ACTIVE CIRCULATOR CIRCUITS USING OA, CCII, CFOA AND DVCC

Abstract

A review of the two types of circulators using Operational Amplifiers (OA) with detailed comparison is given. Novel active circulator circuits using Current Conveyors (CCII) and Current Feedback Operational Amplifiers (CFOA) and Differential Voltage Current Conveyor (DVCC) are introduced. The proposed CCII circulator circuit uses six CCIIs and three floating resistors. Two different circulator types using the CFOA are given. A circulator circuit which uses three DVCCs and has the advantage of using three grounded resistors is also introduced. Spice simulation results using 0.5 μm CMOS transistors are included to support the theoretical analysis and demonstrate comparisons among the different types of circulators.