摘要:
A circuit for calibration measurements comprises a first and a second current sources (202, 203, 502) arranged to provide current outputs; a resistor (204, 504) connected between the first current source (202, 502) and a reference voltage; a capacitor (205, 505) connected between the second current source (203, 502) and the reference voltage; a discharge switch (207, 507) connected in parallel with the capacitor (205, 505) and arranged to selectively discharge the capacitor (205, 505); a comparator circuit (206, 506) arranged to compare voltages across the resistor (204, 504) and the capacitor (205, 505) and output a signal when voltage across the capacitor reaches the voltage across the resistor; and a controller (208, 608) having a clock signal input (CLK) and connected to the output of the comparator circuit (206, 506). The controller (208, 608) is arranged to control the discharge switch (207, 507) to discharge the capacitor (205, 505), change state of the switch (207, 507) to enable charging of the capacitor (205, 505) and count clock signal pulses until the comparator provides the signal when voltage across the capacitor reaches the voltage across the resistor, wherein the controller (208, 608) is arranged to determine a calibration measurement from counted number of clock signal pulses. A method, computer program and electronic device are also disclosed.
摘要:
The invention relates to a method of automatically calibrating a loop-filter of a phase locked loop, which loop-filter comprises at least one RC-filter component and is integrated on a single chip together with at least one RC-filter component of another entity than the phase locked loop. In order to simplify a calibration of the loop-filter, the method comprises tuning the at least one RC-filter component of the loop-filter based on measurements performed on the at least one RC-filter component of the other entity. The invention relates equally to an integrated circuit chip comprising means for realizing this method and to a unit including such a chip.
摘要:
A resonator and resonator method are provided. The resonator includes an inductor, a capacitor, and a switch configured to maintain energy in at least one of the inductor and the capacitor for a select period of time and to enable variability of energy in the at least one of the inductor and the capacitor for another period of time, to set a resonating frequency of the inductor and the capacitor.
摘要:
A calibration circuit (30) for calibrating an adjustable capacitance (C var (REG_BUS)) of a circuit (31) having a time constant depending on said adjustable capacitance, the calibration circuit (30) being such as to output a calibration signal (REG_BUS) carrying information for calibrating said capacitance ((C var (REG_BUS)) and including a calibration loop (U_CV, CMP, TG_SAR), suitable to carry out a calibration cycle (C_LOOP) in several sequential steps (St_1, ..., St4), comprising: - a controllable capacitance unit (U_CV) suitable to receive a control signal (SAR_BUS) at the beginning of a calibration step and including an array of switched capacitors (C_AR1) that can be selectively activated by the control signal to be connected to a first common node (N_u) having, at the end of an integration interval (P2), a voltage value (VRC) depending on the total capacitance value of the activated capacitors; - an assessment unit (CMP) suitable to compare this voltage value (VRC) with a reference voltage to output a logic signal (OUT_CMP) that, based on the comparison result can be subjected to a transition between first and second logic levels; - a control and timing unit (TG_SAR) suitable to receive the logic signal (OUT_CMP) and to change the control signal (SAR_BUS) based thereon, in order to carry out a subsequent calibration step,
characterized in that in said calibration step is provided, at the end of said integration interval (P2) a comparison interval (P3) of a preset duration, which allows a transition (tl,t4) of the logic signal (OUT_CMP) to occur prior to the beginning of said consecutive calibration step.
摘要:
An integrated tuner (100) includes circuitry (105) to receive a television signal, a quadrature mixer (110) coupled to the output of the circuitry, a polyphase filter (120) coupled to the output of the quadrature mixer (110), a relaxation oscillator (140), and a digital calibration module (130). The relaxation oscillator (140) generates a clock having a period that is directly proportional to the on-chip RC time constant. The clock is fed into a counter (160) of the digital calibration module (130). The counter (160) is started and stopped at predefined time intervals by a finite state machine (170). The finite state machine (170) updates the calibration code based on a successive approximation algorithm according to the end count results received from the counter (160). The digital calibration module (130) outputs the updated calibration code to the polyphase filter (120) and to the relaxation oscillator (140).
摘要:
The present invention relates to a filter and, more particularly, to a tuning circuit of a filter for correcting a cut-off frequency of the filter. The tuning circuit comprises a current generation unit (210) having a first transistor (MN21) and a variable resistor unit (213), and a capacitance correction unit (220) having a second transistor (MN22), a capacitor unit (223), an up-down counter (222) and a selection unit (S4) for selecting a control path of the up-down counter for varying the resistance or capacitance.
摘要:
A wheel monitoring system that includes a tracking filter apparatus for tracking a signal that has a varying main frequency. The tracking filter apparatus has an adjustable filter and a filter controller arranged to measure the amplitude of the filtered signal and to compare amplitude against a reference value. The filter controller adjusts the cut off frequency of the filter if the measured amplitude differs from the reference value by an amount that exceeds a threshold value. The filter controller adjusts the cut off frequency such that the main frequency lies within the roll off region of the filter's frequency response. The system may be used to track signals that are produced by shock sensors in a wheel mounted monitoring device.