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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 27, 2002
Filed:
Jun. 25, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Marco Angelici, Galliate Lombardo, IT;
Marco Ronchi, Cavenago Brianza, IT;
Assignee:
STMicroelectronics S.r.l., Agrate Brianza, IT;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03M 1/66 ; H03M 1/12 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H03M 1/66 ; H03M 1/12 ;
Abstract
A switched capacitor low-pass filter incorporates a plurality of integrator stages cascade connected together. The filter includes at least one stage that includes a circuit device for cancelling out glitch pulses. This device is a deglitching circuit provided within the filter. Preferably, each stage in the filter is formed of a deglitching device which acts as a smoothing integrator.