The present invention relates to a simplified Sallen-Key low-pass filter circuit.
The known Sallen-Key low-pass filter circuit comprises:
Examples of such circuits are described in: Jeffrey A. Weldon, R. Sekhar Narayanaswami, Jacques C. Rudell, Li Lin, Matsanori Otsuka, Sébastien Dedieu and Paul Grey, “A 1.75-GHz highly integrated narrow-band CMOS transmitter with harmonic-rejection mixer”, IEEE Journal of solid-state circuits, vol. 36, no 12, December 2001 (hereinafter referenced to as “D1”).
It is desirable to reduce the power consumption of the Sallen-Key low-pass filter circuit.
Accordingly, it is an object of the invention to provide a Sallen-Key low-pass filter circuit having reduced power consumption.
The invention provides a Sallen-Key low-pass filter circuit wherein the second resistor is directly connected between the first resistor and an output of the circuit.
In this circuit, the amplifier of unity gain is replaced by a wire. Thus, the power consumption of the circuit is reduced.
The features of claim 2 improve the filter attenuation at high frequencies.
The features as defined in claim 3 have the advantages to improve the stability of the filter circuit.
Other features of the Sallen-Key low-pass filter circuit are recited in the dependent claims.
The invention also relates to a mobile phone including a Sallen-Key low-pass filter circuit according to claims 1 through 4.
These and other aspects of the Sallen-Key low-pass filter circuit will be apparent from the following description, drawings and from the claims.
Circuit 4 has an input 10 to receive the signal to be filtered and an output 12 to deliver the filtered signal.
The input 10 is connected to a junction 14 through a first resistor 16.
A second resistor 18 is directly connected between junction 14 and output 12.
A capacitor 20 is connected on one side to ground and on the other side to a junction between resistor 18 and output 12.
Circuit 4 also comprises a feedback path 22 connecting output 12 to junction 14. Feedback path 22 comprises an amplifier 24 of unity gain connected in series with a capacitor 26.
For example, amplifier 24 comprises an operational amplifier 30 having a negative input terminal 32 and a positive input terminal 34 and an output terminal 36. Output terminal 36 is connected to negative input terminal 32 and to an electrode of capacitor 26. Input terminal 34 is directly connected to output 12.
Another electrode of capacitor 26 is directly connected to junction 14.
The transfer function of circuit 4 is the following:
where:
This transfer function is a Sallen-Key transfer function.
In comparison with the Sallen-Key low-pass filter circuit disclosed in D1, which has two amplifiers, circuit 4 has a reduced power consumption since it only uses one amplifier to achieve the same performance. Circuit 4 is also smaller than the filter circuit disclosed in D1.
The vertical and horizontal axis of the graph represents the attenuation in decibels and corresponding frequency, respectively.
The other conventional Sallen-Key low-pass filter circuit comprises only one amplifier connected between resistor 18 and output 12 and the feedback path only includes capacitor 20. In comparison with the conventional Sallen-Key low-pass filter, circuit 4 provides better attenuation performance at high frequencies.
Many additional embodiments are possible. For example, amplifier 34 can be replaced by an amplifier of gain K where K is not equal to 1.
Furthermore, differential filter circuit having two inputs and two outputs can be built using two circuits 4 connected to one another through capacitor 20. In such an embodiment, the capacitance of capacitor 20 is equal to half the capacitance value of capacitor 20 in circuit 4.
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