Frequency tuning technique for Gm-C filters

A frequency tuning technique based on an envelope locked loop is proposed for Gm-C filters. A degenerated integrator is used as the master circuit to eliminate the problems associated with the DC offset of the operational transconductance amplifier (OTA)     

Minimum component high frequency Gm-C wavelet filters based on Maclaurin series and multiple loop feedback

A minimum component high frequency Gm-C wavelet filter structure is presented. A simple function from Maclaurin series approximation is used and the current-mode follow-the-leader feedback structure is employed. For the seventh-order Marr wavelet bandpass filter, the proposed implementation architecture contains only seven ideal Gm-C integrators for poles and one transconductor for zeros. A 100 MHz wavelet filter has been designed and simulated in 0.18 m CMOS and results show the feasibility of the proposed approach.     

0.8 V PLL-based automatic frequency tuning system for current-mode filters

A wide-range automatic frequency tuning system for current-mode filters is proposed in this paper. The cutoff frequency of the tunable filter is controlled by an external reference signal and is locked in the desired frequency through a current-mode based phase locked loop (PLL) circuit. Although the PLL operates in a relatively narrow band, the total tuning range of the topology is extended by interpolating an automatic frequency detector after the reference input and before the PLL. The use of current controlled oscillator, based on same blocks with those in the filter, offers accuracy and feasible design in the control path. The topology has been simulated using MOS transistor models for a 130 nm CMOS technology in 0.8 V supply voltage. The achieved overall automatic tuning range was from 2.3 MHz to 660 MHz.     

A pseudo differential Gm-C complex filter with frequency tuning for IEEE802.15.4 applications

This paper presents a CMOS G_m-C complex filter for a low-IF receiver of the IEEE802.15.4 standard.A pseudo differential OTA with reconfigurable common mode feedback and common mode feed-forward is proposed as well as the frequency tuning method based on a relaxation oscillator.A detailed analysis of non-ideality of the OTA and the frequency tuning method is elaborated.The analysis and measurement results have shown that the center frequency of the complex filter could be tuned accurately.The chip was fabricated in a standard 0.35μm CMOS process,with a single 3.3 V power supply.The filter consumes 2.1 mA current,has a measured in-band group delay ripple of less than 0.16μs and an IRR larger than 28 dB at 2 MHz apart,which could meet the requirements of the IEEE802.15.4 standard.     

An analytical procedure for critical frequency tuning of FIR filters

A novel analytical procedure for the tuning of finite-impulse response (FIR) filters is introduced. The tuning procedure adjusts a single frequency of the frequency response to the desired value while preserving the nature of the filter. The impulse responses of the original and of the final filter are related by the transformation matrix. Two examples in the analytical design of notch FIR filters demonstrate the usefulness of the proposed tuning procedure.     

CMOS linear programmable transconductor suitable for adjustable Gm-C filters

A novel CMOS linear programmable transconductor is presented. It is based on a telescopic cascode operational transconductance amplifier with source degeneration implemented by means of highly linear tunable active resistors. The transconductor has been designed in a 0.5 mum CMOS technology featuring a third-order intermodulation (IM3) of -54.8 dB at 10 MHz for a 1 V_pp output voltage. Its feasibility for Gm-C filter design has been experimentally validated with a 1 MHz tunable third-order Chebyshev lowpass filter suitable for Bluetooth applications.     

Sequential tuning of microwave filters using adaptive models and parameter extraction

This paper describes a sequential procedure for computer-aided tuning and diagnosis of multiple-coupled resonator filters. The method is based on a sequential parameter estimation and a systematic tuning procedure and employs three different filter models. A detuned model represents the initial status of the filter after a well-defined detuning procedure. The target filter is described by an ideal model, whereas the actual state of the filter at each tuning step is represented by a coarse adaptive model. The goal of the procedure is the convergence of the coarse model to the ideal model and will be obtained by systematically centering resonant frequencies and coupling coefficients. Practical examples comprising low- and high-degree filters confirm the effectiveness of the proposed approach in both tuning and fault diagnosis.     

