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III. Gm-C Filtering - Epublications - Université de Limoges

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II.7 Conclusion<br />

As a conclusion, this chapter has <strong>de</strong>monstrated that the second or<strong>de</strong>r bandpass filter<br />

topology best fulfils the requirements of TV tuners. In<strong>de</strong>ed, its efficient central frequency<br />

tuning and the possibility to <strong>de</strong>termine accurately either a -3dB bandwidth or a filter quality<br />

factor make it a very attractive topology.<br />

Studying the literature allows comparing the performances of various structures. It<br />

comes out that <strong>Gm</strong>-C filters are able to work in the TV operating frequencies while achieving<br />

interesting RF performances and tuning range. In the following, this type of filter will be<br />

studied more <strong>de</strong>eply and <strong>de</strong>signed with a high dynamic range focus, in or<strong>de</strong>r to <strong>de</strong>termine in a<br />

quantitative way which performances are reachable with this type of filter and what are the<br />

limitations to this structure.<br />

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