Delta–Sigma Modulator With a 50 MHz Sampling Rate Implemented in 0.18um CMOS Technology

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ISSN 10637397, Russian Microelectronics, 2010, Vol. 39, No. 3, pp. 210–219. © Pleiades Publishing, Ltd., 2010. Original Russian Text © A.S. Korotkov, M.M. Pilipko, D.V. Morozov, J. Hauer, 2010, published in Mikroelektronika, 2010, Vol. 39, No. 3, pp. 230–240 210 1. INTRODUCTION Tracking analogtodigital converters (ADCs) using delta–sigma modulation compare favorably with the other types of ADC in terms of power con sumption and size [1, 2]. Delta–sigma ADCs have recently become popular in mobile phones. For exam ple, singleconversion receivers with zero intermedi ate frequency employ a delta–sigma ADC resolution of 8–12 bits to convert constant signal levels in the communication channel. Delta–sigma ADCs are based on the concept of delta modulation, in which a continuous signal under goes clocked conversion into a sequence of voltage pulses, whose height represents the sign of the incre ment of the original signal at each clock instant, rela tive to the preceding value of the signal. If a signal has a uniform spectrum or contains a constant compo nent, its conversion involves a delta–sigma modulator, which operates in oversampling mode, i.e., well above the Nyquist rate, and therefore requires a decimation filter. This tends to be implemented as a standard design, e.g., a finiteimpulseresponse filter. However, the performance of a delta–sigma ADC is mainly determined by its delta–sigma modulator, since the latter is solely responsible for analogtodigital con version, the decimation filter reducing output pulse rate and doing serialtoparallel code conversion. This consideration explains why designing a delta–sigma modulator plays such an important part in building a delta–sigma ADC. Theoretical research on delta– sigma modulators was reviewed by Korotkov and Telenkov [1]. Note that a delta–sigma modulator can be implemented from a programmable analog inte grated circuit [3] or as an applicationspecific inte grated circuit (ASIC). This paper describes a newly designed delta–sigma modulator having a clock rate of 50 MHz, an oversam pling index of 128, a dynamic range of 56 dB, and a supply voltage of 1.8 V. The device is fabricated as an ASIC by the UMC 180 nm mixedmode/RF 1P6M process. The paper is organized as follows. Section 2 describes the structure of the delta–sigma modulator, designed as a balanced switchedcapacitor (SC) cir cuit; it also deals with the configurations of its main units. Section 3 presents simulation results for the modulator as a whole and for each of its main units, obtained at the circuit and the component level, respectively. Section 4 presents test results for the actual modulator. The conclusions are given in Sec tion 5. 2. STRUCTURE OF THE DELTA–SIGMA MODULATOR Secondorder delta–sigma modulators are proba bly the most common category of the device, superior in dynamic range to firstorder circuits. At the core of any delta–sigma modulator lie integrators; they are usually implemented in CMOS technology as SC cir cuits. An example of a circuit configuration proposed for such an integrator can be found in a paper by Rogatkin [4]. Its feasibility was substantiated by com puter simulation using Cadence Design Systems’ soft ware. Figure 1 shows a block diagram of a secondorder balanced delta–sigma modulator [5, 6]. Its balanced input port comprises an inverting and a noninverting terminal, designated in+ and in, respectively; its unbalanced output port is designated out. The modu lator is made up of two integrators, a comparator I3, and feedback loops. These include switches s1 and s2 for applying one of two reference node voltages, vref + and vref–, depending on comparatoroutput polarity Delta–Sigma Modulator with a 50MHz Sampling Rate Implemented in 0.18μm CMOS Technology A. S. Korotkov a , M. M. Pilipko a , D. V. Morozov a , and J. Hauer b a St. Petersburg State Technical University, St. Petersburg, Russia b Fraunhofer Institute for Integrated Circuits, Erlangen, Germany email: [email protected] email: [email protected] Received February 16, 2009 Abstract—The results are presented of a design effort concerned with a delta–sigma modulator with a 50 MHz clock rate and a 128 oversampling ratio. Its prototype is fabricated in 0.18μm CMOS technology and is powered by a 1.8V unipolar supply. It provides a 9bit resolution, while consuming 33 mW of power. DOI: 10.1134/S106373971003008X CIRCUIT ANALYSIS AND SYNTHESIS

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  • ISSN 10637397, Russian Microelectronics, 2010, Vol. 39, No. 3, pp. 210219. Pleiades Publishing, Ltd., 2010.Original Russian Text A.S. Korotkov, M.M. Pilipko, D.V. Morozov, J. Hauer, 2010, published in Mikroelektronika, 2010, Vol. 39, No. 3, pp. 230240

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    1. INTRODUCTION

    Tracking analogtodigital converters (ADCs)using deltasigma modulation compare favorablywith the other types of ADC in terms of power consumption and size [1, 2]. Deltasigma ADCs haverecently become popular in mobile phones. For example, singleconversion receivers with zero intermediate frequency employ a deltasigma ADC resolutionof 812 bits to convert constant signal levels in thecommunication channel.

