Current-mode ladder filters using multiple output current conveyors
A methodology to design continuous-time current-mode filters using current conveyors is presented. A multiple output current conveyor (MOCC), which contains both the positive and the negative outputs, is introduced. Based on the simulation of the passive RLC ladder prototypes, current-mode ladder filters using MOCCs are obtained. Designs show that the MOCC-based circuits can reduce the number of active components by 50%. A fifth-order all-pole lowpass ladder filter, with 1 MHz passband frequency, 0.5 dB ripple, and a third-order elliptic lowpass ladder filter, with 2.4 MHz passband frequency and 0.1773 dB ripple, are designed and simulated.