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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 30, 2003
Filed:
Jun. 27, 2002
Applicant:
Inventors:
Lutz Dathe, Dresden, DE;
Henry Drescher, Dresden, DE;
Assignee:
Advanced Micro Devices, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03B 1/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H03B 1/00 ;
Abstract
A circuit comprises an active filter with linear elements and a tuning circuit with linear elements of the same type as the filter circuit. A backward counter generates a count value that represents a time constant of the tuning circuit. The initial value of the backward counter contains information concerning the relationship between the time constant of the filter circuit and the tuning circuit. A decoder creates a digital code responsive to the count value which is used to switch an array of linear elements in order to tune the time constant of the filter to approximately a desired design value.