Philips Semiconductors Linear Products Product specification
NE5517/5517ADual operational transconductance amplifier
August 31, 1994 100
+VS
ID
IB
I5
Q4
1/2ID
ISIS
1/2ID
–VS
I4I5
D3D2
ID
2*IS
ID
2)ISI0+I5*I4
I0+2 ISǒIB
ID
Ǔ
Figure 2. Linearizing Diode
Stereo Amplifier With Gain Control
Figure 4 shows a stereo amplifier with variable gain via a control
input. Excellent tracking of typical 0.3dB is easy to achieve. With the
potentiometer, RP, the offset can be adjusted. For AC-coupled ampli-
fiers, the potentiometer may be replaced with two 510Ω resistors.
Modulators
Because the transconductance of an OTA (Operational Transcon-
ductance Amplifier) is directly proportional to IABC, the amplification
of a signal can be controlled easily. The output current is the product
from transconductance×input voltage. The circuit is effective up to
approximately 200kHz. Modulation of 99% is easy to achieve.
Voltage-Controlled Resistor (VCR)
Because an OTA is capable of producing an output current propor-
tional to the input voltage, a voltage variable resistor can be made.
Figure 6 shows how this is done. A voltage presented at the RX
terminals forces a voltage at the input. This voltage is multiplied by
gM and thereby forces a current through the RX terminals:
RX= R)RA
gM )RA
where gM is approximately 19.21 µMHOs at room temperature. Fig-
ure 7 shows a Voltage Controlled Resistor using linearizing diodes.
This improves the noise performance of the resistor.
Voltage-Controlled Filters
Figure 8 shows a Voltage Controlled Low-Pass Filter. The circuit is a
unity gain buffer until XC/gM is equal to R/RA. Then, the frequency
response rolls off at a 6dB per octave with the -3dB point being de-
fined by the given equations. Operating in the same manner, a Volt-
age Controlled High-Pass Filter is shown in Figure 9. Higher order
filters can be made using additional amplifiers as shown in Figures
10 and 11.
Voltage-Controlled Oscillators
Figure 12 shows a voltage-controlled triangle-square wave genera-
tor. With the indicated values a range from 2Hz to 200kHz is pos-
sible by varying IABC from 1mA to 10µA.
The output amplitude is determined by
IOUT × ROUT.
Please notice the differential input voltage is not allowed to be above
5V.
With a slight modification of this circuit you can get the sawtooth
pulse generator, as shown in Figure 13.
APPLICATION HINTS
To hold the transconductance gM within the linear range, IABC
should be chosen not greater than 1mA. The current mirror ratio
should be as accurate as possible over the entire current range. A
current mirror with only two transistors is not recommended. A suit-
able current mirror can be built with a PNP transistor array which
causes excellent matching and thermal coupling among the transis-
tors. The output current range of the DAC normally reaches from 0
to -2mA. In this application, however, the current range is set
through RREF (10kΩ) to 0 to -1mA.
IDACMAX +2@VREF
RREF
+2@5V
10k +1mA
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NE5517 5
11 1
7
8
VIN
R4 = R2/ /R3
+VCC
VC
R2
R3
R1
RL
RS
+VCC
INT
VOUT
-VCC
IOUT
IABC
TYPICAL VALUES: R1 = 47k
R2 = 10k
R3 = 200Ω
R4 = 200Ω
RL = 100k
RS = 47k
Figure 3.
INT