STUDY OF THE PROJECT

1.

DESIGN AND IMPLEMENTATION OF COMPARATOR FOR SIGMA-DELTA MODULATOR Noor Aizad

2.FIRST ORDER SIGMA-DELTA MODULATOR Syam Prasad SBS Kommana

3.. FIRST-ORDER CONTINUOUS-TIME SIGMA-DELTA MODULATOR Yamei Li and Lili He

DESIGN AND IMPLEMENTATION OF COMPARATOR FOR SIGMA-DELTA MODULATOR

Software Used- MATLAB 7.8

DELTA-SIGMA (; OR SIGMA-DELTA, ) MODULATION

Encoding analog signals into digital signals The conversion is done using error feedback Both ADCs and DACs can employ delta-sigma modulation In both cases, the temporary use of a lower-resolution signal simplifies circuit design and improves efficiency.

WHY DELTA-SIGMA MODULATION?

It converts the analog voltage into a pulse frequency Also known as Pulse Density modulation or Pulse Frequency modulation. In general, frequency may vary smoothly in infinitesimal steps, as may voltage, and both may serve as an analog of an infinitesimally varying physical variable such as acoustic pressure, light intensity, etc. The substitution of frequency for voltage is thus entirely natural and carries in its train the transmission advantages of a pulse stream.

COMPARATOR

Comparator is the main building block in an ADC architecture

Compare a signal with a reference signal

Latched comparator architecture is used for sigma delta modulator Various non- linearities and performance parameters will be measured in this.

PARAMETERS TO BE CALCULATED
Power consumption Mean time to failure Input sensitivity Pre-amplifier DC gain and unity gain frequency Pre-amplifier -3dB cutoff Frequency Latch DC gain Latch -3dB cutoff Frequency Latch unity gain Frequency

BASIC STUDY OF MATLAB

MATLAB is an integrated technical computing environment that combines numeric computation, advanced graphics and visualization, and a high level programming language We input commands in the MATLAB Command Window. MATLAB returns output in two ways: Typically, text or numerical output is returned in the same Command Window, but graphical output appears in a separate graphics window. We can use MATLAB to do arithmetic as we would in a calculator.

MATLAB TOOLBOX

Contains the tools helpful for implementation in MATLAB

Commands for the designing of comparator

CONCLUSION

Comparators are basically used to improve analog to digital conversion

Delta sigma modulator can be used in wind sensors & for some biomedical applications