High speed implementation of certain adaptive filters: A novel Toeplitz matrix decomposition approach

We study implementation problems involved with certain adaptive filters requiring high speed matrix-vector multiplies of the formTw, whereT isn×n Toeplitz andw is ann×1 vector. We solve the problem using a novel and simple matrix decomposition of the formT=C+S, whereC is circulant and5 is factor circulant.C andS support fast Fourier transform implementations of all basic matrix computations. The decomposition can also be used to implement the productT ₁ T ₂ with fast Fourier transform algorithms.     

CMOS active-LC bandpass filters with coupled-inductor Q-enhancement and center frequency tuning

A novel CMOS circuit for obtaining a bandpass response from a triple-coupled-inductor arrangement is presented, featuring Q-enhancement and center frequency tuning by means of vector-modulating a current flowing through one of the coupled inductors. A 0.35-/spl mu/m CMOS LC filter prototype employing the technique has been fabricated and exhibits a center frequency tuning range of 11% around 1 GHz and Q values up to 180. The input 1-dB compression point is -13 dBm with Q set to 20 and a power consumption of 12.2 mW. Additionally, an input impedance matching scheme around a spiral transformer is presented, which tracks the center frequency of the filter. The active-LC approach can be applied to higher order filter responses and find applications in tunable building blocks for agile RF front ends and multistandard radios.     

An adaptive PLL tuning system architecture combining high spectralpurity and fast settling time

An adaptive phase-locked loop (PLL) architecture for high-performance tuning systems is described. The architecture combines contradictory requirements posed by different performance aspects. Adaptation of loop parameters occurs continuously, without switching of loop filter components, and without interaction from outside of the tuning system. The relationship of performance aspects (settling time, phase noise, and spurious signals) to design variables (loop bandwidth, phase margin, and loop filter attenuation at the reference frequency) are presented, and the basic tradeoffs of the new concept are discussed. A circuit implementation of the adaptive PLL, optimized for use in a multiband (global) car-radio tuner IC, is described in detail. The realized tuning system achieved state-of-the-art settling time and spectral purity performance in its class (integer-N PLLs): a signal-to-noise ratio of 65 dB, a 100-kHz spurious reference breakthrough signal under -81 dBc, and a residual settling error of 3 kHz after 1 ms, for a 20-MHz frequency step. It simultaneously fulfills the speed requirements for inaudible frequency hopping and the heavy signal-to-noise ratio specification of 64 dB     

Strategies for design automation of high speed digital filters

Optimization techniques for DSP circuits are described based on the design experience with a number of high-speed digital filter chips. These designs show that efficient high speed digital filter designs can be achieved using several optimizations at the architecture, circuit, and layout level. The problems of automating these optimizations in a general DSP synthesis environment are discussed, and possible CAD solutions are proposed.     

LMS adaptive filters using distributed arithmetic for high throughput

We present a new hardware adaptive filter architecture for very high throughput LMS adaptive filters using distributed arithmetic (DA). DA uses bit-serial operations and look-up tables (LUTs) to implement high throughput filters that use only about one cycle per bit of resolution regardless of filter length. However, building adaptive DA filters requires recalculating the LUTs for each adaptation which can negate any performance advantages of DA filtering. By using an auxiliary LUT with special addressing, the efficiency and throughput of DA adaptive filters can be of the same order as fixed DA filters. In this paper, we discuss a new hardware adaptive filter structure for very high throughput LMS adaptive filters. We describe the development of DA adaptive filters and show that practical implementations of DA adaptive filters have very high throughput relative to multiply and accumulate architectures. We also show that DA adaptive filters have a potential area and power consumption advantage over digital signal processing microprocessor architectures.     

Digital frequency tuning technique based on current division for integrated active RC filters

A novel digital frequency tuning technique is presented for integrated active RC filters. Instead of varying the values of the capacitors or resistors as in traditional approaches, the proposed technique achieves frequency tuning by dividing the currents that flow from resistors to virtual grounds. Current division is performed through a digitally programmable current division network added at each virtual ground. The technique features compact size, wide tuning range and high linearity. Transistor level simulation results are presented to demonstrate the technique.     

