Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 6
Claim 1
Independent Claim
314 words
In a switched-capacitor filter circuit which may be adapted to simulate a single-sided inductor or a parallel resonance circuit having a resonance frequency greater than one-sixth of the filter circuit sampling frequency or a parallel resonance circuit having a resonance frequency which is less than said sampling frequency, said filter circuit having an operational amplifier with a feedback capacitor interconnected between an output and an inverting input thereof, said amplifier also having a non-inverting input connected to a reference potential, said filter circuit operated by first, second, third, and fourth cyclically sequential clock phases having non-overlapping duty times and identical periods, and said filter circuit further having first and second input terminals, the improvement comprising: a first switch which is closed during said second clock phase and which is interconnected between the inverting input of said amplifier and a first circuit node; a first capacitor interconnected between said first circuit node and said second input terminal and the reference potential; a second switch which is closed during said fourth clock phase and which is interconnected between said first circuit node and a second circuit node; a second capacitor interconnected between said second circuit node and the reference potential; a third switch which is closed during said first clock phase and which is interconnected between the output of said operational amplifier and said second circuit node; a fourth switch which is closed during said third clock phase if said filter circuit is to simulate a single-sided inductor or a parallel resonance circuit having a resonance frequency which is less than one-sixth of said sampling frequency, said fourth switch otherwise always remaining open, said fourth switch being interconnected between the output of said operational amplifier and said first circuit node; and a fifth switch which is closed during said first clock phase and which is interconnected between the first input terminal and said first circuit node.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
314 words
In a switched-capacitor filter circuit which may be adapted to simulate a single-sided inductor or a parallel resonance circuit having a resonance frequency greater than one-sixth of the filter circuit sampling frequency or a parallel resonance circuit having a resonance frequency which is less than said sampling frequency, said filter circuit having an operational amplifier with a feedback capacitor interconnected between an output and an inverting input thereof, said amplifier also having a non-inverting input connected to a reference potential, said filter circuit operated by first, second, third, and fourth cyclically sequential clock phases having non-overlapping duty times and identical periods, and said filter circuit further having first and second input terminals, the improvement comprising: a first switch which is closed during said second clock phase and which is interconnected between the inverting input of said amplifier and a first circuit node; a first capacitor interconnected between said first circuit node and said second input terminal and the reference potential; a second switch which is closed during said fourth clock phase and which is interconnected between said first circuit node and a second circuit node; a second capacitor interconnected between said second circuit node and the reference potential; a third switch which is closed during said first clock phase and which is interconnected between the output of said operational amplifier and said second circuit node; a fourth switch which is closed during said third clock phase if said filter circuit is to simulate a single-sided inductor or a parallel resonance circuit having a resonance frequency which is less than one-sixth of said sampling frequency, said fourth switch otherwise always remaining open, said fourth switch being interconnected between the output of said operational amplifier and said first circuit node; and a fifth switch which is closed during said first clock phase and which is interconnected between the first input terminal and said first circuit node.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
48 words
The improvement of claim 1 wherein said feedback capacitor has a capacitance which is one-fourth of the capacitance of said first capacitor, and said second capacitor has a capacitance which is one-third of the capacitance of said first capacitor for operating the filter circuit as a single-sided inductor.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
87 words
The improvement of claim 1 for operating said filter circuit as a parallel resonance circuit simulating an inductance L and a capacitance C, and wherein said first capacitor has a capacitance C 0 , said second capacitor has a capacitance C 1 , and said feedback capacitor has a capacitance C 2 selected in accordance with the following equations: C.sub.0 =C+C.sub.L, C.sub.1 =C.sub.0.sup.2 /(3C.sub.L -C), C.sub.2 =C.sub.0.sup.2 /4C.sub.L, C.sub.L =T.sup.2 /4L. where T is the sampling period which is equal to the reciprocal of said sampling frequency.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
83 words
The improvement of claim 1 for operating said filter circuit for simulating a parallel resonance circuit having a resonance frequency which is less than one-sixth of said sampling frequency further comprising: a sixth switch which is closed during said second and third and fourth clock phases and which is interconnected between said reference potential and said first capacitor; and a seventh switch which is closed during said first clock phase and which is interconnected between said second input terminal and said first capacitor.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
145 words
The improvement of claim 1 for operating said filter circuit for simulating a parallel resonance circuit having a resonance frequency which is greater than one-sixth of said sampling frequency further comprising: a sixth switch which is closed during said second and fourth clock phases and which is interconnected between said first capacitor and said reference potential; a seventh switch which is closed during said first clock phase and which is interconnected between said second input terminal and said first capacitor; an eighth switch which is closed during said third clock phase and which is interconnected between said first circuit node and the reference potential; and a ninth switch which is closed during said third clock phase and which is interconnected between the output of said operational amplifier and a side of said first capacitor opposite to the side thereof connected to said first circuit node.