract:
A Sigma-Delta (ΣΔ) modulator for converting an analog input signal having a frequency bandwidth around a variable center frequency f0 to a digital output signal at a sampling frequency fs. The ΣΔ modulator comprises a quantizer (420) for generating the digital output signal and a loop filter for shaping the quantization noise. The loop filter comprises at least one subfilter (430, 410) centered around a frequency f0 and constant noise shaping coefficients (451, 452, 453). The ΣΔ modulator further comprises a tunable delay element (455), a frequency adjuster (480) for adjusting the sampling frequency fs such that the normalized center frequency f0/fs is constant, and a delay adjuster (490) for adjusting the loop delay td implemented by the quantizer and the tunable delay element (455), such that the normalized loop delay td/Ts falls in a predetermined range [tmin, tmax], where Ts=1/fs.
Public/Granted literature
- US20190165803A1 SIGMA-DELTA MODULATOR Public/Granted day:2019-05-30
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