Dual-Mode Quadrature Oscillator Using Current Follower Transconductance Amplifiers for GMI Sensors

Abstract:

For designing GMI sensors, realization of current/voltage-mode (dual-mode) quadrature sinusoidal oscillator with the employment of current follower transconductance amplifier (CFTA) as the active component is presented. The proposed circuit configuration comprising two CFTAs, one grounded resistor and two grounded capacitors can simultaneously provide two explicit quadrature output currents and two quadrature output voltages. Moreover, the proposed circuit topology enjoys the advantage of independent control of the condition of oscillation and frequency of oscillation and good active and passive sensitivity performances. The functionality of the proposed quadrature oscillators has been verified by PSPICE simulations.

• Periodical: Advanced Materials Research (Volumes 712-715)
• Pages: 1886-1890
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.712-715.1886
• Online since: June 2013
• Authors: Lei Zhang, Zhong Ming Pan
• Keywords: Current Follower Transconductance Amplifier (CFTA), Dual Mode, GMI Sensor, Quadrature Oscillator

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