本书是国外电子信息精品著作。讲述了连续时间∑△模数转换器在无线通信中的应用，尤其重点讲述了∑△模数转换器数字化无线通信信道的优点，从能耗的角度分析了∑△模数转换器在信号调理中的应用。提出把部分的信号调理集成到∑△A／D转换器中的方法，本方法改善了整个信道的功耗和性能的平衡。本书给出了采用这种方法的两个实例，包括电路图、模拟和测试结果，也对基于∑△调节的信道和通常解决方法做了比较，采用了理论和实践结合的方法对所提出的方法进行了阐述。

本书讲述了连续时间∑△模数转换器在无线通信中的应用，尤其重点讲述了∑△模数转换器数字化无线通信信道的优点，从能耗的角度分析了∑△模数转换器在信号调理中的应用。提出把部分的信号调理集成到∑△A／D转换器中的方法，本方法改善了整个信道的功耗和性能的平衡。本书给出了采用这种方法的两个实例，包括电路图、模拟和测试结果，也对基于∑△调节的信道和通常解决方法做了比较，采用了理论和实践结合的方法对所提出的方法进行了阐述。

List of symbols and abbreviations

Introduction

1.1 Background

1.2 Scope

1.3 Outline

The signal conditioning channel

2.1 Generic communication channel

2.2 Performance parameters

2.3 Conventional conditioning channels

2.4 Evolution

2.4.1 Technology advances

2.4.2 System demands

2.4.3 Advances in digital signal processing and analog circuit design

2.4.4 Digitization of the architecture

2.5 Nomenclature

2.6 Conclusions

∑△ A/D conversion

3.1 Historical overview

3.2 State-of-the-art in ∑△ A/D conversion

3.2.1 Architectural considerations

3.2.2 Implementation aspects.

3.2.3 Performance metrics for ∑△ ADCs

3.3 EA ADCs in future conditioning channels

3.3.1 The Shannon theorem and ∑△ based signal conditioning

3.3.2 Comparison of Nyquist and ∑△ based signal conditioning

3.3.3 Survey of published power/performance values

3.4 Limitations of ∑△ A/D conversion

3.4.1 Linear limitations

3.4.2 Non-linear limitations

3.5 Conclusions

Power consumption in channel building blocks

4.1 Literature on power/performance analysis

4.2 Figures-of-merit

4.2.1 FOM related to thermal noise

4.2.2 FOM including distortion

4.2.3 FOM related to signal resolution

4.3 Power consumption in analog conditioning circuits

4.3.1 Power/performance relations

4.3.2 Discussion

4.4 Power consumption in a ∑△ ADC

4.4.1 Power/performance relations

4.4.2 Discussion

4.5 Power consumption in digital conditioning circuits

4.5.1 Filter functions

4.5.2 Power/performance relations

4.5.3 Discussion

4.6 Comparison

4.7 Conclusions

Full-analog and full-digital conditioning channels

5.1 Full-analog conditioning channel

5.1.1 The conditioning channel

5.2 Full-digital conditioning channel

5.2.1 The conditioning channel

5.2.2 Power/performance analysis

5.3 Conclusions

Conditioning ∑△ ADCs

6.1 Generic conditioning ∑△ ADC

6.1.1 Concept of operation

6.1.2 Universal model of a ∑△ modulator

6.1.3 Interferer immunity

6.1.4 Power/performance analysis

6.2 Signal conditioning in the decimation filter

6.2.1 Interferer immunity

6.2.2 The conditioning channel

6.2.3 Power/performance analysis

6.3 Signal conditioning with a restricted filtering STF

6.3.1  Interferer immunity

6.3.2 The conditioning channel

6.3.3 Power/performance analysis

6.3.4 Conditioning hybrid ∑△ ADC

6.4 Signal conditioning by unrestricted STF design

6.4.1 Interferer immunity

6.4.2 The conditioning channel

6.4.3 Power/performance analysis

6.5 Comparison of conditioning ADCs

6.5.1 Comparison of topologies

6.5.2 Flexibility

6.5.3 Power consumption

6.5.4 Guidelines

6.6 Conclusions

7 Digitization of the inter-die interface

7.1 Considerations

7.2 Power in the interface

7.2.1 Analog interface

7.2.2 Digital interface after decimation

7.2.3 Digital interface before decimation

7.2.4 Comparison

7.3 Application to the conditioning channels

7.4 Conclusions

8 Highly analog and highly digital channels for FM_/AM radio

8.1 System

8.1.1 Conventional radio with analog demodulation

8.1.2 Radio with digital demodulation

8.2 VGA design

8.2.1 Highly linear VGA design

8.2.2 Evaluation

8.3 ADC design

8.3.1 Conventional solutions

8.3.2 ∑△ ADC with integrated passive mixer

8.3.3 Evaluation

8.4 Evaluation of the channel

8.4.1 Discussion

8.4.2 Benchmark

8.5 Conclusions

9 Conditioning ∑△ ADCs for Bluetooth

9.1 System

9.1.1 Conventional radio with analog demodulation

9.1.2 Radio with digital demodulation and analog signal-conditioning

9.1.3 Radio with digital demodulation, without analog signal-conditioning

9.2 Feed forward ∑△ ADC

9.2.1 Design

9.2.2 Evaluation

9.3 Conditioning feedback ∑△ ADC

9.3.1 Design

9.3.2 Evaluation

9.4 FFB-ADC

9.4.1 Design

9.4.2 Evaluation

9.5 Evaluation of the channels

9.5.1 Benchmark with published ADCs

9.5.2 Comparison of the presented ADCs

9.5.3 Benchmark with published Bluetooth conditioning channels

9.6 Conclusions

10 General conclusions

A Overview of published ∑△ ADCs

B Power/performance relation of analog circuits

B.1 Simple differential pair

B.2 Differential pair in a global feed-back configuration

B.3 Degenerated differential pair

C Power/performance relation of digital filters

C.1 Analysis of the filter topology

C.2 Calculation of filter parameters

C.3 Calculation of power consumption

C.4 Extension to other implementations

D Third-order distortion in analog circuits and ∑△ ADCs

E Power consumption in a data interface

E. 1 Analog data interface

E.2 Digital data interface

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