Third Order Current Mode Universal Filter Using Only Op.amp. and OTAs

G. N. Shinde, D. D. Mulajkar
DOI: 10.4236/cs.2010.12011                

Abstract

A novel current mode active-only universal filter using four dual current output Operational Transconductance Amplifiers (OTAs) and three Operational Amplifiers (OAs) is presented. The circuit can realize low pass and high pass filter characteristics by choosing the suitable current output branches. The filter performance factors natural frequency (ω0), bandwidth , quality factor Q and transconductance gain gm are electronically tunable. The proposed circuit has very low sensitivities with respect to circuit active elements. From sensitivity analysis, it has been clearly shown that the proposed circuit has very low sensitivities with respect to the circuit active elements. The gain roll-off of high pass and low pass configuration is 18 dB/oc- tave. The proposed circuit facilitates integrability, programmability and ease of implementation.

Keywords

Current Mode Filter, OTA, Bandwidth, Center Frequency, Circuit Merit Factor Q

Conflicts of Interest

The authors declare no conflicts of interest.

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