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Journal Article

A Comparison of Dithered and Chaotic Sigma-Delta Modulators

Authors: Dunn, Chris; Sandler, Mark

Journal of the Audio Engineering Society · Volume 44 · Issue 4 · pp. 227–244 · April 1996

Abstract

Recent work has shown that higher order single-bit sigma-delta modulators suffer from low-level artifacts such as idle tones and noise modulation. Techniques that have been proposed to reduce or eliminate these errors include the application of dither inside the 1-bit quantizer loop and selecting a loop filter that makes the modulator chaotic. These two approaches are compared with regard to efficacy by simulating high-resolution sigma-delta modulators suitable for audio-conversion applications.

Details

Publication
Journal of the Audio Engineering Society
Volume
44
Issue
4
Pages
227–244
Publication date
April 6, 1996
Affiliation
Signals Circuits and Systems Group, Department of Electronic and Electrical Engineering, King's College, London, UK (See document for exact affiliation information.)
Type
Journal Article