Large swing wide band programmable active filter

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 5966046
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08959781

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A wide-band, high-order, programmable video filter is implemented using transimpedance-based active integrators. An input voltage which may for instance represent a composite video signal is converted to a current in a linear manner using resistors and provided to a current amplifier at low impedance virtual ground nodes. The current is multiplied by a gain factor .beta..sub.R within the current amplifier and supplied to integrating capacitors connected in a feedback configuration around a high input impedance differential amplifier to establish an integrated differential voltage output. The transimpedance-based active integrators may be interconnected to realize wide-band, high-order video filters suitable for use in accordance with CCIR 601 standards. Input voltage swings are not restricted by a transistor's limited range of linear operation or voltage swing limitations of internal nodes but rather may allowed to swing as long as the bias currents sustain input current excursions. Thus, pre-filter attenuation and post-filter amplification is not required, thereby allowing CCIR 601 standard compliant video filters to be fabricated, in accordance with the present invention, as a single chip IC.

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SEMICONDUCTOR COMPONENTS INDUSTRIES LLC5701 NORTH PIMA ROAD SCOTTSDALE AS 85250

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Bezzam, Ignatius S A Mountain View, CA 3 67
Ritter, David W San Jose, CA 49 1400

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