Abstract-A CMOS wideband cascaded variable gain amplifier (VGA) with a temperature-independent exponential gain control characteristic is presented in this paper. The exponential gain control function is realized using parasitic bipolar transistors and a control signal converter. The bandwidth is extended using an inductive peaking technique for high-frequency operations.
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