An electronically tunable current-mode quadrature oscillator using PCAs

This article presents a new realisation of active RC sinusoidal oscillator with electronically tunable condition and frequency of oscillation (FO). As compared to the class of three resistors, two capacitors (3R-2C)-based canonic oscillators, the circuit proposed here uses only two resistors and two capacitors as the passive components and still provides non-interactive tuning laws for the condition of oscillation and the FO. The proposed circuit employs new bipolar programmable current amplifier as the active building block and is capable of simultaneously providing two explicit quadrature current outputs. SPICE simulation results have been included to verify the workability of the circuit as an oscillator and the tuning range of the FO.     

Single-resistance-controlled quadrature oscillator using current differencing buffered amplifiers

A single-resistance-controlled quadrature oscillator circuit using current differencing buffered amplifiers (CDBAs) as active components is proposed. The proposed circuit is realised through the employment of two CDBAs, three resistors and two grounded capacitors. Outputs of two sinusoidal with 90° phase difference are available. The oscillation condition and the oscillation frequency of the proposed quadrature oscillator can be controlled independently by a single resistor. In comparison with the previously reported circuits, the proposed configuration considerably reduces the number of passive elements.     

Four new oscillators using operational transresistance amplifier

In this paper, four new sinusoidal waveform generators based on the operational transresistance amplifier (OTRA) are presented. The first proposed circuit is a minimum component RC sinusoidal oscillator circuit with one OTRA and a few passive components. The second and third proposed circuits consist of one OTRA and a few passive components, among them two passive components are connected to ground. These circuits are able to control the condition of oscillation and frequency of oscillation independently. The fourth proposed quadrature oscillator circuit uses two OTRAs as main active building blocks and a few external passive components to generate the oscillations. The IC AD844AN is adopted to implement the proposed circuits on a laboratory breadboard with external passive components. Both the SPICE simulation and experimental results are given to verify the theoretical analysis of the proposed circuits.     

Realization of electronically tunable voltage-mode/current-mode quadrature sinusoidal oscillator using ZC-CG-CDBA

This paper presents a first of its kind canonic realization of active RC (ARC) sinusoidal oscillator with non-interactive/independent tuning laws, which simultaneously provides buffered quadrature voltage outputs and explicit quadrature current outputs. The proposed circuit is created using a new active building block, namely the Z-copy controlled-gain current differencing buffered amplifier (ZC-CG-CDBA). The circuit uses three resistors and two grounded capacitors, and provides independent/non-interactive control of the condition of oscillation (CO) and the frequency of oscillation (FO) by means of different resistors. Other advantageous features of the circuit are the inherent electronic tunability of the FO via controlling current gains of the active elements and the suitability to be employed as a low-frequency oscillator. A non-ideal analysis of the circuit is carried out and experimental results verifying the workability of the proposed circuit are included.     

CMOS realization of single-resistance-controlled and variable frequency dual-mode sinusoidal oscillators employing a single DVCCTA with all-grounded passive components

In this paper, two new designs are proposed for sinusoidal oscillators based on a single differential voltage current conveyor transconductance amplifier (DVCCTA). Each of the proposed circuits comprises a DVCCTA combined with passive components that simultaneously provides both voltage and current outputs. The first circuit is a DVCCTA-based single-resistance-controlled oscillator (SRCO) that provides independent control of the oscillation condition and oscillation frequency by using distinct circuit parameters. The second circuit is a DVCCTA-based variable frequency oscillator (VFO) that can provide independent control of the oscillation frequency by adjusting the bias current of the DVCCTA. In this paper, the DVCCTA and relevant formulations of the proposed oscillator circuits are first introduced, followed by the non-ideal effects, sensitivity analyses, frequency stability discussions, and design considerations. After using the 0.35-μm CMOS technology of the Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC), the HSPICE simulation results confirmed the feasibility of the proposed oscillator circuits.     

Resistorless dual-mode quadrature sinusoidal oscillator using a single active building block

This paper presents a new realization of resistorless mixed-mode (i.e. both voltage-mode and current-mode) quadrature sinusoidal oscillator using a new active building block (ABB) called the differential voltage current-controlled conveyor transconductance amplifier (DVCCCTA). The proposed oscillator circuit uses a single DVCCCTA, two grounded capacitors (GCs) and does not employ any external linear resistors. The tuning laws for the condition of oscillation (CO) and the frequency of oscillation (FO) are non-interactive; and controlled by separate bias currents. The circuit provides two explicit quadrature current outputs and two quadrature voltage outputs and thus can be classified as a mixed-mode quadrature oscillator. Another notable feature of the proposed circuit is that it can also be used as a biquadratic filter to realize low-pass and band-pass filtering functions simultaneously. Non-ideal analysis of the circuit is provided and PSpice simulation results have been included to verify the workability of the proposed circuit.     

