Cross coupled transconductance cell with improved linearity range

Abstract

A novel variation of the cross-coupled operational transconductance cell is presented in this paper. The conventional cross-coupled cell has a differential input linearity range that is dependent on the control voltage. The proposed design removes that restriction while allowing the same tunability using the control voltage. Its input may also be single or fully differential unlike the conventional cross-coupled cell, which requires a fully differential input. Results were confirmed using HSPICE simulations.