Title :
Minimal transistor-only micropower integrated VHF active filter
Author_Institution :
Columbia University New York, Department of Electrical Engineering and Center for Telecommunications Research, USA
Abstract :
A minimal integrated filter containing four MOS transistors as the only circuit elements is presented. Voltage tuning is used to set the cutoff frequency and band-edge peaking. A filter test chip occupies an active area of 0006mm2, has acutoff frequency of 40 MHz and dissipates 580W.
Keywords :
active filters; field effect integrated circuits; integrated circuit technology; 40 MHz; 580 muW; MOS transistors; active area; band-edge peaking; cutoff frequency; filter test chip; integrated VHF active filter; micropower; transistor only filter; voltage tuning;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:19870551
