Circuit with an RC-filter

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9893704-B2
Application number	US-201514810788-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 28, 2015
Priority date	Jul 29, 2014
Publication date	Feb 13, 2018
Grant date	Feb 13, 2018

Abstract

A circuit ( 290 ) comprises an RC filter circuit ( 100 ), which comprises an ohmic resistor ( 112 ) and a capacitor ( 113 ). In addition, the circuit ( 290 ) comprises a compensation circuit ( 200 ), which is designed to provide a compensation current flow ( 192 ), which corresponds to a current flow ( 191 ) to a load ( 150 ).

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A circuit, which comprises:
an RC filter circuit comprising an input and an output,
wherein the input is coupled to a first voltage source,
wherein the output is coupled to a load,
wherein the RC filter circuit comprises an ohmic resistor and a capacitor,
a compensation circuit which is coupled to the RC filter circuit,
wherein the compensation circuit is designed to provide a compensation current flow, which corresponds to a current flow to the load, and
wherein the circuit furthermore comprises:
a measurement element, which measures a current flow through the ohmic resistor of the RC filter circuit and provides a control signal which is indicative of the measured current flow through the ohmic resistor, and
wherein the compensation circuit is designed to provide the compensation current flow depending on the control signal of the measuring element.

2. A method for operating a circuit,
wherein the method comprises the following steps:
providing a first voltage for a load,
wherein the providing of the first voltage takes place via an RC filter circuit, which comprises an ohmic resistor and a capacitor,
providing a compensation current flow, which corresponds to a current flow to the load, and

wherein the compensation circuit comprises a second voltage source and a further resistor,
wherein the first voltage is provided by a first voltage source,
wherein the second voltage source is designed to provide a second voltage, and
wherein the second voltage is greater than the first voltage.

3. A circuit, which comprises:
an RC filter circuit comprising an input and an output,
wherein the input is coupled to a first voltage source,
wherein the output is coupled to a load,
wherein the RC filter circuit comprises an ohmic resistor and a capacitor,
a compensation circuit which is coupled to the RC filter circuit,
wherein the compensation circuit is designed to provide a compensation current flow, which corresponds to a current flow to the load,
wherein the compensation circuit comprises a second voltage source and a further resistor,
wherein the first voltage source is designed to provide a first voltage,
wherein the second voltage source is designed to provide a second voltage, and
wherein the second voltage is greater than the first voltage.

4. The circuit as claimed in claim 3 ,
wherein the compensation circuit is a switched-capacitor circuit, which comprises a further capacitor, a first switch and a second switch,
wherein the further capacitor couples the second voltage source to ground via the first switch,
wherein the second switch couples the second voltage source to the RC filter circuit via the first switch.

5. The circuit as claimed in claim 4 ,
wherein the load comprises a switched-capacitor input stage,
wherein a switching frequency of the first switch and the second switch of the compensation circuit is equal to a switching frequency of a third switch and a fourth switch of the switched-capacitor input stage of the load.

6. The circuit as claimed in claim 5 ,
wherein the second switch of the compensation circuit connects the second voltage source to the RC filter circuit via the third switch of the switched-capacitor input stage of the load.

7. The circuit as claimed in claim 4 ,
wherein the second voltage source furthermore provides an operating voltage for an active element of the load.

8. The circuit as claimed in claim 3 ,
wherein the compensation circuit is designed to receive a control signal from the load,
wherein the control signal is indicative of the current flow to the load,
wherein the compensation circuit is designed to provide the compensation current flow depending on the control signal of the load.

Assignees

• Infineon Technologies Austria Ag

Inventors

• Bach Elmar
• Lindholm Christian

Classifications

• H03H7/03

  comprising means for compensation of loss · CPC title

• H03H7/0138

  Electrical filters or coupling circuits · CPC title

• H03H1/02

  RC networks, e.g. filters · CPC title

• G05B13/0205

  not using a model or a simulator of the controlled system · CPC title

• H03H7/06 Primary

  including resistors (H03H7/075, H03H7/09, H03H7/12, H03H7/13 take precedence) · CPC title