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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 26, 2002
Filed:
Mar. 17, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Felice Bonardi, Milan, IT;
Marco Angelici, Galliate Lombardo, IT;
Assignee:
STMicroelectronics S.R.L., Agrate Brianza, IT;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03M 3/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H03M 3/00 ;
Abstract
A switched capacitor integrator particularly suitable to realize low-pass filters without inducing noise on the nodes of the reference potentials of the integrator, is provided by halving the input capacitance during an operating phase, and by transferring the electric charge between the input switched capacitance and the capacitor of integration of one and the other feedback branch of the differential amplifier, in a direct manner, that is, not referred to a fixed common potential. A unique current path is established, thus averting the effects caused by inevitable mismatches between the integrated capacitors.