    Deltasigma ADCs are based on the concept ofdelta modulation, in which a continuous signal undergoes clocked conversion into a sequence of voltagepulses, whose height represents the sign of the increment of the original signal at each clock instant, relative to the preceding value of the signal. If a signal hasa uniform spectrum or contains a constant component, its conversion involves a deltasigma modulator,which operates in oversampling mode, i.e., well abovethe Nyquist rate, and therefore requires a decimationfilter. This tends to be implemented as a standarddesign, e.g., a finiteimpulseresponse filter. However,the performance of a deltasigma ADC is mainlydetermined by its deltasigma modulator, since thelatter is solely responsible for analogtodigital conversion, the decimation filter reducing output pulserate and doing serialtoparallel code conversion. Thisconsideration explains why designing a deltasigmamodulator plays such an important part in building adeltasigma ADC. Theoretical research on deltasigma modulators was reviewed by Korotkov andTelenkov [1]. Note that a deltasigma modulator canbe implemented from a programmable analog integrated circuit [3] or as an applicationspecific integrated circuit (ASIC).

    This paper describes a newly designed deltasigmamodulator having a clock rate of 50 MHz, an oversam

    pling index of 128, a dynamic range of 56 dB, and asupply voltage of 1.8 V. The device is fabricated as anASIC by the UMC 180 nm mixedmode/RF 1P6Mprocess.

    The paper is organized as follows. Section 2describes the structure of the deltasigma modulator,designed as a balanced switchedcapacitor (SC) circuit; it also deals with the configurations of its mainunits. Section 3 presents simulation results for themodulator as a whole and for each of its main units,obtained at the circuit and the component level,respectively. Section 4 presents test results for theactual modulator. The conclusions are given in Section 5.

    2. STRUCTURE OF THE DELTASIGMA MODULATOR

    Secondorder deltasigma modulators are probably the most common category of the device, superiorin dynamic range to firstorder circuits. At the core ofany deltasigma modulator lie integrators; they areusually implemented in CMOS technology as SC circuits. An example of a circuit configuration proposedfor such an integrator can be found in a paper byRogatkin [4]. Its feasibility was substantiated by computer simulation using Cadence Design Systems software.

    Figure 1 shows a block diagram of a secondorderbalanced deltasigma modulator [5, 6]. Its balancedinput port comprises an inverting and a noninvertingterminal, designated in+ and in, respectively; itsunbalanced output port is designated out. The modulator is made up of two integrators, a comparator I3,and feedback loops. These include switches s1 and s2for applying one of two reference node voltages, vref +and vref, depending on comparatoroutput polarity

    DeltaSigma Modulator with a 50MHz Sampling Rate Implemented in 0.18m CMOS Technology

    A. S. Korotkova, M. M. Pilipkoa, D. V. Morozova, and J. Hauerba St. Petersburg State Technical University, St. Petersburg, Russiab Fraunhofer Institute for Integrated Circuits, Erlangen, Germany

    email: [email protected]: [email protected]

    Received February 16, 2009

    AbstractThe results are presented of a design effort concerned with a deltasigma modulator with a 50MHz clock rate and a 128 oversampling ratio. Its prototype is fabricated in 0.18m CMOS technology andis powered by a 1.8V unipolar supply. It provides a 9bit resolution, while consuming 33 mW of power.

    DOI: 10.1134/S106373971003008X

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    and relevant arm. The integrators are based on amplifiers I1 and I2, respectively, and use twophase SC circuits, with the respective phases denoted by ph1 andph2. The node whose voltage corresponds to the dcoperating point is designated agnd.

