1. Fundamentals of Oversampled A/D Converters. - 1. 1 Oversampled converters. - 1. 2 Nonidealities in delta-sigma modulators. - 1. 3 Conclusions. - 2. Opamp Topologies for Oversampled Converters. - 2. 1 Introduction. - 2. 2 Class A opamps: an improved slewing model. - 2. 3 A new class AB opamp: principle and design. - 2. 4 Transient behavior of Class AB opamps. - 2. 5 Dynamic opamps: slewing settling and power issues. - 2. 6 Conclusions. - 3. Optimal Design of Opamps for Oversampled Modulators. - 3. 1 Introduction. - 3. 2 Opamp classification. - 3. 3 A general SC-integrator model. - 3. 4 Models for power consumption. - 3. 5 Comparison of power consumption. - 3. 6 Design for optimization. - 3. 7 Conclusions. - 4. Nonlinear Settling in Delta-Sigma Modulators. - 4. 1 Introduction. - 4. 2 Framework development. - 4. 3 Nonlinear settling error. - 4. 4 Conclusions. - 5. Other Nonlinear Phenomena in Delta-Sigma Modulators. - 5. 1 Introduction. - 5. 2 Nonlinear capacitor error. - 5. 3 Nonlinear reference voltage error. - 5. 4 Nonlinear DC gain error. - 5. 5 Power saving strategies. - 5. 6 Conclusions. - 6. Circuit Implementation of Delta-Sigma Modulators. - 6. 1 Introduction. - 6. 2 System overview. - 6. 3 Integrator design. - 6. 4 Opamp design. - 6. 5 Comparator design. - 6. 6 Digital control and clock. - 6. 7 Experimental results. - 6. 8 Conclusions. - 7. Conclusions. - 7. 1 Contribution. - 7. 2 Conclusions. - References. Language: English