APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR HIGH VOLTAGE VARIABLE CAPACITOR ARRAYS WITH BODY BIASING RESISTORS
    3.
    发明申请
    APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR HIGH VOLTAGE VARIABLE CAPACITOR ARRAYS WITH BODY BIASING RESISTORS 有权
    具有体积偏置电阻器的高电压可变电容器阵列的装置和方法

    公开(公告)号:US20160163464A1

    公开(公告)日:2016-06-09

    申请号:US14705381

    申请日:2015-05-06

    申请人: NEWLANS, INC.

    IPC分类号: H01G7/00

    摘要: Apparatus and methods for high voltage variable capacitors are provided herein. In certain configurations, an integrated circuit (IC) includes a variable capacitor array and a bias voltage generation circuit that biases the variable capacitor array to control the array's capacitance. The variable capacitor array includes a plurality of variable capacitor cells electrically connected in parallel between a radio frequency (RF) input and an RF output of the IC. Additionally, each of the variable capacitor cells can include a cascade of two or more pairs of anti-series metal oxide semiconductor (MOS) capacitors between the RF input and the RF output. The pairs of anti-series MOS capacitors include a first MOS capacitor and a second MOS capacitor electrically connected in anti-series. The bias voltage generation circuit generates bias voltages for biasing the MOS capacitors of the variable capacitor cells.

    摘要翻译: 本文提供了高压可变电容器的装置和方法。 在某些配置中,集成电路(IC)包括可变电容器阵列和偏置可变电容器阵列以控制阵列的电容的偏置电压产生电路。 可变电容器阵列包括在射频(RF)输入和IC的RF输出之间并联电连接的多个可变电容器单元。 此外,每个可变电容器单元可以包括在RF输入和RF输出之间的两对或更多对抗串联金属氧化物半导体(MOS)电容器的级联。 反对串联MOS电容器对包括以反串联方式电连接的第一MOS电容器和第二MOS电容器。 偏置电压产生电路产生用于偏置可变电容器单元的MOS电容器的偏置电压。

    RC network
    4.
    发明申请
    RC network 审中-公开
    RC网络

    公开(公告)号:US20150207485A1

    公开(公告)日:2015-07-23

    申请号:US14158869

    申请日:2014-01-20

    IPC分类号: H03H7/01 H03H7/19 H03H7/06

    摘要: The present invention is related to a variable resistor and a variable capacitor having damping capabilities, more particularly, to a RC network having damping capability and phase shift capability constructed by the variable resistor and the variable capacitor.

    摘要翻译: 本发明涉及具有阻尼能力的可变电阻器和可变电容器,更具体地说涉及具有由可变电阻器和可变电容器构成的阻尼能力和相移能力的RC网络。

    Calibration circuit
    5.
    发明授权
    Calibration circuit 有权
    校准电路

    公开(公告)号:US08922266B2

    公开(公告)日:2014-12-30

    申请号:US13765971

    申请日:2013-02-13

    IPC分类号: G06G7/19 H03K17/14 G01R27/02

    摘要: A first constant voltage is supplied to a variable capacitance in a switched capacitor, and the variable capacitance is effectively charged to the first constant voltage in each cycle of a sampling clock. A current generated by charging the calibration resistance is averaged, and a resultant current is compared against a current generated by applying a second constant voltage to a resistance. The capacitance value of the variable capacitance is adjusted in accordance with a result of the comparison. Thus the variable capacitance is calibrated so as to have a target value.

    摘要翻译: 第一恒定电压被提供给开关电容器中的可变电容,并且可变电容在采样时钟的每个周期中被有效地充电到第一恒定电压。 对校准电阻进行充电而产生的电流进行平均化,并将合成电流与对电阻施加第二恒定电压而产生的电流进行比较。 可变电容的电容值根据比较结果进行调整。 因此,可变电容被校准以具有目标值。

    CURRENT-INPUT CURRENT-OUTPUT RECONFIGURABLE PASSIVE RECONSTRUCTION FILTER
    6.
    发明申请
    CURRENT-INPUT CURRENT-OUTPUT RECONFIGURABLE PASSIVE RECONSTRUCTION FILTER 失效
    电流输入电流可输出无源重构滤波器