基于自适应插值滤波的室内环境高速重建系统

针对室内环境重建过程中的光源干扰,以及相移条纹投影过程中因产生Gamma变换造成相位展开时包裹相位周期与格雷码级次周期无法保持严格一致,从而出现相位值跳变的问题,提出一种基于自适应插值滤波的抗全局光照重建方法,并利用高速投影方式将光源干扰的影响程度降低。首先向被测环境表面投影二值离焦相移条纹与高频格雷码条纹,利用希尔伯特变换以及高频解码方法求解展开相位;其次运用自适应插值滤波算法对存在跳变的展开相位进行修复;最后还原被测物体的形貌特征。通过分析跳变点类型针对性地对其进行插值滤波,消除相位跳变、避免重复相位的产生。与传统全局中值滤波方法相比较,笔者的方法可以在精度更高的条件下同时将效率提高90%,达到了高速高质量室内环境重建的目的。     

A low-transconductance OTA with improved linearity suitable for low-frequency Gm-C filters

A fully differential operational transconductance amplifier is presented in this paper with enhanced linearity and low transconductance, suitable for low-frequency Gm-C filters. This paper also proposes a new common-mode feedback scheme that presents low sensitivity to large differential voltage swings at the OTA outputs. The proposed OTA was employed in the design of a fully-integrated Gm-C low-pass filter with a cutoff frequency of 30 kHz. The Gm-C filter was fabricated in a 0.35 μm CMOS technology and presented a THD at the output less than 1% for input signals with differential amplitudes up to 3.2 V.     

Resonant frequency estimation for adaptive notch filters in industrial servo systems

This paper proposes a new algorithm for estimating the resonant frequency of adaptive notch filters used in servo systems. Notch filters and adaptive notch filters are widely used in commercial servo systems for suppressing a resonance which is a major obstacle in improving their performance. However, the conventional frequency estimation algorithm gives a dynamic behavior that is proportional to the difference between the square of the estimated frequency and the square of the actual frequency. This can cause the estimation dynamics to be too slow for low-frequency resonances, if both low- and high-frequency resonances are present and if the estimator gain is designed for a high frequency. This paper develops a new algorithm to give a dynamic behavior that is proportional to the difference in the estimated frequency and actual frequency. This allows selecting the estimation parameters independent from the value of resonant frequencies. The developed algorithm is implemented to a production servo controller and applied to a production printed-circuit-board inspection system. The experimental results show that the developed algorithm is much more effective in suppressing the resonances of both low- and high-frequencies, compared to the pervious algorithm. Furthermore, the ability to suppress vibration allows increasing the feedback gain, which in turn allows improving the tack time performance from 190 ms to 100 ms. All experiments reported in this paper were performed in an actual industrial environment using a production system, and the developed algorithms are applied to the production system.     

Low-voltage low-power Gm-C filters: a modified configuration for improving performance

In this paper, after addressing the effect of finite output impedance of Gm cells on the performance of Gm-C filters, a modified configuration suitable for low-voltage operation is presented. In the proposed architecture, to efficiently increase the output impedance, body-driven impedance boosting is employed. The circuit-level topology of Gm cells is modified in order to increase the output impedance with minimized power consumption. To show the effectiveness of the proposed scheme, a 0.9-V 5-th order Butterworth low-pass filter with 8 MHz cutoff frequency is designed and simulated in 90-nm CMOS technology. Employing the proposed technique, power consumption is reduced from 0.7 mW to 0.5 mW.     

高精度高重频脉冲激光测距系统

在三维激光扫描探测系统中,激光测距的测量重频和测量精度是影响整个系统性能的关键参数.介绍了三维激光扫描探测系统的工作特点,设计了一种以Nios Ⅱ嵌入式软处理器为核心的高重频、高精度脉冲激光测距系统.通过分析影响测量重频和测距精度的因素,采用双阈值时刻鉴别方法进行计时起止时刻的鉴别,使用TDC-GP2高精度时间间隔测量...     

一种数字调频系统专用频率合成芯片的设计

针对汽车音响收音数字调谐系统的实例,介绍了一种广播用双波段锁相环频率合成芯片的设计方法。设计采用串行端口按位传输数据的方式,在程序分频器部分使用了吞脉冲技术,不仅简化了控制器的操作,同时也获得了较高的频率分辨力,实际产品具有广泛的市场前景。