Study of nonlinear phenomena in a multi-bit bandpass sigma delta modulator

Bandpass sigma delta modulators (SDMs) have applications in areas such as digital radio demodulation. It is well known that bandpass SDMs with single bit quantizers can exhibit nonlinear and complex state space dynamics like elliptical fractal patterns. These fractal patterns are usually confined in trapezoidal regions. In this paper, we consider bandpass SDMs with multi-bit quantizers. Their nonlinear dynamics is studied.