DC cancellation circuit
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1. A circuit, comprising:
- an input terminal for receiving an input signal;
a forward gain element, coupled to said input terminal, including a first operational amplifier, a first impedance, and a second impedance;
an output terminal taken from an output of the first operational amplifier;
a feedback gain element, coupled to the output of the forward gain element, including a second operational amplifier, a third impedance, and a capacitance; and
a scaling impedance coupled between an output of the feedback gain element and the input terminal;
wherein a gain of the forward gain element is responsive to a ratio of the first impedance and the second impedance, wherein the scaling impedance scales a DC signal at the output of the feedback gain element to reduce a DC component of the input signal.
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a DC offset canceling circuit. In one aspect of the invention, a DC offset canceling circuit with independently configurable gain and roll-off frequency is provided. In one embodiment of the present invention, the DC offset canceling circuit is used in the receive path of a down-conversion wireless receiver. In another aspect of the invention, a method for independently varying the gain and the roll-off frequency of the DC offset canceling circuit is provided. In one embodiment, the method is used to independently operate a gain control scheme and a DC offset cancellation strategy in a DC canceling circuit.
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1. A circuit, comprising:
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an input terminal for receiving an input signal;
a forward gain element, coupled to said input terminal, including a first operational amplifier, a first impedance, and a second impedance;
an output terminal taken from an output of the first operational amplifier;
a feedback gain element, coupled to the output of the forward gain element, including a second operational amplifier, a third impedance, and a capacitance; and
a scaling impedance coupled between an output of the feedback gain element and the input terminal;
wherein a gain of the forward gain element is responsive to a ratio of the first impedance and the second impedance, wherein the scaling impedance scales a DC signal at the output of the feedback gain element to reduce a DC component of the input signal. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A method for varying a gain of a receive path, having a forward path and a feedback loop, in a receiver independently of a high-pass roll-off frequency of said receive path, the method comprising:
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varying a gain of a forward path in said receive path, thereby causing a change in the gain of the receive path and in the high-pass roll-off frequency of the receive path; and
adjusting variable components in a feedback loop of said receive path, thereby canceling the change in the value of the high-pass roll-off frequency. - View Dependent Claims (18)
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19. A method for receiving an information signal using a down-conversion receiver circuit having a forward path and a feedback loop, the method comprising:
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(a) setting a gain of the receiver circuit at a desired level by adjusting variable components in the forward path of the receiver circuit; and
(b) setting a high-pass roll-off frequency of the receiver circuit according to a lowest frequency component of the information signal by adjusting variable components in the feedback loop of the receiver circuit. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22)
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23. A circuit comprising:
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a first gain element having a positive input terminal, a negative input terminal coupled to a ground reference voltage, and an output terminal coupled to an output terminal of the circuit;
a first impedance coupled between an input terminal of the circuit and the positive input terminal of the first gain element;
a second impedance coupled between the positive input terminal and the output terminal of the first gain element;
a second gain element having a positive input terminal, a negative input terminal coupled to a ground reference voltage, and an output terminal;
a third impedance element coupled between the output of the first gain element and the positive input terminal of the second gain element;
a capacitive element coupled between the positive input terminal and the output terminal of the second gain element; and
a fourth impedance coupled between the output terminal of the second gain element and the positive input terminal of the first gain element.
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