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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 02, 2013
Filed:
Sep. 11, 2009
Hashem Zare-hoseini, Cambridge, GB;
Hashem Zare-Hoseini, Cambridge, GB;
Cambridge Silicon Radio Limited, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, GB;
Abstract
A variable gain amplifier includes an integrator having an input, an output and a feedback loop connected between the input and output, a plurality of input chains connected in parallel between the amplifier input and the input of the integrator, each input chain including a resistor and a first switch and a plurality of second switches, each second switch connected between an intermediate node between the resistor and first switch of a respective input chain and the feedback loop of the integrator, wherein the resistance of the resistors in the input chains is scaled by a scaling factor with respect to one another and the on-resistances of the first and second switches connected to each intermediate node are scaled by the corresponding scaling factor.