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Inside a 1980s switched-capacitor filter chip

Original: A 1980s filter chip that uses switched capacitors

A detailed teardown published on the Righto blog examines a 1980s-era filter chip that uses switched-capacitor circuitry, explaining how the device performed signal filtering on a single silicon die. The article walks through the chip's design and why switched-capacitor filters were a notable advance, letting circuits replace bulky external resistors and capacitors. Readers are discussing the retro engineering and the elegance of the approach.

Why now: Detailed reverse-engineering write-ups of vintage chips consistently draw interest from engineers nostalgic for 1980s technology

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