What is Noise shaping?

A technique that uses a feedback loop to push quantization noise toward high frequencies, lowering noise in the signal band. Delta-sigma ADCs combine it with oversampling to achieve high resolution.

Field: AD/DA conversion

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Questions that mention Noise shaping (2)

  1. With simple oversampling and no noise shaping, how much does quantization noise improve when the sampling frequency is quadrupled?
  2. Which is a characteristic of a delta-sigma (ΔΣ) AD converter?

Related terms

Oversampling Yield Aliasing Delta-sigma ADC DNL (differential nonlinearity) ENOB (effective number of bits) Flash ADC INL (integral nonlinearity) Jitter Missing code

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