摘要:
There is provided a filter device having a function of adjusting the center frequency of a filter. The filter device includes: a filter core unit (102) provided with an adder (109) for outputting an added signal of an input signal and a feedback signal (signal Vf), an AGC circuit for generating an amplification signal in which the added signal is amplified, and a phase shifter (111) for generating the signal Vf by shifting a phase of the amplification signal; an amplitude comparing circuit (101) for comparing the reference amplitude and the amplitude of the signal Vf; a gain control voltage generator (108) for controlling the amplification factor of the AGC circuit (110) based upon the comparison result; a frequency comparing circuit (103) for comparing the reference frequency and the frequency of the signal Vf; a phase shifter control voltage generator (117) for controlling the shift amount of the phase in the phase shifter (111) based upon the comparison result. The gain control voltage generator (108) oscillates the filter core unit (102), while the amplification factor and the shift amount are being controlled.
摘要:
A filter (10) having a semiconductor chip (12) and a low pass filter section (14). The low pass filter section (14) includes a filter transconductor (18, 20) and a filter capacitor (Cf). The low pass filter section (14) has a cut-off frequency related to the transconductance, (gmf), of the filter transconductor (18, 20) and the capacitance of the filter capacitor (Cf). The gm control circuit (22) includes a first oscillator (26) for producing a reference frequency. The first oscillator (26) has a portion thereof on the chip and an off-chip capacitor (Cext) and off-chip resistor (Rext). A second oscillator (28) has an on-chip capacitor (Cint). A control circuit transconductor (24) is fed by the control circuit transconductor control signal to vary the transconductance (gmc) of the control circuit transconductor in accordance with the control circuit transconductor control signal, correspondingly changing the transconductance of the filter transconductor (18, 20) and hence the cut-off frequency of the low pass filter section (14).
摘要:
A filter (10) having a semiconductor chip (12) and a low pass filter section (14). The low pass filter section (14) includes a filter transconductor (18, 20) and a filter capacitor (Cf). The low pass filter section (14) has a cut-off frequency related to the transconductance, (gmf), of the filter transconductor (18, 20) and the capacitance of the filter capacitor (Cf). The gm control circuit (22) includes a first oscillator (26) for producing a reference frequency. The first oscillator (26) has a portion thereof on the chip and an off-chip capacitor (Cext) and off-chip resistor (Rext). A second oscillator (28) has an on-chip capacitor (Cint). A control circuit transconductor (24) is fed by the control circuit transconductor control signal to vary the transconductance (gmc) of the control circuit transconductor in accordance with the control circuit transconductor control signal, correspondingly changing the transconductance of the filter transconductor (18, 20) and hence the cut-off frequency of the low pass filter section (14).
摘要:
Based on the insight that the voltage-to-current ratio or gain of a capacitor (Z) at a particular reference frequency is the product of its capacitance value with said reference frequency, a tuning system is disclosed which tunes the characteristic integrator frequency (fc) of an OTA-C integrator by making the transconductance of the operational transconductance amplifier (OTA) thereof equal to the aforementioned gain at that characteristic frequency. Therefore, the tuning system includes a first tuning path in which the OTA (or a replica thereof) is included and a second tuning path including another amplifier (B-OTA) "degenerated" by the capacitor (Z) so as to produce the required gain. The gains of both these tuning paths are then equalized by matching means (MM) generating a frequency tuning signal (VTF) which is applied to both OTA and OTA-C.
摘要:
A hearing aid that is compact and efficient and that provides a high degree of control over its frequency response and also over its output level versus input level characteristic. The frequency response control includes an adjustable four pole high pass filter and an adjustable four pole low pass filter, to define the pass band, and an adjustable slope filter, to define the slope within the pass band. The control over the output level versus input level characteristic includes an input AGC system with well defined, independent control of compression threshold and compression ratio, an adjustable peak clipper, and a selectable output AGC system that tracks the peak clipper setting. The hearing aid incorporates a number of novel circuits including a state variable filter with adjustable corner frequency, a filter that can be continuously adjusted from a single pole low pass characteristic to a single pole high pass characteristic, a circuit to provide a range of reference voltages to accurately set the range of control currents used to control the corner frequencies of the state variable filters, a compansion system surrounding the filter network to effectively increase its limited dynamic range, a differential voltage threshold detector, a differential voltage controlled current source with an exponential relationship of output current to differential input voltage, an adjustable clipping circuit, a voltage clamp to prevent voltage excursions from going substantially below a substrate voltage, and bias compensation circuit to supply the input bias current of a transistor.
摘要:
The center frequency (fo) of each of the analog filters (1, 2) with different selectivities each other installed in an automatic adjusting circuit is automatically adjusted in accordance with a bias input signal (Sb) which is generated by the phases detectors (3, 4) respectively associated with the analog filters (1, 2) in accordance with a frequency difference, so as to be equal to the reference frequency (fs) of an input signal (Si) applied to the two analog filters (1, 2). The bias input signal (Sb) is fed to an analog filter (31, 32, ...) to be controlled, which is formed on the same chip as that of the above two filters (1, 2). A coarse adjustment is based on the output signal of the phase detector (3) associated with the analog filter (1) with a low selectivity. A fine adjustment is based on the output signal of the phase detector (4) associated with the analog filter (2) with a high selectivity. An accuracy of matching the center frequency to the reference frequency is determined by both the selectivity of the analog filter (2) with a high selectivity and the ratio of the output signals of the two phase detectors (3, 4) in the automatic adjusting circuit.
摘要:
The center frequency (fo) of each of the analog filters (1, 2) with different selectivities each other installed in an automatic adjusting circuit is automatically adjusted in accordance with a bias input signal (Sb) which is generated by the phases detectors (3, 4) respectively associated with the analog filters (1, 2) in accordance with a frequency difference, so as to be equal to the reference frequency (fs) of an input signal (Si) applied to the two analog filters (1, 2). The bias input signal (Sb) is fed to an analog filter (31, 32, ...) to be controlled, which is formed on the same chip as that of the above two filters (1, 2). A coarse adjustment is based on the output signal of the phase detector (3) associated with the analog filter (1) with a low selectivity. A fine adjustment is based on the output signal of the phase detector (4) associated with the analog filter (2) with a high selectivity. An accuracy of matching the center frequency to the reference frequency is determined by both the selectivity of the analog filter (2) with a high selectivity and the ratio of the output signals of the two phase detectors (3, 4) in the automatic adjusting circuit.