A calibration circuit calibrates an adjustable capacitance of a circuit
having a time constant depending on the adjustable capacitance. The
calibration circuit outputs a calibration signal carrying information for
calibrating the capacitor and includes a calibration loop. The
calibration circuit includes: a controllable capacitance unit suitable to
receive a control signal and including at least one array of switched
capacitors that can be activated by the control signal, the unit being
such as to output a first signal characterized by a parameter depending
on the amount of capacitance of the array activated by the control
signal; a comparison unit suitable to receive the first signal to assess
whether the parameter meets a preset condition and to output a comparison
signal representative of the assessment result; a control and timing
logic unit suitable to receive the comparison signal to change this
control signal based on the comparison signal, characterized in that the
first signal is a logic signal and the parameter is a time parameter of
the first signal.