Realization of Novel Linear Sinusoidal VCOs

A few linear voltage-controlled sinusoidal oscillators using IC op-amps (OAs) and IC analogue multipliers (AMs) in conjunction with passive components are already known. In present communication two new linear VCO circuits are proposed. The proposed configurations employ two IC OAs, two IC AMs and fewer passive components as compared to any other circuit of this class reported earlier. In these oscillators the condition of oscillation (CO) and frequency of oscillation (FO) are independently tunable. It has also been shown here that both the proposed circuits are reducible to single OA linear VCOs. The workability of all these configurations has been experimentally tested and the practical result conform with the theoretically obtained values.     

Novel voltage/current-mode quadrature oscillator using current differencing transconductance amplifier

This letter proposes a new realization of voltage/current-mode (CM) quadrature oscillator (QO) using Current Differencing Transconductance Amplifier (CDTA) as the active element. The proposed circuit employs canonic number of components, namely two CDTAs, one resistor and two grounded capacitors. The oscillator is capable of providing two explicit quadrature current outputs and two quadrature voltage outputs. Moreover, the circuit enjoys the advantage of independent control of condition of oscillation (CO) and frequency of oscillation (FO). The non-ideal analysis and sensitivity study of the circuit has been carried out and the circuit exhibits a good sensitivity performance. B2SPICE simulation results are included that validate the working of the circuit.     

First CFOA-based explicit-current-output quadrature sinusoidal oscillators using grounded capacitors

To date, no current-feedback operational amplifier (CFOA)-based sinusoidal oscillator has been reported which provides all the following features simultaneously: (i) current-mode quadrature sinusoidal oscillator providing two explicit-current-outputs (ECOs) from high output impedance terminals, (ii) employing no more than three CFOA ICs and six passive components, which include two grounded capacitors, (iii) offers independent tuning of the condition of oscillation (CO) via a resistor and (iv) provides tunability of the ratio of amplitudes of the generated quadrature ECOs via a separate resistor. To the best of authors' knowledge, this article reports first CFOA-based QOs in current-mode (i.e. providing two ECO signals). Experimental results using AD844 CFOA ICs from Analog Devices have been included to verify the workability of the proposed oscillator circuits. An example automatic gain control (AGC) loop to regulate the oscillation amplitude and control the THD has also been used and verified using SPICE simulations using the AD844 macro-model.     

Current conveyor-based voltage-mode two-phase and four-phase quadrature oscillators

A voltage mode two-phase quadrature oscillator using plus-type second generation current conveyors [CCIIs(+)] is realized by using a simple technique. The basic building block for this technique is a voltage mode non-inverting band-pass filter. The two-phase quadrature oscillator is then transformed into a four-phase quadrature oscillator by replacing the two CCIIs(+) by two dual output, current conveyors [DO-CCIIs]. The proposed circuits enjoy attractive features such as use of grounded passive components, independent frequency control, outputs of almost equal magnitude and low sensitivity figures. Both the oscillator circuits are designed and verified using PSPICE simulation.     

Realizations of Grounded Negative Capacitance Using CFOAs

The paper presents new realizations of grounded negative capacitance, using current feedback operational amplifiers (CFOAs), two resistors and one capacitor. All the proposed realizations are canonic in the number of passive components and do not require any critical component matching condition. Application examples in capacitive cancellation schemes and resistance-controlled low-frequency quadrature sinusoidal oscillator design are provided. The workability of the circuits has been verified by PSPICE simulations.     

Current‐mode quadrature oscillator using current differencing transconductance amplifiers

This article presents a new electronically tunable single‐element‐controlled current‐mode quadrature sinusoidal oscillator circuit using current differencing transconductance amplifiers (CDTAs). The proposed oscillator is consisted of two CDTAs, two grounded capacitors and one grounded resistor, which is beneficial to monolithic integrated circuit implementation both in CMOS and bipolar technologies. The condition of oscillation and the frequency of oscillation are independently controllable. The frequency of oscillation can also be electronically controlled by adjusting the bias current of CDTA. The circuit provides four quadrature current outputs and two quadrature voltage outputs. The current output terminals possess high impedance level. PSPICE simulation results are used to verify the performance of the proposed circuit implemented at the transistor level. The measurement results support the computer simulations.     

