Circuit for DC offset cancellation

• US 20060279344A1
• Filed: 06/09/2006
• Published: 12/14/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 06/09/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: VIA Technologies Incorporated (VIA Technologies)
• Original Assignee: VIA Technologies Incorporated (VIA Technologies)
• Inventors: Hsu, Chunwei, Chen, Kuan Da
• Granted Patent: US 7,355,471 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 327/307
• CPC Class Codes: H03F 2203/45512 the FBC comprising one or more capacitors, not being switched capacitors, and being coupled between the LC and the IC
• CPC Class Codes: H03F 2203/45521 the FBC comprising op amp stages, e.g. cascaded stages of the dif amp and being coupled between the LC and the IC
• CPC Class Codes: H03F 3/45475 using IC blocks as the active amplifying circuit
• CPC Class Codes: H03F 3/45973 by using a feedback circuit

Abstract

A circuit having multiple overlapped feedback loops for DC offset cancellation is provided with applying in one of multistage amplifier, multistage filter, and the combination thereof. The circuit includes a plurality of negative feedback variable bandwidth switches coupled to each stage of the above mentioned multistage devices, the output of the last stage is coupled to an input of a low-pass filter loop. The circuit includes a plurality of variable gain amplifiers, output of each variable gain amplifier is coupled to the series contact of each stage respectively, and input of each variable gain amplifier is thereof coupled to an output of the low-pass filter loop. Therefore, the circuit achieves to cancel the DC offset for multistage overlapped feedback path with less area and low power consumption.

Claims

1. A circuit for DC offset cancellation, comprising:

a multistage amplifier, comprising a plurality of seriated amplifiers, each stage amplifier received the output signal from the prior amplifier to amplify, and outputting to next stage amplifier;

a plurality of variable gain amplifiers, the outputs of said variable gain amplifier coupled to the seriated contact between each said stage amplifier of said multistage amplifier; and

a low-pass filter, the input thereof coupled to the output of said multistage amplifier, and the output thereof coupled to the input of said variable gain amplifier.

2. The circuit of claim 1, wherein each said stage amplifier of said multistage amplifier is a variable gain amplifier.

3. The circuit of claim 1, wherein each said stage amplifier of said multistage amplifier further comprises to integrate a filter respectively.

4. The circuit of claim 3, wherein each said filter of said stage amplifier is coupled to a variable bandwidth switch via negative feedback.

5. The circuit of claim 3, wherein each said filter integrated from each said stage amplifier of said multistage amplifier is respectively selected to be one of a fixed bandwidth filter and a variable bandwidth filter.

6. The circuit of claim 1, wherein said low-pass filter comprises:

a transconductance amplifier, the input thereof coupled to the output of the rear stage amplifier of said multistage amplifier, and output thereof coupled to the input of each said variable gain amplifier; and

a capacitor, the end thereof coupled with the input of each said variable gain amplifier and the output of said transconductance amplifier, and the other end thereof coupled to ground.

7. The circuit of claim 6, wherein said transconductance amplifier is a variable gain transconductance amplifier.

8. The circuit of claim 4, wherein said variable bandwidth switch is implemented by a variable bandwidth capacitor.

9. A circuit for DC offset cancellation, comprising:

a multistage filter, comprising a plurality of seriated filters, each said stage filter received the output signal from prior stage filter to filter, and outputting to next stage filter;

a plurality of variable gain amplifiers, the output of each of said variable gain amplifiers coupled to the seriated contact between each said stage filter of said multistage filter; and

a low-pass filter, the input thereof coupled the output of said multistage filter, and the output thereof coupled to the input of each said variable gain amplifier.

10. The circuit of claim 9, wherein each said filter of said multistage filter is coupled to a variable bandwidth switch via negative feedback.

11. The circuit of claim 9, wherein each said stage filter of said multistage filter is respectively selected to be one of a fixed bandwidth filter and a variable bandwidth filter.

12. The circuit of claim 10, wherein said variable bandwidth switch is implemented by a variable bandwidth capacitor.

13. The circuit of claim 9, wherein said low-pass filter comprises:

a transconductance amplifier, the input thereof coupled to the output of the rear stage amplifier of said multistage amplifier, and output thereof coupled to the input of each said variable gain amplifier; and

a capacitor, the end thereof coupled with the input of said variable gain amplifier and the output of said transconductance amplifier, and the other end thereof coupled to ground.

14. The circuit of claim 13, wherein said transconductance amplifier is a variable gain transconductance amplifier.