‘US 2010005: cu») United States SAL 2778 cz) Patent Application Publication co) Pub. No.: US 2010/0052778 Al Baranauskas et al. (54) NTH ORDER TUNABLE Low-PAss CONTINUOUS TIME FILTER FOR FIBER OPTIC RI (76) Inventors Palisades, CA (US); Denis Zel Rancho Palos Verdes, CA (US); ‘Matthias Bussmann, Los Angeles, CA(US); Salam Elabmadi, Dallas, TX (us) CComespondence Address BLAKELY SOKOLOFI LLP 1279 OAKMEAD PARKWAY SUNNYVALE, CA 94085-4040 (US) TAYLOR & ZAFMAN (21) Appl.Nos — 12/200,773 (2) Filed Aug. 28, 2008 (43) Pub, Dat Mar. 4, 2010 ication Classification 61) Ince HOBE 136 2005.01), (2) US.EL a307109 on ABSTRACT According to one embodiment of the invention, a circuit comprising a plurality of operational transconductance amplifiers (OTAS) i described. The first OTA has differential input and differential output. The second OTA also has dif ferential input, where a first output o the first OTA is coupled to the first differential input ofthe second OTA, which i an ‘inverting input. A second output othe frst OTA is coupes to ‘the second inpit of he second OTA, which isa non-inverting inpit, The first differential outpat being eoupled to a frst inp of the fst OTA and the second differential outpet being coupled to second input of the first OTA fr negative feed- back aul current biasing. ure ‘ounUS 2010/0052778 AI Mar. 4, 2010 Sheet 1 of 25 Patent Application Publication vor eer - Fer 06r J 5 Nogr 5 Fost 5 oar Oa) Oa) tay vor] anne 00 Oo bono [ate —~ Most opt or srayeaday Nor LE eT ‘OTPatent Application Publication Mar. 4, 2010 Sheet 2 0f25 US 2010/0052778 Al 110 . 300 2 n St coco 20. FIG. 2