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III. Gm-C Filtering - Epublications - Université de Limoges

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Figure 89. Derivator using an Rm amplifier<br />

Rm-C filters are rarely used above 10MHz because of their frequency limitation. Only<br />

two publications were classified in APPENDIX C. In [II.23] Y. Cheng et al present an<br />

interesting structure, which consists in a CMOS inverted-based Rm-C amplifier that is<br />

connected to a capacitor in or<strong>de</strong>r to form an Rm-C biquad. A Q-enhancement circuit is ad<strong>de</strong>d<br />

which also helps to adjust the filter operating frequency and gain. The entire circuit is<br />

illustrated in Figure 90.<br />

The Rm amplifier is realized with a CMOS inverter with feedback and current-source<br />

load. The Q-enhancement is realized thanks to a negative resistance which generates a higher<br />

gain, resulting in a higher Q-factor: the higher the gain, the higher the extra-gain given by the<br />

positive feedback.<br />

Figure 90. Reported Rm-C filter<br />

As far as the performances are concerned, this structure is tunable between 41 and<br />

178MHz with 20 dB gain. It also achieves a noise figure of 15 dB and an IIP3 of -5 dBm.<br />

Further <strong>de</strong>tails are given in APPENDIX C.

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