1 Introduction. - 1. 1 Analog-to-Digital Conversion. From Nyquist to Sigma-Delta. - 1. 2 Motivation. - 1. 3 Book Organization. - 2 Architecture-Level Analysis of Sigma-Delta ADCs. - 2. 1 Principle and Operation. - 2. 2 Sigma-Delta ADCs with Discrete-Time Loop Filters. - 2. 3 Sigma-Delta ADCs with Continuous-Time Loop Filters. - 3 Discrete-Time Circuit Design. - 3. 1 Switched-Capacitor Integrators. - 3. 2 Switched-Capacitor Amplifiers. - 3. 3 Quantizer. - 3. 4 Multibit SC Digital-to-Analog Converters. - 4 Continuous-Time Circuit Design. - 4. 1 Active RC Integrator. - 4. 2 Quantizer. - 4. 3 Digital-to-Analog Converters. - 5 Computer Aided Design of Sigma-Delta ADCs. - 5. 1 Filter-Level Design. - 5. 2 Architecture-Level Design. - 5. 3 Design Examples. - 6 Sigma-Delta ADC for Audio Applications. - 6. 1 The Electret Microphone. - 6. 2 System Design. - 6. 3 Sigma-Delta ADC Design. - 6. 4 Linearity Analysis. - 6. 5 Experimental Results. - 7 Broadband High Dynamic Range Sigma-Delta ADC. - 7. 1 Project Specifications. - 7. 2 CAD-Assisted Design Optimization. - 7. 3 Design of the 16-bit CT Integrator. - 7. 4 Design of the 14-bit SC Integrator. - 7. 5 Higher Order Integrators. - 7. 6 Feed-Forwards Adder and 31-Levels Quantizer. - 7. 7 Calibration of Current-Mode CT DAC. - 7. 8 Transistor-Level Simulation Results. - Summary. - References. Language: English