Postgraduate Course: Sigma Delta Data Converters (MSc) (PGEE11110)
Course Outline
| School | School of Engineering |
College | College of Science and Engineering |
| Course type | Standard |
Availability | Available to all students |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) |
Credits | 10 |
| Home subject area | Postgrad (School of Engineering) |
Other subject area | None |
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Taught in Gaelic? | No |
| Course description | This module will equip the student with an understanding of sigma-delta data converters at a theoretical and practical level. The coursework makes a link between the digital signal processing concepts of sigma delta conversion and implementation in integrated circuit hardware.
The course will briefly review the basics of discrete-time signals and systems, before looking at block diagrams and circuit implementations of modulator structures. Saturation, stability and limit cycle behaviour of modulator loops will be described and related to circuit structure. Non-ideal behaviour of modulators such as noise, matching, finite gain and settling will be related to circuit level implementations.
The course will be illustrated throughout with MATLAB, Simulink and Cadence Verilog A examples linking to laboratory sessions and a design exercise issued at the start of semester. |
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
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Other requirements | None |
| Additional Costs | None |
Information for Visiting Students
| Pre-requisites | None |
| Displayed in Visiting Students Prospectus? | No |
Course Delivery Information
| Not being delivered |
Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes
On completion of the course students will be able to:
1. understand the operating principles of sigma delta converters
2. choose the order, structure and coefficients of sigma delta modulators at a block level
3. employ SIMULINK and MATLAB to simulate and design the modulator coefficients
4. use Cadence to study non-ideal effects in modulators
5. propose circuit implementations of modulators
6. understand the range of applications of sigma-delta converters. |
Assessment Information
70% Exam
30% Assignment |
Special Arrangements
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Additional Information
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Contacts
| Course organiser | Dr Robert Henderson
Tel: (0131 6)50 5645
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Course secretary | Mrs Kim Orsi
Tel: (0131 6)50 5687
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