Towards a Perfect CMOS CCII

  • Authors:
  • Arie Arbel

  • Affiliations:
  • Technion - Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel 32000

  • Venue:
  • Analog Integrated Circuits and Signal Processing
  • Year:
  • 1997

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Abstract

DC offset and inaccurate voltage follower action betweenterminals Y and X, the relatively highimpedance seen at terminal X and inaccurate currentfollower action between terminals X and Zplague simple circuit realizations of the CCII. This paper summarizesthe methods employed and compares the improvement of the CCIIcharacteristics achieved by a variety of published circuits,with emphasis laid on CMOS realizations. In these comparisons,the conventionally employed but inaccurate current mirror outputstages were replaced by a circuit employing current isolationand thereby providing accurate current follower action betweenterminals X and Z. Furthermore, twonovel realizations of a differential CCII --- basedtransconductance amplifier are described, which can also be employedas input stage of an instrumentation voltage amplifier exhibitingan exceptionally high CMRR and excellent frequency response.Finally, a current fan out circuit for cascode CCII ---`swill be introduced, whose transfer function value is electronicallyadjustable.