Stability for second-order chaotic sigma delta quantization

TL;DR

This paper proves the stability of second-order chaotic sigma-delta quantization schemes within certain parameters, establishing bounds on input dynamic range and confirming near-optimality through simulations.

Contribution

First general stability proof for second-order chaotic sigma-delta schemes, including explicit bounds and trade-offs, verified by numerical simulations.

Findings

Second-order chaotic sigma-delta schemes are stable within specific parameter ranges.

Explicit bounds on input dynamic range for stability are provided.

Numerical simulations confirm the near-optimality of the theoretical bounds.

Abstract

We prove that that second-order (double-loop) chaotic sigma-delta schemes are stable - within a certain parameter range, all state variables of the system are guaranteed to remain uniformly bounded. To our knowledge this is the first general stability result for chaotic sigma-delta schemes of order greater than one. Invariably as the amount of expansion added to the system is increased, the dynamic range of the input must get smaller for stability to be guaranteed. We give explicit bounds on this trade-off and verify through numerical simulation that these bounds are near-optimal.