A differential active load and its applications in CMOS analog circuit designs

被引:2
作者
Prodanov, VI
Green, MM
机构
[1] Department of Electrical Engineering, College of Engineering and Applied Sciences, State University of New York, Stony Brook
来源
IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON CIRCUITS AND SYSTEMS II-ANALOG AND DIGITAL SIGNAL PROCESSING | 1997年 / 44卷 / 04期
关键词
analog multipliers; CMOS analog integrated circuits; transconductors; tunable filters;
D O I
10.1109/82.566643
中图分类号
TM [电工技术]; TN [电子技术、通信技术];
学科分类号
0808 ; 0809 ;
摘要
In this paper we describe a CMOS differential active load and show how it can be used to create various useful structures. Tunable current gain stages and current squaring circuits are discussed. Their connection to a differential pair-based transconductor results in broad-range tunable transconductor structures suitable for adaptive continuous-time filtering applications and a four-quadrant voltage multiplier.
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页码:265 / 273
页数:9
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