Switched capacitor circuit for precision resistance
AssigneeHewlett-Packard Company
InventorsRichard A. Baumgartner, Charles E. Moore, Earl C. Herlelkson
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AssigneeHewlett-Packard Company
InventorsRichard A. Baumgartner, Charles E. Moore, Earl C. Herlelkson
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A mixed analog and digital integrated circuit with features which are especially useful for application as a front end for physiological signal instrumentation such as electrocardiographs, electromyographs, and electroencephalographs. The integrated circuit has 5 signal channels, each with analog amplification and analog to digital conversion. The channels can be configured for various combinations of input signal amplification, input signal summation, analog output driving, and AC impedance measurement. The integrated circuit has 2 digital serial input lines and 2 digital serial output lines, all designed for direct connection to optical couplers. Channel configuration, gain, and other parameters are externally controllable by a serial digital input signal. Up to 6 compatible devices can be serially connected in a chain.
In a differential amplifier circuit having a first resistance between a first input signal and a first amplifier input, a second resistance between a second input signal and a second amplifier input, a switched capacitor circuit for the first and second resistances, the switched capacitor circuit comprising the following:
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