CMOS transconductance amplifiers, architectures and active filters: a tutorial
CMOS transconductance amplifiers, architectures and active filters: a tutorial
- Author(s): E. Sánchez-Sinencio and J. Silva-Martínez
- DOI: 10.1049/ip-cds:20000055
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- Author(s): E. Sánchez-Sinencio 1 and J. Silva-Martínez 1
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Volume 147, Issue 1,
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DOI: 10.1049/ip-cds:20000055 , Print ISSN 1350-2409, Online ISSN 1359-7000
An updated version of a 1985 tutorial paper on active filters using operational transconductance amplifiers (OTAs) is presented. The integrated circuit issues involved in active filters (using CMOS transconductance amplifiers) and the progress in this field in the last 15 years is addressed. CMOS transconductance amplifiers, nonlinearised and linearised, as well as frequency limitations and dynamic range considerations are reviewed. OTA-C filter architectures, current-mode filters, and other potential applications of transconductance amplifiers are discussed.
Inspec keywords: linearisation techniques; active filters; CMOS analogue integrated circuits; current-mode circuits; operational amplifiers
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Subjects: Active filters and other active networks; Amplifiers; CMOS integrated circuits
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