    When used as a part of a deltasigma modulator, anoperational amplifier (opamp) is not expected to haveresistive load, so its output impedance does not needto be small. Moreover, there is no output voltage follower in most opamps designed for the purpose, forwhich reason these do not belong to voltage sources,but rather fall in the category of voltagecontrolled

    current sources, or operational transconductanceamplifiers (OTAs). (The categories and features of onchip amplifiers in current use are treated in detail in asurvey by Korotkov and Morozov [7].) It is importantthat an OTA intended for insertion into a deltasigmamodulator have an adequate bandwidth and a sufficiently high voltage gain at the lower frequencies,because the former property determines the modulator bandwidth, and the latter makes for lower quantization noise.

    Figure 2 represents an OTA that makes a balancedcircuit with respect to both input and output, with the

    ph2 ph1

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    Fig. 1. Structure of the secondorder balanced deltasigma modulator.

    vss

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    parts forming the reference voltages being omitted [5].In Fig. 2, vdd and vss designate supplyvoltage nodes;vb1, vbn, vbp, and vcmfb1 designate referencevoltagenodes; in+ and in refer to an inverting and a noninverting input terminal, respectively; and out+ andout to an inverting and a noninverting output terminal, respectively. The OTA contains two input transistors, M1 and M2; two current mirrors based on thetransistors M3 and M5 and the transistors M4 and M6,

    respectively; two pairs of output transistors, M7M9and M8M10, respectively; two transistors, M11 andM12, for commonmode voltage rejection at the output; and a current source built around the transistorM13. The current mirrors provide the reference voltages at vb1, vbn, and vbp.

    For the OTA in Fig. 2, the voltage gain AV is foundto be given by

    where gmi is the transconductance of the ith and(i + 1)th transistors with i = 1, 3, 5, 7, 9; gDi is thechannel conductance of the ith and (i + 1)th transistors with i = 5, 7, 9, 11; CL = = are the loadcapacitances connected to the noninverting andinverting output nodes; and p is the complex frequency.

    Figure 3 depicts a feedback loop that delivers a suitable signal to the vcmfb1 node in Fig. 2 [5, 8]. Thenodes out and out+ are respectively connected to aninverting and a noninverting output terminal of theOTA. The voltage at vcmfb1 is produced by a resistivedivider built around the SCs C1 and C2 (between out+and out). The capacitors C3 and C4 are introducedfor feedback smoothing; they are superior to C1 andC2 in value. When calculating the integrator, accountshould be taken of the contribution made by thecapacitor pairs C1, C3 and C2, C4 to the respectiveloads of the noninverting and the inverting output terminal. Current mirrors provide the reference voltageat vcm1.

    SC circuits may suffer from clock feedthrough viathe parasitic capacitances of the switching MOSFETs.Adding appropriate MOSFETs to the integratorswitches has been proposed as a measure to reduce thephenomenon [9]. This approach is illustrated byFig. 4. It uses vc+ and vc to denote nodes to which

    clock pulses of opposite polarity are applied; Wn andLn to denote the channel width and length, respectively, of an nMOSFET; and Wp and Lp to denotethose of a pMOSFET. The switch is built around thetransistors M1 and M2, with the M3, M5 and M4, M6pairs added to suppress clock feedthrough. Each additional transistor has its source and drain terminalsconnected together to form a capacitor made up of thegatesource and gatedrain parasitic capacitancesconnected in parallel. The respective parasitic capacitances of each main MOSFET and the appropriateadditional MOSFET cancel each other out to suppressclock feedthrough if the channel of the latter MOSFET is as long and half as wide as that of the former;the way clock pulses are applied is essential.

    Figure 5 presents the circuit configuration of thecomparator, whose purpose is to produce outputbinary codes. It is a balanced circuit with respect to theinput. The comparator consists of the following units,connected in series: an input stage built around thetransistors M1M7, a bistable cell based on the transistors M8M17 and on a switch that is clocked by thephase ph2, CMOS inverters using the transistorsM18M25, and the Dtype flipflop I1.

    The transistors M1M5 form a differential stagewith a balanced output port at n+ and n. The transis

    AVgm1gm5gm7gm9

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    tors M6 and M7 are diodeconnected to make a limiter for the output. The nodes vcmfb2 and vb2 are usedto connect a feedback loop and a bias voltage source,respectively. The feedback is provided by a similar circuit to that in Fig. 3; however, the nodes out+ andout are connected to the nodes n+ and n in the comparator (Fig. 5), and the nodes vcm1 and vcmfb1 arereplaced with vcm2 and vcmfb2, respectively. Currentmirrors provide the reference voltages at vcm2 and vb2.

