This book provides coverage of the major gyrator circuits, simulated inductors and related synthetic impedances. It offers a review of research in this field to date, and includes a wide range and number of circuit examples, along with their relevant design equations, limitations, performance features, advantages and shortcomings.

Raj Senani has been a professor of electronics and communication engineering at Netaji Subhas University of Technology (NSUT), India since 1990. He has held the positions of Head and Dean of various departments, as well as Institute Director, at various times. He has authored/co-authored over 150 papers in international journals and 4 books. He is a Senior Member of IEEE and an elected Fellow of National Academy of Sciences, India (NASI) and has been serving as an Associate Editor for Circuits, Systems and Signal Processing (Birkhauser-Boston) since 2003.

• Chapter 1: Gyrators, integrated inductors and simulated inductors


• Chapter 2: Gyrators and simulated inductors using op-amps


• Chapter 3: The operational transconductance amplifier based gyrators and impedance simulators


• Chapter 4: Synthetic impedances using current conveyors and their variants


• Chapter 5: Current feedback-op-amp-based synthetic impedances


• Chapter 6: Applications of FTFN/OFA and OMAs in impedance synthesis


• Chapter 7: Realization of voltage-controlled impedances


• Chapter 8: Impedance synthesis using modern active building blocks


• Chapter 9: Transistor-level realization of electronically controllable grounded and floating resistors


• Chapter 10: Bipolar and CMOS active inductors and transformers


• Chapter 11: Recent developments and concluding remarks