pancho_hideboo wrote on Feb 20th, 2010, 7:18am:alireza wrote on Feb 19th, 2010, 8:49pm:Otherwise, if someone only integrates the input psd obtained from pnoise (sources) from 0 to fs/2, the result is 10-20dB (depending on opamp parameters, etc) larger than the 2kT/C value which is not acceptable.
I think still you can't understand equivalent input noise correctly.
And still you can not evaluate ENBW as maximum frequency for integration.
The fact that you are suggesting to use ENBW, implies that the input noise to the system should be "white", Otherwise it makes no sense to use ENBW for a colored input noise! In this case, the input noise spectrum from spectre is NOT white! How do you use ENBW for it?
pancho_hideboo wrote on Feb 20th, 2010, 7:18am:There are two switches which generate noise in SC integrator at least. Contribution to output from these noises are correlated in time domain.Again see url]http://www.designers-guide.org/Forum/YaBB.pl?num=1258339986/27#27[/url]
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So far you have provided different theoretical reasons for the rise in the input noise spectrum, and one was correlation between the noise sources. But this does not make sense. In a SC integrator there are 4 switches and their noise sources are all uncorrelated. I have confirmed this statement with simulations. In simulations the noise of the switches was enabled one at a time, and still the same colored spectrum can be observed for the input-referred noise. In fact, it is only the switch noise of the integration phase which causes the colored psd. The psd due to sampling phase switch is white!
Please see the attached plot. This plot has been obtained using pnoise (sources) simulation, but the result is plotted up to fs/2. Because the singular points at fs harmonics, do not allow the rise near fs/2 be observed. Given that with only one noise source this phenomenon still happens proves that this explanation is wrong!
alireza wrote on Feb 19th, 2010, 8:49pm:The reason why I mentioned this was that I believe the 2kT/C estimate for the total input-referred noise power is very true, and includes everything physical which happens in the
real world. (i.e.
measurement.)
pancho_hideboo wrote on Feb 20th, 2010, 7:18am: No. It seems you don't have experience of actual measurement.
Output noise and output noise PSD are both absolutely physical observables.
But both input noise and input noise PSD are not.
I am not sure if you are familiar with design of delta-sigma modulators. In DS Mods, there is the concept of STF (Signal Transfer Function). In many DS Mods STF=1; meaning that when you measure the output SNR you have effectively measured the input SNR, hence the input noise.
BUT I prefer not to be so picky about details, and look at the main problem instead. what I meant in my previous post was that 2kT/C is correct, accurate and the simulation is accurate only if it can match to it. (I can provide references, if there is any doubt in accurateness of this statement.) Given this, and the fact that with the rise in the input psd, simulation results is 10-20dB higher than reality, how would you justify the simulation result? IF you think the integration bandwidth is not fs/2 then what is it? I think if you can help me in answering this question, the problem is solved easier. This has been my question since post #1!
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pancho_hideboo wrote on Dec 11th, 2009, 4:14am:While H(z=ejωTs) considers only zero sideband.
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pancho_hideboo wrote on Feb 20th, 2010, 7:18am: Any gain given by PAC is not H(z=ejωTs).
What do you mean it is not H(z)? Aren't 1) and 2) in contradiction?
The gain of the output zero-side band/ input zero side band IS EXACTLY H(z). I have again confirmed this by plotting the PAC gain, importing it to MATLAB and comparing with |H(z)| given by MATLAB.