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A voltage controlled filter circuit that uses operational transconductance amplifiers, or OTAs, as processing and control elements. The circuit relies on a property of the OTA, which is that as its gain factor changes, its signal input impedance also changes, which (somewhat of an over-simplification) allows the OTA to be used as, in effect, a voltage controlled resistor. This is used as the resistance in a basic R-C filter circuit, and so by using a control voltage to vary the gain of the OTA, the R-C time constant and hence the cutoff frequency can be varied.

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  • OTA filter
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  • A voltage controlled filter circuit that uses operational transconductance amplifiers, or OTAs, as processing and control elements. The circuit relies on a property of the OTA, which is that as its gain factor changes, its signal input impedance also changes, which (somewhat of an over-simplification) allows the OTA to be used as, in effect, a voltage controlled resistor. This is used as the resistance in a basic R-C filter circuit, and so by using a control voltage to vary the gain of the OTA, the R-C time constant and hence the cutoff frequency can be varied.
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  • A voltage controlled filter circuit that uses operational transconductance amplifiers, or OTAs, as processing and control elements. The circuit relies on a property of the OTA, which is that as its gain factor changes, its signal input impedance also changes, which (somewhat of an over-simplification) allows the OTA to be used as, in effect, a voltage controlled resistor. This is used as the resistance in a basic R-C filter circuit, and so by using a control voltage to vary the gain of the OTA, the R-C time constant and hence the cutoff frequency can be varied. The OTA filter has somewhat different sonic characteristics than the more common transistor ladder VCF design. It is often designed as a "smoother" filter, with less internal distortion (assuming the circuit is designed properly). It has the advantage of being inherently resistant to control voltage feedthrough. OTA circuits are more of a challenge to design such that they respond to control voltage in a linear fashion, and do not suffer from excessive noise. Roland was a proponent of the OTA filter in its analog synth designs. Nearly all of its polyphonic synth designs from the 1980s, including the Jupiter-8 and the Juno-60, used OTA filters.
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