Fully differential leapfrog implementation for high-pass ladder filters

Abstract

This paper presents a novel leapfrog signal flow graph (SFG) implementation by fully differential Op amp integrators, which combines low sensitivity, high dynamic range with simple circuit configuration. The direct SFG simulation and leapfrog SFG simulation can yield integrator-based structures likewise, but both of them will lead to higher circuit complexity, noise density and sensitivity. Three Butterworth 5-order high-pass filters with a pass band edge frequency of 1.778 kHz are designed based on different SFGs. From the example, the noise density of the simplest leapfrog configuration is approximately 0.4 nV/Hz^1/2 lower than those of the other two in the stop band, and shows the best noise density in the pass band. The sensitivity densities of two types of leapfrog filters are approximately equivalent, while that of the direct SFG simulation filter is much higher. However, the pass band response of the simplest configuration is not as good as those of the other two because of two parasitic zeros (at 708 kHz, −31.6 dB and 1.59 MHz, −20.55 dB) and a parasitic pole (at 4.57 MHz, 45.5 dB).

Keywords

active filter / analog circuit / integrated circuit

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