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Date of Patent:
Jul. 20, 2010

Filed:

Aug. 15, 2008
Applicants:

Jesse R. Bankman, Gibsonville, NC (US);

Kimo Y. F. Tam, Lincoln, MA (US);

Inventors:

Jesse R. Bankman, Gibsonville, NC (US);

Kimo Y. F. Tam, Lincoln, MA (US);

Assignee:

Analog Devices, Inc., Norwood, MA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03K 5/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

Disclosed are a circuit and a method for tuning a programmable filter including input terminals, output terminals, a filter network and a transadmittance stage. The input terminals can receive input signals, and the output terminals output a filtered signal. The transadmittance stage, coupled to the input terminals, generates a current at its output based on the input signals. The output of the transadmittance stage can be coupled to the output terminals. The filter network can be a resistive-capacitive network connected to the input terminals. The RC network can include a capacitance respectively coupling the input terminals to output terminals, and a voltage divider network coupling the input and output terminals together. The transadmittance stage output terminals can be connected to the voltage divider, and the output terminals of the programmable filter circuit are coupled to respective intermediate nodes of the voltage divider network to provide a filtered output signal.


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