A quadrature charge-domain sampler with embedded FIR and ITR filtering functions

A circuit technique for integrating built-in complex finite-impulse-response (FIR) and infinite-impulse-response (IIR) filtering functions into operation of a subsampler is presented. Based on integrative multiple sampling in the charge domain, the complex FIR filtering function of the sampler provides internal anti-aliasing and image band suppression prior to quadrature downconversion by subsampling. The complex IIR filtering function, taking place at the output sampling rate of the sampler, performs further first-order channel selection filtering on the downconverted signal. An example 50-MHz IF-sampler implementation in 0.8-mu m BiCMOS demonstrating the feasibility of the technique is presented in the paper.