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Low-Power CT-DS ADC for High-Sensitivity Automotive-Grade Sub-1 GHz Receiver
by Ying Li, Wenyuan Li and Qingsheng Hu
Electronics 2025, 14(18), 3606; https://doi.org/10.3390/electronics14183606 - 11 Sep 2025
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This paper presents a low-power continuous-time delta-sigma (CT-DS) analog-to-digital converter (ADC) for use in high-sensitivity automotive-grade sub-1 GHz receivers in emerging wireless sensors network applications. The proposed ADC employs a third-order Cascade of Integrators FeedForward and Feedback (CIFF-B) loop filter operating at a [...] Read more.
This paper presents a low-power continuous-time delta-sigma (CT-DS) analog-to-digital converter (ADC) for use in high-sensitivity automotive-grade sub-1 GHz receivers in emerging wireless sensors network applications. The proposed ADC employs a third-order Cascade of Integrators FeedForward and Feedback (CIFF-B) loop filter operating at a sampling frequency of 150 MHz to achieve high energy efficiency and robust noise shaping. A low-noise phase-locked loop (PLL) is integrated to provide high-precision clock signals. The loop filter combines active-RC and GmC integrators with the source degeneration technique to optimize power consumption and linearity. To minimize complexity and enhance stability, a 1-bit quantizer with isolation switches and return-to-zero (RZ) digital-to-analog converters (DACs) are used in the modulator. With a 500 kHz bandwidth, the sensitivity of the receiver is −105.5 dBm. Fabricated in a 180 nm standard CMOS process, the prototype achieves a peak signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) of 76.1 dB and a signal-to-noise and distortion ratio (SNDR) of 75.3 dB, resulting in a Schreier figure of merit (FoM) of 160.7 dB based on SNDR, while consuming only 0.8 mA from a 1.8 V supply. Full article
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