Temperature compensation for internal inductor resistance
First Claim
1. A system for controlling temperature-induced quality variation in a first filter disposed within a signal path, the system comprising:
- a second filter, disposed outside of the signal path, having an inductor, wherein a resistance of the inductor is temperature-dependent;
a variable resistor, controlled based upon the temperature-dependent resistance of the inductor in the second filter, coupled in series with the first filter disposed within the signal path; and
a control circuit, coupled to the second filter, configured to produce a control signal corresponding to the temperature-dependent resistance of the inductor in the second filter, wherein the control circuit is configured to control, with the control signal, a resistance of the variable resistor.
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Abstract
An integrated receiver with channel selection and image rejection substantially implemented on a single CMOS integrated circuit is described. A receiver front end provides programmable attenuation and a programmable gain low noise amplifier. Frequency conversion circuitry advantageously uses LC filters integrated onto the substrate in conjunction with image reject mixers to provide sufficient image frequency rejection. Filter tuning and inductor Q compensation over temperature are performed on chip. The filters utilize multi track spiral inductors. The filters are tuned using local oscillators to tune a substitute filter, and frequency scaling during filter component values to those of the filter being tuned. In conjunction with filtering, frequency planning provides additional image rejection. The advantageous choice of local oscillator signal generation methods on chip is by PLL out of band local oscillation and by direct synthesis for in band local oscillator. The VCOs in the PLLs are centered using a control circuit to center the tuning capacitance range. A differential crystal oscillator is advantageously used as a frequency reference. Differential signal transmission is advantageously used throughout the receiver.
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18 Claims
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1. A system for controlling temperature-induced quality variation in a first filter disposed within a signal path, the system comprising:
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a second filter, disposed outside of the signal path, having an inductor, wherein a resistance of the inductor is temperature-dependent; a variable resistor, controlled based upon the temperature-dependent resistance of the inductor in the second filter, coupled in series with the first filter disposed within the signal path; and a control circuit, coupled to the second filter, configured to produce a control signal corresponding to the temperature-dependent resistance of the inductor in the second filter, wherein the control circuit is configured to control, with the control signal, a resistance of the variable resistor. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A method for controlling temperature-induced quality variation in a first filter disposed within a signal path, comprising:
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measuring a resistance of an inductor in a second filter that is disposed outside of the signal path, wherein the resistance of the inductor is temperature-dependent; producing a control signal corresponding to the temperature-dependent resistance of the inductor in the second filter, wherein the control signal is configured to control a resistance of a component disposed within the signal path of the first filter; and controlling, with the control signal, the resistance of the component disposed within the signal path of the first filter, to compensate for a temperature-induced quality variation of the first filter disposed within the signal path. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A system for controlling temperature-induced quality variation in a filter disposed within a signal path, the system comprising:
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an inductive element, disposed outside of the signal path, wherein a resistance of the inductive element is temperature-dependent; a variable resistor, controlled based upon the temperature-dependent resistance of the inductive element, coupled in series with the filter disposed within the signal path; and a control circuit, coupled to the filter disposed within the signal path, configured to produce a control signal corresponding to the temperature-dependent resistance of the inductive element, wherein the control circuit is configured to control, with a control signal, a resistance of the variable resistor.
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