Abstract:
This invention relates to a circuit structure of the feedforward type with programmable zeroes, particularly for synthesizing time-continual filters. This structure comprises a pair of amplification cells (14,15) interconnected at at least one interconnection node (A) and connected between a first signal (Vin) input (IN) of a first cell (14) and an output terminal (U) of the second cell (15, each cell (14,15) comprising a pair of transistors (10,2;6,7) which have a conduction terminal in common and have the other conduction terminals coupled respectively to a first voltage reference (Vcc) through respective bias members (3,4;9,11). The structure further comprises a circuit leg (13) connecting a node (X) of the first cell (14) to the output terminal (U) and comprising a transistor (8) which has a control terminal connected to the node (X) of the first cell (14), a first conduction terminal connected to the output terminal (U), and a second conduction terminal coupled to a second voltage reference (GND) through a capacitor (Cc). Thus, a released "zero" can be introduced in the right semiplane of the pole-zero complex plane to improve the flattening of group gain.
Abstract:
A transconductance control circuit, particularly for a continuous-time filter, comprising a transconductor (4) across which a constant voltage is input; the transconductor is connected to a DAC (7) to set a reference current (I R ); a feedback loop (9, 10, 23, 11) is provided between the output of the transconductor (4) and its input; the particularity of the circuit is the fact that it further comprises means (20, 22, 24) for mirroring the reference current (I R ) set by the DAC (7) which are suitable to mirror the current both to the feedback loop and to at least one cell of a filter which is cascade-connected.
Abstract:
A feedforward structure with programmable zeros for synthesizing continuous-time filters, delay lines and the like, whose particularity is that it comprises a first cell and a second cell which are cascade-connected, each one of the first and second cells comprising a first pair (1, 2) of bipolar transistors in which the emitter terminals are connected to a current source (5), the first pair of transistors being connected to a second pair of transistors (6, 7), a current source (11) being connected to the emitter terminals of the second pair of transistors, a first high-impedance element (C) being connected between the first and second pairs of transistors, a second high-impedance element (C) being connected in output to the second pair of transistors, a fifth transistor (8) being connected between the collector terminal of a first transistor (1) of the first pair of transistors and a collector terminal of a second transistor (2) of the second pair of transistors, the base terminal of the fifth transistor (8) receiving a signal which is taken from the collector terminal of the first transistor of the first pair of transistors and is taken with a positive sign in the first cell and with a negative sign in the second cell, in order to determine a transfer function with a pair of singularities at the numerator, the second transistors (2, 7) of the first and second pairs being controlled respectively by current sources (4, 9) which have mutually different values.