We present a 90-dB spurious-free dynamic range sigma-delta modulator (61M) for asymmetric digital subscriber line applications (both ADSL and ADSL+), with up to a 4.4-MS/s digital output rate. It uses a cascade (MASH) multibit architecture and has been implemented in a 2.5-V supply, 0.25-m CMOS process with metal-insulator-metal capacitors. The prototypes feature 78-dB dynamic range (DR) in the 30-kHz to 2.2-MHz band (ADSL+) and 85-dB DR in the 30-kHz to 1.1-MHz band (ADSL). Integral and differential nonlinearity are within 0.85 and 0.80 LSB 14 b , respectively. The 61 modulator and its auxiliary blocks (clock phase and reference voltage generators, and I/O buffers) dissipate 65.8 mW. Only 55 mW are dissipated in the 61 modulator.Index Terms-Analog-to-digital converter (ADC), asymmetric digital subscriber line (ADSL), MASH, sigma-delta modulation, switched-capacitor circuits.