Passive SC $\Delta\Sigma$ Modulator Based on Pipelined Charge-Sharing Rotation in 28-nm CMOS.

In this paper, we introduce a new switched-capacitor (SC) passive delta-sigma ($\Delta \Sigma $) modulator architecture. It is based on a charge-sharing rotation technique, which eliminates any inter-stage loading effects that plague the conventional SC passive $\Delta \Sigma $ modulators. To improve the proposed modulator’s noise suppression and stability, an independent extra feedback path and a zeroing stage are added to the 2nd-stage integrator. Moreover, a pipelining (i.e. interleaving) technique is employed in the passive low-pass filter to relax settling requirements and improve power efficiency. Compared to the $\Delta \Sigma $ modulators with active integrators, the proposed modulator contains only switches, capacitors and one comparator, thus being greatly amenable to nanoscale CMOS process nodes. Implemented in 28-nm CMOS, the proposed ADC occupies a core area of 0.059 mm2. It achieves measured SNDR of 81.1 dB and a measured dynamic range (DR) of 83.6 dB with a signal bandwidth of 80 kHz at 40.96 MS/s, while consuming 101.5 $\mu \text{W}$. SNDR is maintained above 70 dB across a ±20% supply variation. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]