Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Self-calibration circuit with gyrated output impedance
- Patent Title (中): 具有回转输出阻抗的自校准电路
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Application No.: US12399182Application Date: 2009-03-06
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Publication No.: US08446143B2Publication Date: 2013-05-21
- Inventor: Mark Whittington , Zaher G. Harb
- Applicant: Mark Whittington , Zaher G. Harb
- Applicant Address: US TX Austin
- Assignee: National Instruments Corporation
- Current Assignee: National Instruments Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: US TX Austin
- Agency: Meyertons Hood Kivlin Kowert & Goetzel, P.C.
- Agent Jeffrey C. Hood
- Main IPC: G01R11/32
- IPC: G01R11/32

Abstract:
Various embodiments of a self-calibration circuit may solve the problem that arises in high performance oscilloscopes and in particular, RF oscilloscopes, of internally providing a precision calibration signal without degrading the bandwidth, flatness of the frequency response, and input return loss of the oscilloscope. The self-calibration circuit may be configured to implement an impedance transformation technique where active and passive circuit elements with carefully chosen values are configured in an impedance converter. During self-calibration, switching elements comprised in the self-calibration circuit may be toggled to create a servo loop comprising an amplifier within the circuit, with an attenuator and resistive component acting as feedback elements. The circuit may hence become an impedance gyrator and behave as a precision source with an impedance matching the input impedance of the load circuit.
Public/Granted literature
- US20090322310A1 Self-Calibration Circuit With Gyrated Output Impedance Public/Granted day:2009-12-31
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