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Virtuoso Functional Block Library Reference
Product Version IC23.1, November 2023

Voltage-Controlled Variable-Gain Amplifier

The following table summarizes the details of this symbol.

Description

The gain of this limiting voltage amplifier is a function of the voltage (vcp-vcn).

  • VinSym is the input voltage about which the output is symmetrical.
  • VoutSym = (limitHigh + limitLow)/2
  • Vc is the control voltage, (vcp-vcn)
  • Vin = Vin+ - Vin-
Library name

variableGainAmplifier

Properties (Defaults)

gainConst (1)

limitHigh (10)

limitLow (-10)

VinSym (0)

Transfer function

If Vout
>limitHigh

then Vout = limitHigh

If Vout
<
limitLow

then Vout
= limitLow

Input impedance

Output impedance

Zero

Frequency response

Flat

The following figure shows an example of Variable Gain Amplifier Operation.


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