Voltage-mode quadrature sinusoidal oscillator with current tunable properties

This letter presents a realization of voltage-mode quadrature sinusoidal oscillator with independent current tunable frequency of oscillation. The circuit uses a single differential voltage current conveyor transconductance amplifier (DVCCTA) as the active building block and four all grounded passive elements. PSPICE simulation results have been included to verify the theoretical results.     

New two CFOA-based sinusoidal RC oscillators with buffered outlet

Using a unified representation for a class of buffered-outlet two current-feedback operational amplifier (CFOAs)-based sinusoidal oscillators, new circuits of this type can be systematically discovered. A catalogue of four circuit structures, each structure realizing nine oscillator circuits, is presented. Moreover, using the RC:CR transformation, additional nine oscillator circuits can be obtained from each structure. While each circuit requires five passive elements, some of the circuits enjoy one or more of the following attractive features: use of grounded capacitors, feasibility of absorbing the parasitic components of the CFOAs and orthogonal tuning of the frequency and the startup condition of oscillation.     

Single-resistance-controlled/voltage-controlled oscillator usingcurrent conveyors and grounded capacitors

A new single-resistance-controlled/voltage-controlled sinusoidal oscillator using two current conveyors (CCs), two grounded capacitors and three grounded resistors is presented. This oscillator provides the following advantages: (i) independently controllable oscillation frequency and condition by grounded resistors, (ii) easy conversion into a voltage-controlled oscillator, (iii) all the passive components which are suitable for IC implementation are grounded, (iv) very good frequency stability. Experimental results that confirm the theoretical analysis are obtained     

A low-power, high-frequency, all-NMOS all-current-mirror sinusoidal quadrature oscillator

A low-power, high-frequency, sinusoidal quadrature oscillator is presented through the use of only current mirrors where the small-signal paths are realized through all NMOS transistors. The technique is relatively simple based on (i) inherent time constant of current mirrors, i.e. the internal capacitances and the transconductance of a diode-connected NMOS, (ii) a negative resistance formed by a transconductance of a diode-connected NMOS load of a current mirror. No external passive components are required. As a particular example, a 2.83 GHz, 0.374 f_T, 0.38 mW sinusoidal quadrature oscillator is demonstrated. Total harmonic distortions are less than 0.8%. The oscillation frequency is current-tunable over a range of 640 MHz or 22.62%. The amplitude matching and the quadrature phase matching are better than 0.04 dB and 0.17°, respectively. A figure of merit called a normalized carrier-to-noise ratio is 158.23 dBc/Hz at the 2 MHz offset from 2.83 GHz. Comparisons to other approaches are also presented.     

CMOS-based active RC sinusoidal oscillator with four-phase quadrature outputs and single-resistance-controlled (SRC) tuning laws

This paper proposes a very compact CMOS realization of active RC sinusoidal oscillator capable of generating four quadrature voltage outputs. The oscillator is based on the cascade of lossless and lossy integrators in loop. The governing laws for the condition of oscillation (CO) and the frequency of oscillation (FO) are single-resistance-controlled (SRC) and which allow independent FO tuning. Unlike previously reported SRC-based sinusoidal oscillators based on the active building block (ABB) based approach and which aim at reducing the number of employed ABBs, this direct CMOS realization provides a much reduced transistor count circuit and consequently offers a low power solution. A comparison with previously reported SRC oscillators in terms of number of transistors and current consumption has been provided. As a design example, a 160.2 kHz oscillator (typical process, T = 27 °C) with 82 μW power consumption is designed in 65 nm CMOS technology with supply voltage of ±0.5 V.     

基于CDCTA的双模式等幅正交振荡器

针对正交振荡器实现复杂、振幅不相等、模式单一等问题,提出了一种基于电流差分级联跨导放大器的双模式正交振荡器。该电路仅使用一个电流差分级联跨导放大器、一个接地电阻和两个接地电容,可以同时产生等幅电压和电流正交信号。电路结构简单,灵敏度低,易于集成,振荡条件和振荡频率可相互独立地电控调谐。PSPICE仿真与硬件实验结果验证了理论分析的正确性。     

单片CDCTA-C低功耗电控调谐双模式三阶正交振荡器的设计

针对振荡器功耗大和振荡频率低的问题,提出了一种基于电流差分级联跨导放大器的三阶正交振荡电路.该电路仅使用一个电流差分级联跨导放大器和三个接地无源电容,可以同时产生两组等幅正交电流信号和一组等幅正交电压信号.电路结构简单,功耗低至1.8mW,最大灵敏度绝对值仅0.5,振荡频率可达10MHz数量级,而且振荡条件和震荡频率可相互独立地电控调谐.计算机模拟和流片芯片测试结果验证了理论分析的正确性.