Biasing

Electronic engineering

Active filter

Filter (signal processing)

Engineering

Spice

Low-pass filter

CMOS

Current conveyor

High-pass filter

Voltage

Output impedance

Electronic filter

Electronic circuit

Electrical engineering

Equivalent circuit

RC circuit

Capacitor

Electrical impedance

All-pass filter

Journal of Circuits Systems and Computers

This paper presents an electronically tunable current-mode first-order universal filter. The proposed circuit employs only a single Extra-X Current-Controlled Conveyor (EX-CCCII) and a single grounded capacitor, which is suitable for IC implementation. The circuit can realize three current transfer functions simultaneously, namely low-pass, high-pass and all-pass. The proposed circuit exhibits low-input and high-output impedance, which is suitable for cascading. The pole frequency of the filter can be electronically tuned, by varying the bias current of EX-CCCII. The nonidealities and parasitic effects on the circuit performance are investigated in detail. Also, the Monte Carlo analysis is done to show the effect of active and passive element mismatches on the pole frequency. An eight-phase current-mode sinusoidal oscillator and current-mode second-order filter are further realized using the proposed circuit. The functionality of the proposed circuits is verified through PSPICE simulations, using 0.25-[Formula: see text]m TSMC CMOS technology parameters.

An Active-C Current-Mode Universal First-Order Filter and Oscillator