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Current Mirror with Base Current Compensation

Modify circuit by adding the base current compensation transistor Q3 as shown in fig. below
Gilbert Multiplier
The Gilbert multiplier cell is a modification of the emitter coupled cell and this
allows four quadrant multiplication. Therefore, it forms the basis of most of the
integrated circuit balanced multipliers. Two cross- coupled emitter- coupled pairs
in series connection with an emitter coupled pair form the structure of the Gilbert
multiplier cell. The operation of the Gilbert cell is shown in figure.

The multiplier shown in figure can also used as a modulator, if one of the inputs is
very large and the second input is very small (tanh(X) = X). Then, the transistors
operated by the largesignal input act as switches. This effectively multiplies the
small input signal by a square wave. Hence, this mode of operation acts as a
modulator. These are called synchronous modulators and they find applications in
signal processing, demodulation and phase detection.

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