IP Library Granted Patent US 7,921,147
Granted Patent B2
US 7,921,147 · App. 11/776,435 · Granted Apr 5, 2011

Filtering integrated circuit

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Patent No.
US 7,921,147
App. No.
11/776,435
Granted
Apr 5, 2011
Kind
B2
Abstract

A filtering integrated circuit comprises: a storing circuit; a filter coefficient calculating unit configured to receive frequency information that identifies a characteristic frequency of an output signal in a filtering process, and to set filter coefficients calculated based on the frequency information in the storing circuit; and a filtering unit configured to output the output signal after applying a filtering process to an inputted signal based on the filter coefficients set in the storing circuit.

Claims (18)

1. A filtering integrated circuit comprising:

a storing circuit;

a filter coefficient calculating unit configured to receive frequency information that identifies a characteristic frequency of an output signal in a filtering process, and to calculate filter coefficients based on the frequency information, the filter coefficient calculating unit further configured to set the filter coefficients in the storing circuit after shifting the calculated filter coefficients to the right by N bits such that the filter coefficients become values within a predetermined range; and

a filtering unit configured to output the output signal after applying a filtering process to an inputted signal based on the filter coefficients set in the storing circuit, the filtering unit further configured to output the output signal after shifting the output signal to the left by N bits.

2. The filtering integrated circuit of claim 1 , wherein

the filter coefficient calculating unit is configured to

receive further at least one of: sampling frequency information that identifies a sampling frequency in a filtering process; gain information that identifies the gain of the output signal; and selectivity information that identifies the selectivity of the output signal, and

calculate the filter coefficients based on the frequency information and on the received information out of the sampling frequency information, the gain information, and the selectivity information.

3. The filtering integrated circuit of claim 2 , wherein

the filter coefficient calculating unit is configured to output a filter coefficient calculation error signal when the shifted filter coefficients are not values within the predetermined range.

4. The filtering integrated circuit of claim 2 , wherein

the filter coefficient calculating unit is configured to

receive further filter type information that identifies the type of the filter process, and

calculate the filter coefficients based on the filter type information and the frequency information and on the received information out of the sampling frequency information, the gain information, and the selectivity information.

5. The filtering integrated circuit of claim 4 , wherein

the filter coefficient calculating unit is configured to output a filter coefficient calculation error signal when the shifted filter coefficients are not values within the predetermined range.

6. The filtering integrated circuit of claim 1 , wherein

the filter coefficient calculating unit is configured to output a filter coefficient calculation error signal when the shifted filter coefficients are not values within the predetermined range.

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