A multi-bit continuous-time sigma-delta analog-to-digital converter (ADC)
has a differential input stage which receives an analog input signal
current. A multi-bit feedback current digital-to-analog converter (IDAC)
generates a multi-level feedback current depending on a digital feedback
signal from a flash ADC. An integrator has a differential input that
integrates the difference of the generated current by the multi-bit IDAC
and the input signal current on a continuous-time basis. The input stage
further comprises a first biasing current source and a second biasing
current source which bias the input stage in a mid-scale condition. A
first summing node connects to the first differential input line, a first
differential input of the integrator and the first output branch. A
second summing node connects to the second differential input line, a
second differential input of the integrator and the second output branch.
A set of chopping switches alternately connect the biasing current
sources to the summing nodes in a first configuration and a second,
reversed, configuration. The converter receives a modulator clock signal
at a frequency F.sub.S and the chopping switches can operate at F.sub.S
or a binary subdivision thereof. The integrator amplifier can also be
chopper-stabilized.