    公开(公告)号:US20110012692A1

    公开(公告)日:2011-01-20

    申请号:US12505140

    申请日:2009-07-17

    IPC分类号: H03H7/12

    摘要: Embodiments of the present invention relate generally to reconstruction filtering. In particular, embodiments enable highly linear, highly programmable, and easily reconfigurable reconstruction filters. Further, embodiments provide substantial power consumption, area, and cost savings compared to conventional solutions. For example, embodiments use all-passive filtering and substantially reduce active elements compared to conventional solutions. As a result, significant reductions in required area, noise, and power consumption can be achieved. In addition, embodiments perform filtering solely in the current domain, thereby eliminating the non-linear voltage-to-current conversion used in conventional circuits and enabling highly linear filtering. Furthermore, embodiments are highly programmable and easily reconfigurable without the use of tunable capacitors. As such, embodiments are very suitable solutions for multi-band multi-mode wireless transmitters.

    摘要翻译: 本发明的实施例一般涉及重建过滤。 具体地,实施例使得能够实现高度线性,高度可编程且易于重构的重构滤波器。 此外,与传统解决方案相比,实施例提供了大量的功耗,面积和成本节约。 例如,与常规解决方案相比,实施例使用全无源滤波并且基本上减少有源元件。 因此,可以实现所需面积,噪声和功耗的显着降低。 此外,实施例仅在当前领域中执行滤波,从而消除在常规电路中使用的非线性电压 - 电流转换并且实现高度线性滤波。 此外,实施例是高度可编程的并且在不使用可调谐电容器的情况下容易重新配置。 因此,实施例是用于多频带多模式无线发射机的非常合适的解决方案。

    Calibration circuit for calibrating an adjustable capacitance of an integrated circuit having a time constant depending on said capacitance
    7.
    发明授权
    Calibration circuit for calibrating an adjustable capacitance of an integrated circuit having a time constant depending on said capacitance 有权
    用于校准具有取决于所述电容的时间常数的集成电路的可调电容的校准电路

    公开(公告)号:US07742893B2

    公开(公告)日:2010-06-22

    申请号:US12035308

    申请日:2008-02-21

    IPC分类号: G01R35/00

    摘要: A calibration circuit calibrates an adjustable capacitance of a circuit having a time constant depending on the adjustable capacitance. The calibration circuit outputs a calibration signal carrying information for calibrating the capacitor and includes a calibration loop. The calibration circuit includes: a controllable capacitance unit suitable to receive a control signal and including at least one array of switched capacitors that can be activated by the control signal, the unit being such as to output a first signal characterized by a parameter depending on the amount of capacitance of the array activated by the control signal; a comparison unit suitable to receive the first signal to assess whether the parameter meets a preset condition and to output a comparison signal representative of the assessment result; a control and timing logic unit suitable to receive the comparison signal to change this control signal based on the comparison signal, characterized in that the first signal is a logic signal and the parameter is a time parameter of the first signal.

    摘要翻译: 校准电路根据可调电容校准具有时间常数的电路的可调电容。 校准电路输出一个载有用于校准电容器的信息的校准信号,并包括校准环路。 所述校准电路包括:可控电容单元,其适于接收控制信号并且包括可被所述控制信号激活的至少一个开关电容阵列,所述单元使得输出第一信号,所述第一信号的特征在于根据 由控制信号激活的阵列的电容量; 适于接收第一信号以评估参数是否满足预置条件并输出表示评估结果的比较信号的比较单元; 适于接收比较信号以根据比较信号改变该控制信号的控制和定时逻辑单元,其特征在于,第一信号是逻辑信号,该参数是第一信号的时间参数。

    RC FILTERING DEVICE HAVING AIR GAP CONSTRUCTION FOR OVER VOLTAGE PROTECTION
    8.
    发明申请
    RC FILTERING DEVICE HAVING AIR GAP CONSTRUCTION FOR OVER VOLTAGE PROTECTION 审中-公开
    具有用于过电压保护的空气隙结构的RC过滤装置

    公开(公告)号:US20090236692A1

    公开(公告)日:2009-09-24

    申请号:US12053699

    申请日:2008-03-24

    IPC分类号: H01L29/00

    CPC分类号: H03H1/02 H03H2001/0085

    摘要: The present invention relates to a RC filtering device, consists of: a lower substrate, a first intermediate substrate, a second intermediate substrate and an upper substrate. On top surface of the lower substrate is a cross form electrode layer. At both ends of the electrode layer in one direction forms a pair of air gaps to function as over voltage protection. The first intermediate substrate is formed above the lower substrate also has a pair of grooves corresponding to said air gaps, and on the top surface of the second intermediate layer, there is a transmission wire. The said transmission wire is formed with metallic layer at its both ends and the metallic oxide layer made with electrical resistance, this transmission wire and the electrode layer on the lower substrate form an RC filtering device.

