Sigma-Delta ADC For Mobile Application: Abstract
Sigma-Delta ADC For Mobile Application: Abstract
Sigma-Delta ADC For Mobile Application: Abstract
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held terminals. The Mobile WiMAX Air Interface adopts Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiple Access (OFDMA)for improved multi-path performance in nonline-of-sight environments, which is very robust against multi-path propagation that causes frequency Selective fading.Multiple accesses is implemented where sub channels,existing of a set of sub-carriers, are allocated for transmissions to and from. This paper focuses on studying and sizing of thehomodyne receiver, especially the flexible sigma delta analog digital converter (ADC).Our design technique consist to keep proper ADC architecture in response to multi-mode aspect of WiMAX standard. Sigma Delta ADCs are conventionally used in high resolution low to medium speed application.
Multistandard wireless system:It starts with the first digital mobile phones that use GSM and EDGE standards. Although they outperform the first generation analog phones (not shown in the figure) but still are suitable for voice calls only. The increase demand for higher data rates and providing
more features rather than voice, result in the development of the latest generation of mobile networks which is CDMA system, also known as third generation (3G). These
Oversampling ADCs:Oversampling ADCs sample the analog input signal at a rate much higher than the Nyquist rate. The ratio of the sampling rate and the Nyquist rate is called the oversampling ratio (OSR). ADCs exchange resolution in time for resolution in amplitude (4) in order to ease the demands on the precision with which the signal must be quantized. This class of ADCs do not require stringent component matching requirements and hence are more suitable for high resolution applications (upto 20-bits or more). In Nyquist-rate converters, each digital word is obtained from an accurately quantized input samples, whereas in oversampled converters, each output is obtained from a sequence of coarsely quantized input samples. Oversampling converters take advantage of todays VLSI technology providing high-speed/highdensity digital circuits rather than accurate analog circuits by performing most of the conversion process in the digital domain. The analog part of these converters is relatively simple and occupies a small area, unlike their Nyquist rate counterparts. Most implementations use switched capacitor techniques. In the state-of-the art oversampling ADCs, oversampling ratio is typically between 8 and 256 . Another advantage is very relaxed requirement on the analog antialiasing filter because of the high sampling rate. Sigma-delta ADC is an oversampling ADC in which oversampling and noise shaping are the two key techniques used to achieve high accuracy.
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Nyquist rate ADCs:Nyquist rate ADCs sample the signal at approximately twice the signal bandwidth, which is the minimum rate required for the reconstruction of the signal according to sampling theorem. Nyquist rate ADCs are fast, but their resolution is limited to 10-12 bit range due to stringent component
Receiver architecture:The homodyne architecture is also known as synchrodyne, direct conversion receiver, or zero-IF receiver. Homodyne receiver architecture is considered for this multimode system due to its high level of integration, lower consumption and fewer external components. Homodyne architecture removes the need for image rejection filters which need to be implemented off-chip. However, problems of homodyne architecture, i.e. DC offset, flicker noise and sensitivity to I/Q mismatch shall be addressed carefully. Block diagram of the receiver is depicted in Figure.