    The circuit configuration of the bistable cell is as in[8]. In Fig. 5, n+ and n make up its input port, andnq+ and nq refer to its output port. Again, ph1 andph2 denote the respective phases of the clockingscheme. The phase ph1 is designed to produce appro

    priate voltages at nq+ and nq. During the phase ph2,the switch closes to connect n+ and n together and tomake the cell change state; as a result, the voltages atnx+ and nx become equal to that at vdd. The switchconcerned is as in Fig. 4.

    Each output terminal of the bistable cell is connected to two CMOS inverters in series, which providebuffering and ensure that the output terminals have thesame capacitive load. The inverter based on M22 andM23 has its output terminal connected to the datainput of the Dtype flipflop, which is edgetriggeredby the ph2 pulses. The flipflop is designed in a standard fashion.

    Wn/Ln 2Wn/Ln Wn/Ln

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    3. SIMULATION OF THE DELTASIGMA MODULATOR

    The performance of a deltasigma modulator ismainly evaluated in terms of its signaltonoise ratio(SNR). This property is calculated from the outputspectrum, which has to be simulated over tens of thousands of periods for the input signal. With oversampling, it is not feasible to simulate a deltasigma modulator at component level, the clock rate being morethan 100 times as high as the maximum input frequency. The reason for the considerable length ofcomputing time required in that case is that the differential equations employed have to be integrated with astepsize equal to the smallest time constant of the circuit components. This explains why circuitlevel(conductancematrix) simulations are so popularwhen dealing with deltasigma modulators [10, 11].They indeed take reasonable computing time.

    A feature of circuitlevel simulations is that theyassume a particular signal being applied to the modulator. If s(t) = Umsint is selected, the outputsequence will show repeatability, reflecting the periodicity of the quantization noise. This implies more harmonic components in the output spectrum. The correlation between the quantization noise and the inputsignal in this case makes it impossible to attenuate theadditional harmonic components by averaging. Nevertheless, the noisesignal correlation can be reduced

    by adding white noise to the input, a method calledrandomization [12]. It is recommended that the rmsvalue of the white noise lie between onethird and onetimes the value of the least significant bit of the ADC.Since a deltasigma modulator is merely the first unitin an ADC, the value of the least significant bit for theADC should be obtained from a wellknown equationfor the dynamic range DR of an Nbit ADC:

    DR = 6.02N + 1.76 (dB)

    With DR = 56 dB, this equation implies N = 9 forthe deltasigma modulator considered.

    The circuitlevel simulation of the deltasigmamodulator (Fig. 1) involved the construction of a specific equivalent network for each of the two phases, asin [10, 11]. Each of the OTAs was represented by atwoterminal model based on voltagecontrolled voltage sources. It was described in terms of the respectivegains of the first and the second stage, the input andthe output conductances, and the capacitances andconductances that determined the frequencies associated with the first and the second pole. Each switchwas represented by a conductance whose value wassubject to change with state. Conductance and capacitance matrices were constructed from equivalent networks. The capacitances were assigned the followingvalues:

    C1 = C2 = 2 pF; C3 = C4 = 8 pF; C5 = C6 = 1.6 pF; C7 = C8 = 0.8 pF; C9 = C10 = 4.8 pF.

    subject to the condition C1/C3 = 1/4 and C5/C7 =2/1 [13].

    The reference voltages at vref + and vref were 1.8and 0 V, respectively, and 0.9 V relative to agnd. Thevoltage at agnd was half as high as the supply voltage,and so was equal to 0.9 V. The output spectrum wascomputed by a 220point discrete Fourier transform.

    Figure 6 displays the simulated output spectrum ofthe deltasigma modulator at Um = 0.45 V and /2=200 kHz. As noted above, the quantization noise iscorrelated with the input in this case. Accordingly,white noise was then added to the same sinusoidal signal, with its rms value set to the value of the least significant bit, namely, 1.8 mV. The latter was calculatedas the ratio of 2Um to the total number of quantizationlevels, which was 29. Figures 7 and 8 represent theinput and output spectra, respectively.

    Figure 9 shows output SNR against input signalstrength for the deltasigma modulator, its dynamicrange being 66 dB.

    The circuitlevel simulation yielded the followingvalues for the OTA model parameters. The respectivegains of the first and the second stage were 25 and 40.The input and output conductances were 10 nS and 2mS, respectively. The capacitance and conductanceassociated with the first pole were 0.3 pF and 940 nS,

    respectively. Those associated with the second polewere 0.3 pF and 700 S, respectively. The switcheswere found to have a conductance of 2.5 mS or 10 nSwhen closed or open, respectively.

