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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.

Date of Patent:
Feb. 21, 2017

Filed:

Aug. 14, 2009
Applicants:

Russell John Fagg, San Diego, CA (US);

Joseph Patrick Burke, Glenview, IL (US);

Inventors:

Russell John Fagg, San Diego, CA (US);

Joseph Patrick Burke, Glenview, IL (US);

Assignee:

QUALCOMM Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 17/17 (2006.01); H03H 19/00 (2006.01); H03H 15/00 (2006.01); H03H 17/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H03H 19/004 (2013.01); H03H 15/023 (2013.01); H03H 17/0657 (2013.01); H03H 17/0664 (2013.01);
Abstract

A discrete time (DT) lowpass filter having various advantages is described. In an exemplary design, the DT lowpass filter includes a decimating DT filter (which may include a passive DT FIR filter and/or a passive DT IIR filter) and an active DT filter. The decimating DT filter receives a first DT signal at a first sample rate, filters and decimates the first DT signal by a factor of N, and provides a second DT signal at a second sample rate lower than the first sample rate. N may be greater than one. The active DT filter filters the second DT signal and provides a third DT signal at the second sample rate. A sampler samples a continuous time signal and provides the first DT signal. The sampler may further double the voltage of the first DT signal relative to the voltage of the continuous time signal.


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