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CMOS analog four-quadrant multiplier

US4906873A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateJan 12, 1989
Grant dateMar 6, 1990
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Expiry dateJan 12, 2009

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH03K17/6872
  • WIPO fieldBasic communication processes
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A four-quadrant analog multiplier circuit provides an output which is proportional to two voltage inputs. The circuit includes a pair of depletion mode transistors having gain constants equal in magnitude and threshold voltages equal in magnitude. The gates of the transistors are coupled in common. One input is applied to the common gates. The other input and its inverse are separately applied to source/drain terminals of the two transistors.

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