    The OTA (Fig. 2) and the comparator (Fig. 5) weresimulated with Cadence Design Systems software.Figure 10 presents the magnitude response and thephase response for the OTA, which was found to havea 60dB gain, a 500MHz unitygain frequency, and a50degree phase margin. Its current consumption wasestimated at 8 mA. The MOSFET channel widths andlengths (Fig. 2) in micrometers were taken to be as follows: W1/L1 = W2/L2 = 400/0.4; W3/L3 = W4/L4 =75/0.4; W5/L5 = W6/L6 = 150/0.4; W7/L7 = W8/L8 =450/0.4; W9/L9 = W10/L10 = 450/1; W11/L11 = W12/L12 =50/0.4; W13/L13 = 30/2. The fabrication processselected was such as to produce the transistors M1M12 with reduced threshold voltages. The feedbackloop (Fig. 3) had C1 = C2 = 0.2 pF and C3 = C4 =1 pF. The switches were as in Fig. 4, with Wn = 1 m,Ln = 0.35 [mu]m, Wp = 4 m, and Lp = 0.35 m.

    In the comparator (Fig. 5), the MOSFET channelwidths and lengths in micrometers were taken to be asfollows: W1/L1 = W2/L2 = 50/1; W3/L3 = W4/L4 = 40/1;W5/L5 = 16/2; W6/L6 = W7/L7 = 10/0.24; W8/L8 =W11/L11 = 3/0.4; W9/L9 = W10/L10 = W12/L12 = W13/L13

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    = 0.9/0.4; W14/L14 = W17/L17 = 1.8/0.4; W15/L15 =W16/L16 = 0.54/0.4; W18/L18 = W20/L20 = 1.6/0.24;W19/L19 = W21/L21 = 0.8/0.24; W22/L22 = W24/L24 =3.2/0.24; W23/L23 = W25/L25 = 1.6/0.24. The fabrica

    tion process selected was such as to produce the transistors M1M4 and M6M25 with reduced thresholdvoltages. The capacitor values of the feedback loopwere set as with the OTA.

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    4. TESTING A PROTOTYPEOF THE DELTASIGMA MODULATOR

    Figure 11 presents a photograph of a prototype chiplayout for the deltasigma modulator, implemented in0.18m CMOS technology. The prototype was testedin the arrangement shown in Fig. 12 (the contact padsare designated as in Fig. 11). The contact pads vddd

    and vssd were used to connect the power supply of a50MHz onchip digital clock, which was connectedto the clock pad with the pd pad grounded. In producing appropriate reference voltages for the OTAs andthe comparator, it was possible to set the currentthrough the currentmirrorbased circuits by means ofan on or offchip current source, with the cib padconnected to the ground or the positive rail, respectively (the offchip source was connected to ib). At theoutput the logic 1 voltage level, 1.8 V, was set by a voltage source connected to v3io.

    The output bit stream was recorded with an Agilent16702A digital logic analyzer, and was processed withMATLAB. Testing was performed at a 50MHz clockrate on a 200kHz balanced sinusoidal signal withamplitude variable between 0.05 and 0.45 V. Figure 13shows the output spectrum for a 0.45V input, computed by a 220point discrete Fourier transform. Notethe close agreement with the simulated spectrum inFig. 8. The second harmonic should be caused by theinput generator. The inferior performance of the prototype compared with its simulation model is mainlyattributable to the internal noise of the modulatorcomponents, clock feedthrough, instrumentationnoise, and fabricationprocess spread.

    A measured relationship of output SNR to inputamplitude yielded a dynamic range of 56 dB, implyinga 9bit resolution. The prototype was found to consume 33 mW of power.

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    Fig. 11. Prototype chip layout for the deltasigma modulator.

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    5. CONCLUSIONS

    The results are presented of a design effort concerned with a switchedcapacitor balanced deltasigma modulator with a 50MHz clock rate and a 128

    oversampling index. Its prototype is fabricated in a0.18[mu]m CMOS technology, powered by a 1.8Vunidirectional supply. When tested on balanced sinusoidal signals with amplitude reaching 0.45 V, the prototype shows a 56dB dynamic range, implying 9bit

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    Fig. 12. Test setup for the prototype deltasigma modulator.

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    resolution. It consumes 33 mW of power. The testshave substantiated its computer simulations and provided evidence for the feasibility of the design.

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