Filter arrangement
AssigneeU.S. Philips Corporation
InventorJohannes O. Voorman
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Abstract
In a filter arrangement, a first junction capacitor is arranged between the inverting output and the non-inverting input of a fully balanced amplifier and a second junction capacitor is arranged between the non-inverting output and the inverting input. Additionally, a first resistor is arranged between a first input terminal and the non-inverting input and a second resistor is arranged between a second input terminal and the inverting input. A first current source is connected to the non-inverting input and a second current source is connected to the inverting input. The current sources produce the reverse voltages for the junction capacitors across the resistors to define the capacitance values of these capacitors.
Claims9
A filter arrangement comprising a balanced amplifier having an inverting input, a non-inverting input, an inverting output and a non-inverting output, at least a first input circuit arranged between a first input terminal and the inverting input, at least a second input circuit arranged between a second input terminal and the non-inverting input, a first feedback circuit arranged between the non-inverting output and the inverting input, and a second feedback circuit arranged between the inverting output and the non-inverting input, said first and second input circuits each comprising a substantially identical first circuit element and said first and second feedback circuits each comprising a substantially identical second circuit element, one of said two circuit elements being a capacitor and the other circuit element being a resistor, the magnitude of at least one of said two circuit elements being adjustable, characterized in that one circuit element comprises a junction capacitor and further comprising a bias-current source connected to the inverting input and to the non-inverting input for adjusting the capacitance of the junction capacitor connected to the relevant input.
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