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A low-voltage low-power wide-range CMOS variable gain amplifier

In this paper, a compact low-power (LP) low-voltage (LV) metal-oxide-semiconductor-only (MOS-only) variable gain amplifier (VCA) is introduced. This amplifier based on complementary MOS (CMOS) transistors operating in strong inversion is composed of a pseudo-exponential current-to-voltage converter, analog multiplier, and output stage. The gain of the amplifier is controlled exponentially by a novel wide-range pseudo-exponential current-to-voltage converter implemented with two back-to-back connected current mirrors exhibiting superb exponential characteristic. Also, a new LV/LP composite transistor is introduced to increase the input dynamic range of the multiplier. The amplifier is fabricated using a 2-/spl mu/m MOSIS n-well process, and its simulation and measurement results are shown in detail.

A. Motamed | Changku Hwang | Mohammed Ismail

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