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Blocking and desensitization in bipolar and MOSFET differential amplifiers

  • Muhammad Taher Abuelma'atti*
  • *Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

Blocking and desensitization are among the nonlinear effects that result when bipolar and MOSFET differential amplifiers are operating in a multisignal electromagnetic interference (EMI) environment. When a weak desired signal is processed along with a strong undesired interferer signal, the weak signal may experience a reduced gain; that is, desensitization. If the amplitude of the undesired signal is sufficiently large, the gain of the desired signal may drop to zero; that is, blocking. Using a Fourier-series model for the differential input-voltage/output-current characteristics, closed-form expressions for predicting the desensitization in bipolar and MOSFET differential amplifiers are presented. These expressions are valid over a wide range of desired and blocking interfering signals amplitudes.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)393-398
Number of pages6
JournalIEEE Transactions on Electromagnetic Compatibility
Volume41
Issue number4 PART 1
DOIs
StatePublished - 1999

Keywords

  • Amplifiers
  • Nonlinear circuits

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
  • Condensed Matter Physics
  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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