Infineon Technologies Ag

Stmicroelectronics S.r.l.

St-ericsson Sa

Glonav Limited

Stefano D'Amico

Andrea Baschirotto

Matteo Conta

Antonio Di Giandomenico

Alberto Gola

Francesco Corsi

Gianvito Matarrese

Cristoforo Marzocca

There is described a continuous time filter of at least a second (or higher) order, comprising one or more first order filter stages of a first type, the or each first order filter stage of the first type comprising a reactive component and an impedance dependent on the difference between the input and output voltages of the filter stage. The filter includes at least one first order filter stage of a second type, the or each second order filter of the second type comprising a reactive component and an impedance dependent on the sum of the input and output voltages of the filter stage. The filter includes a transfer function of the continuous time filter that is obtained comprising complex poles.

High order continuous time filter

The present invention addresses a need for reducing the power consumption in a baseband filter used in a front-end wireless receiver while providing the necessary linearity. In particular, relatively high linearity can be obtained with lower power consumption than has heretofore been the case. This is achieved in embodiments of the invention using an optimized single-branch fully differential structure which operates as a 'composite' source-follower (when using CMOS devices) with an ideal unitary dc gain. A positive feedback internal to the source follower allows one to synthesize two complex-poles.

Filter circuit

A continuous-time filter comprising at least one amplifier and at least one passive element. The amplifier comprises at least one input terminal and at least one output terminal and the passive element is positioned between the terminals. In addition the amplifier is provided with a transconductance gain. The filter comprises circuit means suitable for correlating the transconductance gain of the amplifier with the passive element.

Continuous-time filter

A method and an apparatus for tuning a filter is provided wherein the filter has at least one adjustable element for adjusting at least one performance parameter of the filter like for example a cut-off frequency, wherein a pseudo-random test sequence is applied to the filter, wherein the cross-correlation function of the test sequence and the filtered test sequence is calculated, and wherein the at least one adjustable parameter is adjusted until the cross-correlation function at at least one point basically coincides with a corresponding point of a nominal cross-correlation function for the filter.

Method and apparatus for tuning a filter

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