Square wave-to-sine wave converter
AssigneeTexas Instruments Incorporated
InventorsQunying Li, Shanmuganand Chellamuthu, Kemal Safak Demirci
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Abstract
A circuit includes a bandpass filter and a self-tracking circuit. The bandpass filter has a first input node configured to receive an input square wave signal and an output node configured to provide an output sine wave signal. The bandpass filter includes a first binary-weighted programmable resistor array. The self-tracking circuit includes a second input node coupled to the output node. The self-tracking circuit includes a counter, and the counter includes an output node coupled to the first binary weighted programmable resistor array.
Claims5
A circuit, comprising:
- a bandpass filter having a bandpass input coupled to a square wave input and a bandpass output configured to provide a sine wave signal, the bandpass filter including a first binary-weighted programmable resistor array;
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- a self-tracking circuit including:
- a comparator having a first input coupled to the bandpass output, a second input coupled to a reference signal, and a comparator output;
- a phase detector including:
- a first data flip-flop having a first clock input, a first data input coupled to the comparator output, and a first data output;
- a second data flip-flop having a second clock input, a second data input coupled to the comparator output, and a second data output;
- a first time delay element having an input coupled to the square wave input, and having an output coupled to the first clock input;
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- a second time delay element having an input coupled to the square wave input, and having an output coupled to the second clock input;
- wherein the phase detector detects whether a phase of the comparator output leads or lags a phase of the input square wave, and produces a control signal of a first state responsive to the phase of the comparator output leading the phase of the input square wave, and produces the control signal of a second state responsive to the phase of the comparator output lagging the phase of the input square wave.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.