Motorola Digital Signal Processors Principles of Sigma-Delta Modulation for Analog-toDigital converters

The performance of digital signal processing and communication systems is generally limited by the precision of the digital input signal which is achieved at the interface between analog and digital information. Sigma-Delta (S-D) modulation based analog-todigital(A/D) conversion technology is a cost effective alternative for high resolution (greater than 12 bits) converters which can be ultimately integrated on digital signal processor ICs.