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A high-resolution, low offset delta-sigma analog to digital converter is presented for detecting photoplethysmography (PPG) signals, which oscillates in 1/f noise frequency band between 0.1 and 10 Hz. A delta-sigma analog-to-digital converter (DS ADC) is choosen for PPG application because it has wide dynamic range, high-resolution, and can be integrated with chopper-based operational amplifier. a chopper-based operational amplifier converts 1/f noise and dc offset to high-frequency noise, which acts as a virtual high-pass filter. Implementing a lowpass filter using a decimation filter can filter the high-frequency signal. Thus, the circuit becomes a new bandpass filter. A second-order continuous-time delta-sigma modulator is used in the DS ADC circuits. TSMC 180 nm technology was used to design and simulate the delta-sigma modulator circuits. The active area of the continuous-time delta-sigma modulator is 746 µm × 399 µm and was built using TSMC 180 nm technology. It has a bandwidth of 10 Hz and 512 oversampling ratios. The SFDR of the circuit is greater than 70 dB. The delta-sigma modulator consumes 35.61 µW of power. To ensure the circuitry works in a variety of scenarios, the simulation is run in three different types of corners, SS, TT, and FF, successfully validating the designed performance.
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This work is supported by the Minister of Science and Technology under 109-2221-E-009-163, 109-2622-8-009-018-TE1, 110-2622-8-009-011-TE1, 110-2223-E-A49-001-, 109-2622-E-009-027-, and 110-2218-E-A49-020-MBK. And the authors would like to acknowledge chip fabrication support provided by Taiwan Semiconductor Research Institute (TSRI), Taiwan, R. O. C.
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Pribadi, E.F., Pandey, R.K. & Chao, P.CP. A new delta-sigma analog to digital converter with high-resolution and low offset for detecting photoplethysmography signal. Microsyst Technol 28, 2369–2379 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00542-022-05360-2
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