    摘要翻译: 本发明涉及一种RC滤波装置,包括:下基板,第一中间基板,第二中间基板和上基板。 在下基板的顶表面上是十字形电极层。 在一个方向上的电极层的两端形成一对气隙,用作过电压保护。 第一中间基板形成在下基板的上方,也具有对应于所述气隙的一对槽,在第二中间层的上表面上有传输线。 所述传输线在其两端由金属层形成,金属氧化物层由电阻制成,该传输线和下基板上的电极层形成RC滤波装置。

    Large Time Constant Steering Circuit and Instrumentation Amplifier Implementing Same
    9.
    发明申请
    Large Time Constant Steering Circuit and Instrumentation Amplifier Implementing Same 有权
    大时间恒定转向电路和仪表放大器实现相同

    公开(公告)号:US20090195319A1

    公开(公告)日:2009-08-06

    申请号:US12362687

    申请日:2009-01-30

    IPC分类号: H03F3/187 H03H7/06

    摘要: The present invention relates to a large time constant steering circuit for slowly changing a voltage on a node between at least two discrete voltage levels. The present invention further relates to a slow steering current DAC comprising said large time constant steering circuit. The present invention further relates to an instrumentation amplifier device comprising a current balancing instrumentation amplifier for amplifying an input signal to an amplified output signal and a DC servo-loop for removing a DC-component from the input signal. The present invention further relates to an EEG acquisition ASIC comprising said instrumentation amplifier device.

    摘要翻译: 本发明涉及一种用于在至少两个离散电压电平之间缓慢地改变节点上的电压的大时间常数转向电路。 本发明还涉及包括所述大时间常数转向电路的慢转向电流DAC。 本发明还涉及一种仪表放大器装置,其包括用于将输入信号放大到放大输出信号的电流平衡仪表放大器和用于从输入信号中去除DC分量的DC伺服环路。 本发明还涉及包括所述仪表放大器装置的EEG采集ASIC。

    CALIBRATION CIRCUIT FOR AN ADJUSTABLE CAPACITANCE
    10.
    发明申请
    CALIBRATION CIRCUIT FOR AN ADJUSTABLE CAPACITANCE 有权
    用于可调节电容的校准电路

    公开(公告)号:US20090051401A1

    公开(公告)日:2009-02-26

    申请号:US12035235

    申请日:2008-02-21

    IPC分类号: H03L5/00

    摘要: A calibration circuit for calibrating an adjustable capacitance of a circuit having a time constant depending on the adjustable capacitance, the calibration circuit generating a calibration signal for calibrating the capacitance and including a calibration loop, suitable to carry out a calibration cycle in several sequential steps. The calibration circuit includes a controllable capacitance for receiving a control signal and including an array of switched capacitors selectively activated by the control signal to connect to a first common node that conducts a voltage value depending on the total capacitance value of the activated capacitors; an assessment unit for comparing this voltage value with a reference voltage to output a logic signal that can transition between first and second logic levels; a control and timing unit to receive the logic signal and change the control signal to carry out a subsequent calibration step that is provided at the end of the integration interval during a comparison interval of a preset duration, which allows a transition of the logic signal to occur prior to the beginning of the consecutive calibration step.

    摘要翻译: 一种用于校准具有取决于可调电容的时间常数的电路的可调电容的校准电路,所述校准电路产生用于校准电容的校准信号,并且包括适于在几个连续步骤中执行校准循环的校准环路。 校准电路包括用于接收控制信号并包括由控制信号选择性激活的开关电容阵列的可控电容,以连接到第一公共节点,该第一公共节点根据所激活的电容器的总电容值传导电压值; 评估单元,用于将该电压值与参考电压进行比较,以输出可在第一和第二逻辑电平之间转换的逻辑信号; 控制和定时单元,用于接收逻辑信号并改变控制信号,以执行在预设持续时间的比较间隔期间在积分间隔结束时提供的随后的校准步骤,这允许将逻辑信号转换为 在连续校准步骤开始之前发生。