1.5-V square-root domain second-order filter with on-chip tuning

A novel square-root domain (SRD) second order filter with automatic tuning control is described. The tuning system is based on a master-slave configuration, where the master is a SRD current-mode magnitude locked loop. The control circuitry allows tuning of the cut-off frequency as well as the quality factor and gain of the filter. The basic building blocks of the complete system are implemented employing a design strategy based on the inherent nonlinear characteristic of Class-AB linear transconductors. A proper biasing scheme in such transconductors leads to operation with very low supply voltages (as low as V/sub GS/+2V/sub DSsat/). Simulation and numerical results together with measurements from a fabricated prototype in a 0.8-/spl mu/m CMOS technology are included in order to validate the design technique proposed.

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