This paper describes the design and electrical
implementation of a 1.8-V, 0.18μm CMOS reconfigurable switched-current ΣΔ modulator for multistandard (Bluetooth, WCDMA) communication systems. The modulator topology is an expandible cascade architecture which can be reconfigured
both at the architecture level and at the circuit level in order to adapt the modulator performance to the different standards with adjustable power consumption. For this purpose,
programmable Class AB memory-cell arrays are used to implement the modulator loop filter. Simulation results are shown that demonstrate correct operation for all standards, featuring 11bits dynamic range within 1MHz and 7.8bits
within 3.8MHz bandwidth.
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