Time division interleaving band-pass filter for use in voice activity detection
AssigneeReexen Technology Co., Ltd.
InventorsXiaofeng Yang, Minhao Yang, Hongjie Liu
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AssigneeReexen Technology Co., Ltd.
InventorsXiaofeng Yang, Minhao Yang, Hongjie Liu
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In one aspect, a time division interleaving band-pass filter can be used in voice activity detection, which operates at different central frequencies in respective intervals of a predetermined period of time. The band-pass filter circuitry includes multiple band-pass filtering channels sharing a common transistor circuit, bias circuit and current mirror circuit. The multiple band-pass filtering channels operate in a time division interleaving manner, which enables the sharing of the common set of band-pass filter circuitry components. Thus, the present invention allows a reduced chip area as the area does not increase proportionally with the number of filtering channels. The invention also mitigates the influence of transistor fabrication variations on the filter's central frequencies. Moreover, pulse durations ti are additionally introduced to the determination of the central frequencies, dispensing with the need for matching of current mirror circuits and transistors and resulting in higher accuracy of the band-pass filter's central frequencies.
A band-pass filter, comprising a coupling capacitor, a first transistor, a first filtering channel array, a first current source and a second current source, wherein the coupling capacitor is connected to a gate of the first transistor, a source of the first transistor is connected to an output of the first current source, a drain output of the first transistor is connected to both the first filtering channel array and the second current source and is grounded downstream the second current source;
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