Electrical transmission or interconnection systems – Nonlinear reactor systems – Parametrons
Patent
1988-02-01
1989-12-19
Miller, Stanley D.
Electrical transmission or interconnection systems
Nonlinear reactor systems
Parametrons
307521, 307522, 328167, 330270, 330306, 330305, H03K 500, H03F 326
Patent
active
048885029
DESCRIPTION:
BRIEF SUMMARY
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
This invention relates to variable bandwidth filters, such as for use in pulse radar receivers.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
According to the present invention there is provided a variable bandwidth filter comprising a pair of matched transistors having their emitters coupled together and provided with a common emitter circuit including a variable current source, a field effect transistor which is connected in the collector circuit of a first transistor of the pair of transistors and which serves as a variable collector load resistor, capacitive means connected across the field effect transistor and a feed-back control loop arrangement which provides a control voltage applied to the gate of the field effect transistor to maintain constant the DC voltage across the field effect transistor whereby the effective bandwidth of the filter defined by the field effect transistor and capacitive means in the collector circuit of the first transistor is controllable in dependence upon the current flowing in the common emitter circuit of the matched transistors.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWING
By way of example one embodiment of the present invention will now be described with reference to the accompanying drawing which shows a circuit diagram of a variable bandwidth filter.
DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS
Referring to the drawing, the variable bandwidth filter illustrated comprises a pair of matched transistors T.sub.1 and T.sub.2 having their respective collectors connected to a voltage line OV and having a variable current source VCS included in a common emitter circuit connected to a voltage line V.sub.EE. The bases of the transistors T.sub.1 and T.sub.2 are connected to a further voltage line V.sub.BB through respective bias resistors R.sub.3 and R.sub.4 so that transistors T.sub.1 and T.sub.2 are both normally conducting.
The transistor T.sub.1 has connected in its collector circuit a field effect transistor FT having connected across it a capacitor C.sub.1. The transistor FT serves effectively as a variable collector load resistor for the transistor T.sub.1 by maintaining the DC voltage across the transistor FT constant whilst a variable control voltage is applied to the gate of the field effect transistor from a feed back control loop arrangement FL including resistors R.sub.5 and R.sub.6, a capacitor C.sub.3 connected across resistors R.sub.5 and R.sub.6 and an amplifier AMP having a reference voltage Vref applied to one of its inputs and the other input being derived from the collector of the transistor T.sub.1 through the resistor R.sub.5. The collector of transistor T.sub.1 is connected to the base of an output transistor OT the emitter of which is connected to an output terminal OUT via a capacitor C.sub.2 and to the voltage line V.sub.BB through a resistor R.sub.1.
Since the voltage drop across the transistor FT is maintained constant, variations in the collector current of the transistor T.sub.1 produced by varying the variable current source VCS will effectively produce changes in the resistance of the field effect transistor FT thereby varying the bandwidth of the filter defined by the transistor FT and the capacitor C.sub.1 in parallel therewith.
In operation of the filter, an a.c. signal for filtering will be applied to input terminal IN and this signal will pass through a capacitor C.sub.4 to the base of the conducting transistor T.sub.1. The collector current of transistor T.sub.1 will accordingly have superimposed upon it an a.c. signal having the same frequency as the signal applied to the input terminal IN and this signal will be applied to the base of the conducting transistor OT to produce an output signal of the time frequency at the output terminal OUT or the signal will be blocked from reaching the output transistor OT in dependence upon the pass-band frequencies of the filter defined by the field effect transistor FT and the capacitor C.sub.1.
Resistors R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 are provided, respectively, in the emitter circuits of the transistors T.
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Mai Huy Kim
Miller Stanley D.
Plessey Overseas Limited
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